A user can also share a public message and chat with any other user without being ‘friends’ with them in the app. Messages cannot contain pictures or videos. Users can also make anonymous audio and video calls.
People can search for profiles based on stated age, gender, sexual orientation and location (users must give their location and gender to the app). They can pay to restrict the search to ‘verified’ profiles. These are users who submit a new photo to compare to their profile picture. It is not identity verification. Users can pay for ‘perks’ like unlimited swipes or removing adverts. Users can buy or earn ‘gems’ by doing things like checking in every day, watching an advert or inviting friends to the app. Gems can be used to pay for perks too. Adverts on the app include dating apps.
There are no parental controls on the app. Safety settings include controlling which information a user shares publicly, such as their gender, sexual orientation and city. A user can ‘pause’ their profile so it’s not shown to others but this also means they can’t see new profiles. They can pay to hide when they are online and block and report other users.
