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Hily Dating app: Meet & Date
Hily Corp. · 200,261 ratings · ★ 4.3
4.3
★★★★★
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Top complaints - extracted from 74 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"money"
16 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "totally worthless scam app. paying endless micro transactions to see who "likes" you and it's just a bot to drain your money... spent $80+ on this app for nothing at all, when free use Hinge is limited but actually useful. no thanks. I want…" - damin black
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"scam"
15 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
★★★★★ "totally worthless scam app. paying endless micro transactions to see who "likes" you and it's just a bot to drain your money... spent $80+ on this app for nothing at all, when free use Hinge is limited but actually useful. no thanks. I want…" - damin black
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"likes"
14 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "totally worthless scam app. paying endless micro transactions to see who "likes" you and it's just a bot to drain your money... spent $80+ on this app for nothing at all, when free use Hinge is limited but actually useful. no thanks. I want…" - damin black
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"dating"
14 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Unfortunately like all other dating apps, this one is a money grab. I was hoping that, since Hily isn't owned by Match Group, things would be different. I was mistaken. I have a bunch of profiles that like me but I never see those profiles …" - Joshua Wayt
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"people"
12 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "People who like you appear on your feed, HOWEVER, apparently they're so "popular" so they've had to blur them out. You'll need to go Premium to see/like them. Shock. Horror 😏 Lame app." - Imran U
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"matches"
11 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "no matches, fake profiles. advertisements every 1-3 swipes some of them you have to close out of the app to get out of!" - Michael Pusateri
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"profiles"
11 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "no matches, fake profiles. advertisements every 1-3 swipes some of them you have to close out of the app to get out of!" - Michael Pusateri
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"premium"
10 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "dead accounts will like you, they make you pay to see them but they won't respond. they are looking for a sucker, and thats you if you download this. I paid for premium and they still charge extra for unblurs so not even paying unlocks all …" - Jair
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"free"
10 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "totally worthless scam app. paying endless micro transactions to see who "likes" you and it's just a bot to drain your money... spent $80+ on this app for nothing at all, when free use Hinge is limited but actually useful. no thanks. I want…" - damin black
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"match"
10 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "no matches, fake profiles. advertisements every 1-3 swipes some of them you have to close out of the app to get out of!" - Michael Pusateri
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"unblur"
10 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "dead accounts will like you, they make you pay to see them but they won't respond. they are looking for a sucker, and thats you if you download this. I paid for premium and they still charge extra for unblurs so not even paying unlocks all …" - Jair
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"waste"
9 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "****edit - their review responses are generic af and I've reached out for assistance with no result. Read the recent reviews almost all 1 star. **** Original review: I got banned and didn't do anything! false report!! I read over the commun…" - Jasmine Kuhner
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dead accounts will like you, they make you pay to see them but they won't respond. they are looking for a sucker, and thats you if you download this. I paid for premium and they still charge extra for unblurs so not even paying unlocks all the features
it's good
****edit - their review responses are generic af and I've reached out for assistance with no result. Read the recent reviews almost all 1 star. **** Original review: I got banned and didn't do anything! false report!! I read over the community policies and did not break a single one. wasted my time in this app. all someone has to do apparently is make a report and they're not even going to look into it you'll just get permanently blocked. that's crazy. don't waste your time here.
totally worthless scam app. paying endless micro transactions to see who "likes" you and it's just a bot to drain your money... spent $80+ on this app for nothing at all, when free use Hinge is limited but actually useful. no thanks. I want my money back.
no matches, fake profiles. advertisements every 1-3 swipes some of them you have to close out of the app to get out of!
Holy pay wall app every single interaction takes you to the memberships page 🤣 I thought tinder was bad
People who like you appear on your feed, HOWEVER, apparently they're so "popular" so they've had to blur them out. You'll need to go Premium to see/like them. Shock. Horror 😏 Lame app.
Lots and lots of fake bot accounts. I made the mistake of subscribing which gives you boosts. EVERY TIME I boost my account I get an attractive interested person without a verified account. THEY NEVER RESPOND. This has happened to me 25 times. (no joking) They make you pay to "reveal" who is interested in you. So they have fake bots do it so you spend money on reveals. Not worth it for 5 real accounts out of 30 total.
it sucks, honestly, still no one communicates, no dates, nothing like advertised
The ads make the app feel like a joke.
Unfortunately like all other dating apps, this one is a money grab. I was hoping that, since Hily isn't owned by Match Group, things would be different. I was mistaken. I have a bunch of profiles that like me but I never see those profiles on my feed. I have to pay for unblur for each profile! The ads that trick you into engaging with them are scummy too.
Scam money hungry app don't bother with this BS!! All they do is incentivize paying for their overpriced premium subscription. and no the free option is not even worth the effort or time, they block the matches/connections trying to get you to pay for premium to unlock the ability to connect with the people that have actually matched with you. absolutely BS. Money hungry scam 200%
Do not waste your time! Its one of the most paywalled and predatory dating apps out there. The subscription is the worst thing I've ever bothered to purchase - Do you want to see who likes you? separate charge. WHY? Aggressive notification and email spam. It's basically an expensive dopamine addiction with some very questionable users. I wouldn't recommend to anyone.
I was starting to like this place, but feel mostly scammed like other apps,my 2 issues is the sensitivity of using the unblurs. to scroll down the this list after I payed for the unblur, then it unblurred where I went to scroll mistakenly chose the profile I didn't want to unblur, without asking for confirmation, its rigged against you your wallet. Cust. serv. did nothing, issue 2 is the BAIT AND SWITCH- gives free pre match reply,only to charge for a super & finally send you behind a paywall
another scam.. unreasonably overpriced very targeted, can't message without paying. can't get your likes without paying can't unblur without paying just because i was a little curious also put 25 freakin dollars in (thats a full steak at texas roadhouse) they still hide your likes and try to charge and blur out your matches oop pay 7 more dollars.. dont waste your money waiting on my refund to the ai that replied is a fat cap nothing on this app is free besides swiping on woman you never meet
live chat guy admits female accounts are given free premium services to "prioritze their experience" in "random test groups" claims its both but then admits again "for the female users"
Total scam. 27 matches and not one person messages. Don't download this trash.
Yet another scam dating app that locks all the features and promises behind a pay wall then doesn't improve when you pay. THIS IS A SCAM, TAKE IT OFF THE APP STORE!!!
I couldn't even finish registration and they blocked me, great experience 👋
absolute worthless app, the first impression is nothing but a paywall, forget about communicating with anybody, you are better off to one of the original dating apps this one sucks, don't even waste your time, the top comment on here is from somebody that was paid to say that by the way
just joined had 2 BLURRED profiles liked me before I even added anything to my profile. there is NO WAY TO LIKE THEM BACK TO CHAT! so its useless! looks like you have to pay to go chat or really do anything worth while which isnt what is claimed. I liked about 10 profiles with NO matches yet. their response makes no sense. how can they match, if neither if us can like or match with each other? lol last 12 hrs no ads. since this review I know get a add EVERY 2 MINUTES! SHAMEFUL
They took my money, said that it was 'processing', and never gave me the product. As for the actual experience they block people behind a paywall, which is weird. like 'pay to date this person' type behavior is weird
you milk people dry of their money. you are not free. you have to pay each time to unblur. you have to pay premium to see who likes you. your fees are twice as high as bumble. And your filters are automatically wiped after every ad.
you say it's free when it's not you have to pay to find out who likes you you claim to be free and that's false
not enough people in my area the Wright age
Pretty terrible dating app. constantly pushing you to pay for paid features. I understand ads, but literally ads you can't skip that force you to close the app.
You get a bunch of fake matches so you're convinced it's a good idea to buy a way to unlock them. it's a scam app In Response to Kate from Hily: I've never had a dating app where I get forty matches (they liked first) and none of them respond. Get multiple likes a day, we match, I reach out, it never even gets read. These are not real. This is a scam by Hily, because when they like first they aren't shown to you in rotation, you have all these likes build up, so you pay to find out who it is.
Their ads are horrible, and honestly shouldn't be allowed by Google. No exit unless you open whatever app the ad is about in Google play
disabled me for having connections and wanting to talk off app
extremely predatory. no real people on the app. everything is designed to loop you into buying more yet being breadcrumbed. Do not install. Do not pay just to try it. absolute scam.the moment I saw other reviews, the general tactic seems to be that after you register you instantly receive a few likes ( number 2 is most often repeated) and then you can tell after swiping a couple hundred times that those profiles simply don't exist which is why you can't find them. Do not use this app.
it is not free. I had to pay. for the prescription then pay just to see who liked me and that was 30 a week
These dating app developers are going to start needing to be careful. They are crossing lines.
Not worth the money. I paid for premium after getting 20 likes the same day. However, you only get 2 unblurs a day to see them. 9/10 likes you get are bot accounts or fake profiles that you'll hear nothing back from. The other 1/10 is likely underage scam. Since all likes are not automatically unlocked with a membership like real dating apps are, it's fair enough to say Hily is behind these accounts to temp you into buying more unblurs on top of membership. $120 down the drain, oh well I guess.
this is the worst dating app I've been on and I've been about. it's the subscription costs, crazy £24.99 1week , £37.99 1month, £72.99 3months, £114.99 year crazy prices, realistically should be 1/3rd that. Also there is a small fee when 1st signing up
yalls support cant identify why I keep getting charged over and over
scam
This app lets women like and chat for free, but charges men $25 a week to do the same. My friend suggested it because it was free to use for her, and she was confused as to why it was trying to charge me to do anything she could do for free. Scummy gender-based predatory paywalls. I do not recommend.
just shows the same few people over and over again.
this app has so many limitations. it makes you pay to see who likes your profile. its such a big scam.
dont recommend
Should be taken off the store for predatory practices by forcing you to buy an overpriced premium by hiding people who've liked you. Then the most critical filters to get matches are also locked behind a paywall, then the distance filter doesn't do anything at all. It's useless and a scam, don't waste your time.
$8 to unblur 1 like is insane robbery
most useless app ever can't even send a message without them wanting payment. when did all this become such a monitery thing to the point you can't even say hi to someone without being charged this app needs to be discontinued p.s i tried to send a message to a lovely lady and the app demanded payment
mostly bots
sucks
the worst dating app going. pay your monthly subscription but still have to pay for everything in-between. even to see who has liked your profile. terrible. an hour later after downloading and paying the subscription. i unsubscribed. awful app
If you want money for your app, then charge for it. Everything, including certain profiles because they're "popular", are locked behind paywalls Update: Yall responded with a straight lie. Once again, "popular" profiles are hidden behind a paywall to interact with them
not working, can't get code on 2 of my phone numbers
isn't worth the time spent
nobody friendly here either
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Sentiment summary
84%
Positive (4-5★)
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Neutral (3★)
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Negative (1-2★)