88date
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- Profile analysed
- Aug 22, 2026
- App updated
- Jul 17, 2026
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What it actually does88date is a private social dating app that connects people through shared locations, events and lifestyles, but suffers from lengthy profile approval times, low user activity and frequent complaints about bots and fake profiles.
Actually does
- ✓Dating85% of reviews
- ✓Social network70% of reviews
- ✓Подбор по местоположению и общим местам35% of reviews
- ✓Статус путешествия и поиск по городам15% of reviews
- ✓Приватное сообщество с приглашением или модерацией90% of reviews
- ✓Подборка ресторанов, баров и событий25% of reviews
- ✓Subscription65% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠Поиск компании для активности (падел, теннис, серфинг)
- ⚠Блокировка скриншотов
- ⚠Private browsing
Common complaints
- ✗Extremely long profile approval time (from weeks to a year)68% of mentions
«Been waiting for confirmation for 8 months already»
- ✗Low user activity, lack of likes and responses73% of mentions
«Not a single like in a month. Never happened on any dating site»
- ✗Suspicion of fake profiles and bots58% of mentions
«Feels like there are a lot of bots, in most cases the person on the other side doesn't want to engage»
- ✗Strict paywall limitations on functionality, impossible to reply without subscription38% of mentions
«It's impossible to reply to existing chats and messages because I didn't pay for the subscription»
- ✗Very small user base in provincial areas, ineffective outside major cities22% of mentions
«Useless in Yekaterinburg, there are only 10 men for the whole city»
What people praise
- ★High-quality profiles: people fill out profiles in detail
«Nice to see people actually fill out their profile, tell about themselves»
- ★Curated audience without spam, filtering through moderation
«Audience quality. Completely different vibe compared to other apps»
- ★Travel status helps quickly expand social circle in a new city
«Moved to Paris recently and it helped me build a circle much faster»
- ★Convenient search through common places (restaurants, bars, cafes)
«I really like the idea of meeting through favorite restaurants, bars and cafes»
- ★Convenience of inviting someone to a specific activity instead of lengthy messaging
«Liked that you can immediately invite someone to a place instead of just messaging back and forth for weeks»