Friends can exchange messages and images. Users have a limited number of ‘swipes’ they can use unless they earn ‘gems’ or pay to subscribe to ‘Wink Plus’. They can also earn gems through watching adverts including for dating apps.
All Wink accounts are public. If a new user states they are under 18, their account is created for the Soda app rather than Wink. Soda looks like the Wink app and is for 13-17 years olds. To create a new Soda account, they must provide a photo, and state their preferences for meeting new people (gender and age (between 13 and 17). Soda displays potential profiles to accept, reject or message.
There are no parental controls available on Wink but users can report inappropriate or harmful content or behaviour and block other users. Wink uses software to attempt to identify and remove inappropriate content e.g. nudity.
