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DOWN: The Casual Dating App
Down App, Inc. · 119,458 ratings · ★ 4.3
4.3
★★★★★
119,458 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 18 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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"profiles"
5 negative reviews mention this · 28% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Eh. Hard to tell if the “profiles” are real…seems and feels like AI. Some profiles are 100% AI generated. One “profile” has been, borderline, psychotic, keeps messaging me, from another country and I have never responded to her. I am struggling…" - Don’t bother 8
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"profile"
5 negative reviews mention this · 28% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Eh. Hard to tell if the “profiles” are real…seems and feels like AI. Some profiles are 100% AI generated. One “profile” has been, borderline, psychotic, keeps messaging me, from another country and I have never responded to her. I am struggling…" - Don’t bother 8
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"better"
4 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Stay away. Brutal app. So few people they make the geographic range huge. Not user friendly, there are much better hookup apps" - BradNahill
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"days"
4 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Cash grab. This app is a cash grab. You need to spend 40 dollars minimum just to see who viewed your profile and to chat. I was sent a survey because my profile "qualified" for feedback and was told I would get 3 days of the VIP membership for free,…" - Paid2Playa
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"money"
4 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Scam app. Worst dating app on the app store. The developers have made it to where you have to pay them money to see your message request, and they have a bot watching every profile bio to make sure your not putting your Snapchat handle there so peopl…" - DisappointedGamerrr
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"away"
3 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Stay away. Brutal app. So few people they make the geographic range huge. Not user friendly, there are much better hookup apps" - BradNahill
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"people"
3 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Stay away. Brutal app. So few people they make the geographic range huge. Not user friendly, there are much better hookup apps" - BradNahill
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"grab"
3 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Cash grab. This app is a cash grab. You need to spend 40 dollars minimum just to see who viewed your profile and to chat. I was sent a survey because my profile "qualified" for feedback and was told I would get 3 days of the VIP membership for free,…" - Paid2Playa
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"free"
3 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Cash grab. This app is a cash grab. You need to spend 40 dollars minimum just to see who viewed your profile and to chat. I was sent a survey because my profile "qualified" for feedback and was told I would get 3 days of the VIP membership for free,…" - Paid2Playa
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Garbage
Save you time. Find a different app. Lol
Stay away
Brutal app. So few people they make the geographic range huge. Not user friendly, there are much better hookup apps
For the ladies !
Ladies if you are trying to find a man or even find a girlfriend on this app don’t even try. Everyone on this app is looking for casual sex or wouldn’t even text you after liking you 1st. The guys on here are just weirdos who can’t get anything so be careful for the corny pickup lines and the non stop comments about just sex. If sex is what you’re looking for this is the app! Also ladies make sure you get these men tested on this app!
Cash grab
This app is a cash grab. You need to spend 40 dollars minimum just to see who viewed your profile and to chat.
I was sent a survey because my profile "qualified" for feedback and was told I would get 3 days of the VIP membership for free, I was looking forward to seeing the upgraded features & would have probably bought a membership after seeing whether my matches/visitors were legit.
However, support then told me I no longer qualified for the trial after I submitted proof that I finished the survey. Lost me immediately with nonsense.
I was sent a survey because my profile "qualified" for feedback and was told I would get 3 days of the VIP membership for free, I was looking forward to seeing the upgraded features & would have probably bought a membership after seeing whether my matches/visitors were legit.
However, support then told me I no longer qualified for the trial after I submitted proof that I finished the survey. Lost me immediately with nonsense.
Do better
Messaging sucks
Fraudulent & Fake Reviews
Like many previously shared; app is a waste of time, provides no value, poorly designed, and a cash grab by criminal individuals in an unregulated industry. You see people that are far away and never get to see anyone who likes your profile without a subscription. Besides these all the women here are morbidly obese. Join if you want to be deflated by big Shirley sitting on you. Garbage app!
Greedy App
I thought I would try the Down App. It looked simple enough, but I soon found it was not. Unlike traditional dating apps, there is no Like swipe left, etc. instead swiping up you are interested in Date, swipe down and you are “Down” for causal. Swiping left is skipping to next profile. So your brain is so use to the usual swiping, you are bound to screw up you like que.
So I got a message from the Down app agents that if I take a survey I will get 3 days VIP access free. So I did and I got 3 days. But I soon learned I had to pay to use Flirts, which is what you use to send simple messages. Trust me, swiping does nothing. So free 3 day access only allows you to see profiles. I closed my account and moved on with my life.
So I got a message from the Down app agents that if I take a survey I will get 3 days VIP access free. So I did and I got 3 days. But I soon learned I had to pay to use Flirts, which is what you use to send simple messages. Trust me, swiping does nothing. So free 3 day access only allows you to see profiles. I closed my account and moved on with my life.
Scam app
Worst dating app on the app store. The developers have made it to where you have to pay them money to see your message request, and they have a bot watching every profile bio to make sure your not putting your Snapchat handle there so people can look you up. -5/10. God would be ashamed.
Why are you advertising that plus size women are only good for one thing?
A majority of the advertisements for this app indicate that women of a certain size are only good for getting “down”. Not only is it incredibly misogynistic, but it is so out of line. It’s 2026 and this is not on par with the body positivity movement. Please do better. This is absolutely disgusting behavior.
Worthless
Ask for money and you get to see your visitor, fraud is what I call it when it says it’s free.
Disingenuous
Signed up for VIP. Liked a bunch of profiles. Have never gotten a single visitor on my page in the first 6 days of use. I keep getting messages to upgrade to something bigger than VIP to boost my views. So what the hell is VIP if it’s here so I can’t actually be seen unless I pay even more money? Cancelled and won’t use ever again. Stay away
Pay wall
Stops you from making any matches at all and attempts to force you to pay. Looks like it locks your account for 2 whole days
worthless
worthless
As bad as it gets
They lock you behind a paywall after you match with someone and then feign ignorance when asked about it. This app is also littered with bots and the customer service is in on the scamming rhetoric that poisons the app.
Avoid
Seems to be lots of fake profiles. Never seem to match anyone and when you do they are a bot or don’t talk. Better apps out there.
money grab
greed
Eh
Hard to tell if the “profiles” are real…seems and feels like AI. Some profiles are 100% AI generated. One “profile” has been, borderline, psychotic, keeps messaging me, from another country and I have never responded to her. I am struggling to believe that the profiles on this app are real. Be careful
Location issues
Not only are you unable to set a maximum distance unless you pay, the distance isn’t shown on profiles. So you have to look up whatever town is written if you don’t already know it
Sentiment summary
82%
Positive (4-5★)
5%
Neutral (3★)
14%
Negative (1-2★)