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Coffee Meets Bagel: Dating App
Coffee Meets Bagel, Inc · 19,626 ratings · ★ 4.4
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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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"people"
26 negative reviews mention this · 33% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Worst app ever - no one here!. Give 0 if I could - from what I can tell no one uses this app - most days I don’t even get suggestions. I’ve used apps to meet people for about 9 years now and this is the only one I’ve never actually met anyone on. Can’t even imagine why a…" - Jp78!
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"money"
22 negative reviews mention this · 28% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Don’t waste your time. Don’t waste your time or money. Do it free with WAAY more local and closer people. I paid yet still had to send “flowers” to notify the guy I “liked” him. First off…flowers? To a man? I’m a woman! Zero of the men responded or reciprocated. …" - HilaryLR
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"waste"
19 negative reviews mention this · 24% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Don’t waste your time. Don’t waste your time or money. Do it free with WAAY more local and closer people. I paid yet still had to send “flowers” to notify the guy I “liked” him. First off…flowers? To a man? I’m a woman! Zero of the men responded or reciprocated. …" - HilaryLR
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"matches"
17 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Matches. Been on the app over a year I understand everyone has a type but I have yet to get 1 match on the app I have yet have a conversation with a lady. But if have to spend money to find a match I rather not spend money at all" - Stephy11234
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"match"
15 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Don’t waste your time. Don’t waste your time or money. Do it free with WAAY more local and closer people. I paid yet still had to send “flowers” to notify the guy I “liked” him. First off…flowers? To a man? I’m a woman! Zero of the men responded or reciprocated. …" - HilaryLR
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"dating"
15 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Don’t waste your time. Don’t waste your time or money. Do it free with WAAY more local and closer people. I paid yet still had to send “flowers” to notify the guy I “liked” him. First off…flowers? To a man? I’m a woman! Zero of the men responded or reciprocated. …" - HilaryLR
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"subscription"
12 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Preference Dealbreakers ignored. I have the latest app download. Aside from the fact they recommended one person a day 100 miles away from me and everyone they recommended in the space of the month I subscribed, was Asian I’m inclined to think this is bot run and a scam ba…" - MellisaTaylor
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"likes"
10 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Preference Dealbreakers ignored. I have the latest app download. Aside from the fact they recommended one person a day 100 miles away from me and everyone they recommended in the space of the month I subscribed, was Asian I’m inclined to think this is bot run and a scam ba…" - MellisaTaylor
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"paid"
10 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Preference Dealbreakers ignored. I have the latest app download. Aside from the fact they recommended one person a day 100 miles away from me and everyone they recommended in the space of the month I subscribed, was Asian I’m inclined to think this is bot run and a scam ba…" - MellisaTaylor
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"other"
10 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Run for the Hills. This is such a waste of time. Takes any half wit 3 seconds to realize. You think to yourself, maybe it isn’t as horrible as it seems and give it another 48 hours for mostly nothing substantial. It’s really a dry dessert for those who don’t …" - areyoukiddingdude
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"days"
9 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Worst app ever - no one here!. Give 0 if I could - from what I can tell no one uses this app - most days I don’t even get suggestions. I’ve used apps to meet people for about 9 years now and this is the only one I’ve never actually met anyone on. Can’t even imagine why a…" - Jp78!
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"waste money"
9 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Just like the rest. Jumped on because the ads say it’s not like the rest. It’s exactly like the rest. Everything you would want to really do is stuck behind a paywall. No way to see who liked you unless you end up liking them by chance. Not going to waste mone…" - Ddiddyrex
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Worst app ever - no one here!
Give 0 if I could - from what I can tell no one uses this app - most days I don’t even get suggestions. I’ve used apps to meet people for about 9 years now and this is the only one I’ve never actually met anyone on. Can’t even imagine why anyone would think of paying for this app!
Preference Dealbreakers ignored
I have the latest app download. Aside from the fact they recommended one person a day 100 miles away from me and everyone they recommended in the space of the month I subscribed, was Asian I’m inclined to think this is bot run and a scam based on Asia somewhere.
Dealbreaker was over 55, within 50 miles and ethnicity but i haven’t received one person.
Additionally i have received only one response to my likes even though i must have liked 100 nationwide / over 100 miles away. That would have been nice to know BEFORE I paid the subscription. I DO NOT RECOMMEND
Dealbreaker was over 55, within 50 miles and ethnicity but i haven’t received one person.
Additionally i have received only one response to my likes even though i must have liked 100 nationwide / over 100 miles away. That would have been nice to know BEFORE I paid the subscription. I DO NOT RECOMMEND
Don’t waste your time
Don’t waste your time or money. Do it free with WAAY more local and closer people. I paid yet still had to send “flowers” to notify the guy I “liked” him. First off…flowers? To a man? I’m a woman! Zero of the men responded or reciprocated. And since I only paid for the lower subscription, my “like” would just put my profile in the shuffle of woman the guy would see THE NEXT DAY!
I’m paying. Why can’t he be notified instantly?! And it should be that way for women regardless. The men will make a match with you and do one of two things; message you “hey” then nothing…ever! Or send you nothing. I don’t get it…they’re paying but putting in zero effort. Within 2 weeks on Facebook dating, I have 2 dates. This app? Nothing. Ghosted and ignored. And having to sift through profile after profile…it gets exhausting. And there are TONS of repeated profiles you will see again that you already passed on.
I’m paying. Why can’t he be notified instantly?! And it should be that way for women regardless. The men will make a match with you and do one of two things; message you “hey” then nothing…ever! Or send you nothing. I don’t get it…they’re paying but putting in zero effort. Within 2 weeks on Facebook dating, I have 2 dates. This app? Nothing. Ghosted and ignored. And having to sift through profile after profile…it gets exhausting. And there are TONS of repeated profiles you will see again that you already passed on.
Good ui bad app
not for me. I will never pay for this app.
Matches
Been on the app over a year I understand everyone has a type but I have yet to get 1 match on the app I have yet have a conversation with a lady. But if have to spend money to find a match I rather not spend money at all
Technical Issues
Tried for quite some time to sign up and create a profile. I encountered constance crashes and errors. Never could create my profile and gave up.
Scam
I met someone that was verified that liked me talking for a day and a half, and they were asking me about financial questions and money management leading into asking me for money
Full of telescammers
It seems that app owner help those telescammers complete verification process
Scam App
Trying to steal money from women through micro transactions.
I have better luck at the grocery store
I got was trusting this app but my goodness the matches are slim pickings. I’m still on it because I paid the $40 for the month and I’m just waiting for it to expire before I completely delete this app. Save your money, you NEVER get matched with your preferences, they’re almost all men over 45 and the ones I match with that are remotely attractive live 100 miles or more away.
Loaded with unverified/fakes profiles.
Doesn’t deliver promised daily suggestions most of the time. A complete waste of money unless you enjoy interacting with fake pro and ghosts.
Run for the Hills
This is such a waste of time. Takes any half wit 3 seconds to realize. You think to yourself, maybe it isn’t as horrible as it seems and give it another 48 hours for mostly nothing substantial. It’s really a dry dessert for those who don’t pay. I can’t speak for those who do. I can’t justify spending money on a service who can’t provide me with a single iota of proof that there’s a chance of it providing anyone to sort through. I think I got 3 suggestions the first day. Then I had to wait like 24 hours and got 2 or 3 more, as my memory recollects. Third day one! Just one!! Haha I matched with two guys. I have about 18 that won’t pop into discovery for whatever reason, but they liked me and I can’t even see them. Biggest waste of time, truly.
Costs $40 a month
Use any other app, $40 is the cheap option. Also don’t expect to match with anyone being that you can’t accept matches.
Disappointed
There are many users whose identities are not verified. What is worse is it automatically renewed for another year and the company has strict no refund policy.
Anyone on the app?
Hello? Anyone on this app? I live in 3 largest city in the US and haven’t had match on this app. Hinge? Yes… WTH, is with this app? People do not pay subscription!!! Thank me later
Nope
It’s not worth downloading don’t waste your time or your money. Even the free stuff is usually the same guys over and over again as far as Noticed
Not worth paying
I paid for this App 3 times there will not be a 4th, even with paid subscriptions you have to buy additional “beans” in order to send messages otherwise you can only like and wait to see if your liked back. I’ve had way much better success on Tinder and plenty of fish compared to this app, after my current subscription finishes i will remove myself and deleted the app and put it on my list of apps to never download again, yes i have a list ;)
Daily matches screen does not load up
Daily matches Take forever to load. This app has several bugs in it
Don’t waste your money
It’s free dl but nothing about it is free. Simply put it’s monetize dating in the worst kind of way. You have to spend money to send flowers to people you’re interested and you have to subscribe if you want to see who likes you. Here’s the problem with online dating, I spend money to buy flowers, send to people I’m interested and never hear back! So now I have no flowers and have to buy more. In order to do simple things to view who likes you or search for someone your type, you have to subscribe and the subscription fee not cheap. This is a predator app hunting poor souls like myself looking to meeting someone. I’m dumping this PoS app and going back to doing things the old fashion way, meeting someone f2f. Gluck to all who keeps paying for this and remember love is free.
Out of all dating apps, it’s complete garbage
I always heard good reviews of this app. But it genuinely sucks. You get something like 10 likes per day and a skip counts as a like.
And it’s never someone actually close to me. I live 55 mins from Chicago and it regularly shows me people from there. There should be people in the suburbs. Overall terrible app.
And it’s never someone actually close to me. I live 55 mins from Chicago and it regularly shows me people from there. There should be people in the suburbs. Overall terrible app.
Complete garbage like all other dating apps
Everything is behind a paywall and even then, you’re likely catfished by a CMB employee who is paid to catfish its members so that they will keep their subscriptions. The founders of this app should be ashamed of themselves.
Don’t even try
Don’t waste your time, it was my first time ever doing online dating app i downloaded yesterday and deleted it today and all I can say is you need to pay to see who like you which it’s dumb and understandable (this app needs money to keep it going) but still. If I could suggest something is maybe have like a limited who to see like you like two or three then the rest ask to buy the premium I would of maybe stay longer.
0 matches when I get a lot on hinge with same profile
Something’s definitely broken, got 0 matches for keeping it for about a month. Same pics and bio as hinge, 0 matches where hinge gets me matches. Clearly there’s no active users on this app
Just started
Already been ghosted a few times, so not liking this app. Seems the same kinda behavior as other dating apps. Sad.
App doesn’t work
Made an account which was nice and easy got to do my five swipes after my account was verified. But it’s now been 3 days and I don’t get any suggestions to swipe on. The counter just resets. Don’t waste your time.
Monetary
Seems you must pay before being matched
This app sucks
Who would chose this over any other app when you get to see like three people a day
20 min in the app takes 16 hours
So, if the app is not opened its timer stops. So your 20 minutes turns into 16 hours. Then, if you are a man in his 40’s don’t use the app. Our research team found men from 38-44 spent 75% more while women and younger men from 18-25 spent way less.
Price
App is cool and all, but tooooo expensive! Especially today’s economy. Give us at least a free week trial. So we can talk and form a conversation At least. Get the perks and let us decide if we want to continue using it or just move on.
Stupid
If you aren’t on the app when their timer goes off you don’t get to see anyone
Don't waste your time
By far the worst dating pool out of any apps I've used, I'm not exaggerating when I say not even one person was decent in any aspect of their life. Deleting this app for good.
Terrible
You get about 10 profiles a day that you can look at, none of them are close by, they don’t match what you request in your search, and you don’t always get profiles to look at. Customer service Didnt help at all.
Do not like
Sucks got me
Can’t even make an account
I’ve tried multiple times when I pressed new here then my number then it tells me can’t verify account of course you can’t I’m not in it
New Try
I signed up to see if it was actually free. You can't see anything outside of a few people. You can't see likes, chats etc. unless you pay. Scam.
Awful. They don’t care about customers at all
This app is awful. I reported a rape case and they assign the ticket as solved. How can you ignore a predator being in the app even when reported and label the ticket as solved. This is ridiculous
No one in Boise
I was on it for a week and zero of the suggested matches were in Boise. On the seventh day the app gave me one suggestion instead of the usual three. It appears it had already run out of people. Do not waste your time.
Absolutely Dumpster Fire
Made only for money grab. Swipe n forget. No interaction no connection. Only like giving stars on yelp. This app is the definition of what’s wrong with online dating.
Just like the rest
Jumped on because the ads say it’s not like the rest. It’s exactly like the rest. Everything you would want to really do is stuck behind a paywall. No way to see who liked you unless you end up liking them by chance. Not going to waste money on a unknown.
Filters don’t work
I regret signing up, I put clear filters in place and the app does not enforce them. Reached out to customer service and their solution was to reinstall the app. Thanks for wasting my time.
Sucks
As usual, this app is a rip off. I paid for platinum service and they still want more money to send likes. It’s pathetic. This app is the worst and there is no customer service.i sent a message for help and they emailed back saying I reached the international service and that I should message the US side. United States is not included in the dropdown. I hate this app and I want my money back from these shysters.
2 likes immediately after premium done
Without fail, I get two likes and cannot view them because my premium ran out. This has happened already three times.
Where do I start?
Coming from some of the other big name apps that are riddled with scammers, I tried a platinum subscription for CMB based on the ads, claiming it is meant for people looking for a long-term relationship. Well, here’s the short - choices are extremely limited here. Anyone decent looking are in the discover section and only accessible via “beans”, which equates to an additional money grab on top of the subscription I’m already paying for. My verdict is this app is completely useless.
No good
This app is terrible. Only likes I get are from Indonesia, even though I have distance restrictions set to 20 miles. Waste of time.
Notifications Unbearable
The amount of useless notifications that serve no purpose is enough for me to write this review. So many stupid push notifications about deals on your in-app currency and reminders for me to “check in” if I don’t open it up for more than 2 days. Literally everyday.
The worst part is there is no way to turn these specific ones off without shutting off all notifications entirely.
I’ve never had an app simulate having naggy insecure girlfriend. So thank you for that, CMB.
The worst part is there is no way to turn these specific ones off without shutting off all notifications entirely.
I’ve never had an app simulate having naggy insecure girlfriend. So thank you for that, CMB.
Money grab with no real value
First off it crashed on me 3 times before I could upload a photo. Biggest issue, if your not chronically on ur phone and have a job your gonna miss your “batch of potential matches” second this app charges you for damn near everything. Utterly ridiculous cash grab. You are a dating app you legit do nothing but match people to chat you provide nothing special that a tinder doesn’t do for free. Complete waste of my time, will be making sure no one I know wastes time with this app. If I could I’d give it a negative review.
Don’t spend a dime
You can’t see anything without being forced to buy a package - that’s fine, but the when you do you still only see on the apps timeline unless you then upgrade! Premium fee - Every 24hrs at noon you get a “batch” (their wording) of possible matches. BUT if you don’t happen to be on at exactly that time they disappear and you have to wait another 24hrs!! Horrible app! The discover “bagels” is a joke too - you get people way outside your perimeter and only 10 people maybe at a time with most not even close to what you’re looking for or location. The fees are outrageous for what you get. Don’t waste your money.
Certified Useless
Horrible app with an even worse name. Completely useless in every sense.
No sane person needs the daily disappointment and noon letdown selections of 0-2 people, even with huge parameters.
This app has nothing to offer and should be swept into the dustbin of dating app history.
Major swing, major miss. Time to pull the plug on this terminally ill failure.
No sane person needs the daily disappointment and noon letdown selections of 0-2 people, even with huge parameters.
This app has nothing to offer and should be swept into the dustbin of dating app history.
Major swing, major miss. Time to pull the plug on this terminally ill failure.
Swipe left on this app
Not at all what it indicates that it is waste of time
Glitches
Garbage messaging glitches
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Sentiment summary
83%
Positive (4-5★)
5%
Neutral (3★)
11%
Negative (1-2★)