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HUD™ Bedroom Dating App
HUD STUDIO LIMITED · 206,348 ratings · ★ 4.1
4.1
★★★★★
206,348 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 77 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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"people"
22 negative reviews mention this · 29% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Everything costs money. Everything on this boring app is paywalled you can’t see anyone without paying plus there’s not that many users I keep running out after a few swipes even after adjusting distance and age I don’t recommend even in a major city you get like…" - erxey
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"money"
16 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Don’t waste your money here. Completely waste of time and money worst app ever" - Aleking89
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"matches"
13 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "App sucks. No matches and no replies" - 72828662882
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"waste"
10 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Don’t waste your money here. Completely waste of time and money worst app ever" - Aleking89
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"fake"
9 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Horrible. Horrible they over charge and people aren't near you lots of fake accounts" - Stonewallstallion
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"messages"
8 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Messages. Nobody responds back da" - Rezsidue
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"likes"
8 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Seems glitchy at best. Great playful concept but the user interface with likes and messages is a mess. I’ve been alerted to a dozen or so “match’s” since downloading and when I open the app nothing 4/28 update Match’s continuously appear and disappear" - Hades1295
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"profile"
8 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Tf. After dropping money thinking it would boost my profile no connects and apparently San Diego is dry waste of time" - J+Rob
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Don’t waste your money here
Completely waste of time and money worst app ever
App sucks
No matches and no replies
Everything costs money
Everything on this boring app is paywalled you can’t see anyone without paying plus there’s not that many users I keep running out after a few swipes even after adjusting distance and age I don’t recommend even in a major city you get like 20 people max before it runs out
Location
The distance and location is off of the app because it doesn’t bring anybody even close to my area which is in a major city! the app sucks!
Messages
Nobody responds back da
Horrible
Horrible they over charge and people aren't near you lots of fake accounts
РУСОФОБИЯ
РУСОФОБИЯ
Tf
After dropping money thinking it would boost my profile no connects and apparently San Diego is dry waste of time
Wow. Absolutely horrible
Truly an awful app. The design is nice but the people on here are all extremely overweight and unattractive. This is not a legitimate app to meet people it seems very fake
Scummy practice
App charged me the day before my app expired and it’s obvious why they do this. These apps are all a joke. I recommend sticking to real life.
Membership problems
Money was withdrawn from my account, but my membership is currently inactive and I appear as a free member.
Poor
I have zero matches after being on the app more than three months. I paid for the app to see who viewed me and messaged these users directly and still got no response.
Waste of time and money
This site is dead, no one responds to anything.
So many underaged
Like the title says there more underaged girls than there legal aged girls on this app! You better do something about it!
Bruh
Why is the app so broken bruh did these ppl give up on it?
One of the most expensive apps out there.
It’s ok. I have been on apps and so has my partner but this one acts up and it weird about messaging. For the same people to be on here constantly. Not really worth the money honestly.
All Around Pretty Shabby
Bad UX. Overly Cheeky graphics instead of clear and meaningful content. Overlapping links/system routes. The idea is far better than the execution.
Not letting upload photos
Not letting me upload my photos
STOLE MONEY
THEY OFFER A FREE TRIAL AND STILL STEAL THE MONEY FROM YOU!!! THIS APP IS A GIANT SCAM
Programmed with greed.
How many times you read a review that starts “if I could rate this app zero I would”. This was no different. We’re basically beating a dead horse here. This app doesn’t even tease you with the normal one, two, three, four steps that begin to give you that false hope of talking to a real person. Nope, Boom paywall. Not to mention you haven’t had a chance to view the 12 likes and chats you received from bots. You know, the ones that have viewed and liked your profile when you only have a username and PW set up so far. No sir, you don’t hit a pay wall in this app, you just begin at it. They might as will just have you pay before you install the app.
We all know that the probability of any scenario, can never be zero. Probability has to be at least one. This shouldn’t be the case with writing an app like this garbage.
We all know that the probability of any scenario, can never be zero. Probability has to be at least one. This shouldn’t be the case with writing an app like this garbage.
No matches
Been on this app for weeks no matches. Other dating websites actually work except for this one
Inconsistent
Works great when it’s working. Then all of a sudden your views stop and you can’t see anyone active. Plz fix
Barely works, don’t waste your time.
Had a few matches and some chats the first day I used the app, then, radio silent. Like, I wasn’t sure if any of my messages were going through or if maybe it was something on my end? Boosted my profile several times over the weekend and not one view. Anyone that’s curious about downloading… Do yourself a favor and don’t bother with signing up, don’t upgrade to premium or premium+! trust me, it’s not worth your hard earned income when the app can barely function.
If and when devs fix this, I’ll upgrade my review, but for now, it’s a colorful, one-sided app that’s on life support.
If and when devs fix this, I’ll upgrade my review, but for now, it’s a colorful, one-sided app that’s on life support.
glitch
this app glitches a lot. like barely usable.
Steals money
Signed up for a free 7 day trial, I cancelled the trial before the end of the 7 days(on day 3) and was still charged for the subscription. Not enough users in my area. Issue reported to Apple
Poor in user traffic
Poor profile exposure! Is not users friendly.
Terrible
Literally swipe on profiles and get 0 matches and views now. Like the app is either glitched out, or is a pay to match dating app. Used the app 2024 and worked perfectly fine. Nothing now so i am confused.
dogshjt
designed to make you pay money and avoid connections
No one is active
No one is active
Fake Site
No responds or messages back, it believe it's a fake site
Not Enough People
I almost instantly started seeing profiles well beyond a reasonable distance. Either there isn’t enough people, or the settings for the app simply don’t work as they should.
Scam
Did the profile boost on a Saturday night during spring break; got only one view.
Expensive
Too expensive for fake accounts
No matches
There’s no way I used 3 boosts and didn’t get a single like🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️.. not even a view??? Like come on
Money
Literally everything requires money
Bad app
Company charged me to upgrade on a future date
Scam
They don’t show matches and they wont show you any likes or let you connect with anyone unless you pay for the App its a complete scam met a gal offline that had matched me on hud and it never told us on the app we matched
Dry
App is dry af
Sucks!!!
Sucks!!! Don’t get it!
Does not load
I cannot do anything because it does not load the first page and I cannot select anything.
Matches
YOU DON’T GET ANY. WASTE OF TIME
Trash app
Even if you pay for the subscription, it blocks people without your approval. Glitches too many times, waste of money. DONT DOWNLOAD
Full Of Fake Profiles/Bots
This is one of the worst fake-profile filled apps ran by nothing but bots. It shows/recommends people hours away in states over. You have to buy premium to see your likes that is if you get any because the profiles are all fake or a million miles away from you. Don’t waste your money on this garbage please!
Too many 🚩🚩to justify wasting yr time, $$$, personal data!
I was asked to write a comparison piece ** on the changing landscape of dating/hook up apps. This is 1 of 7 I made a profile for & 5 will make the cut.
JUST A FEW OF MY TAKEAWAYS:
• my first look was image #1 in your previews. “Ruby” , she is young & attractive, but how young? She could easily be 15 in make up. 🤔 Not great optics these days.
• the data tracking of users while using other apps is also concerning. Totally unnecessary in the use of THIS APP 💀 Check out the info before u DL.
• there are many tedious hoops to jump through before you get even a glimpse of the app or a single profile. Not cool as it requires a lot of personal data & info. Yes I get that HUD wants legit, qualified users, but the verification can come AFTER profiles are made. Requiring such unnecessary details & personally identifying info & facial scans is overreach and sketchily suspicious.
• after spending 40 min on my info/profile I get to look at the other users only to find zero within a 10 mile radius, just 2 within 100 miles. WOW! REALLY?
• the app claims several hundred-thousand ratings & reviews, therefore at least 3x that many users… so where are they? The Philippines, India? Certainly not in my region of the US!
• the ability to even USE the app as intended, relies on a minimal number of users in all areas it’s available in. CITIES & REGIONS WHERE THE APP HAS A CONCENTRATION OF USERS, ENOUGH TO BE USED SUCCESSFULLY SHOULD BE LISTED. That’s what REPUTABLE apps of the same genre do, updating the cities listed as they grow. THEY DON’T THIRSTILY WASTE POTENTIAL USERS TIME, when that is easily avoided with basic transparency & common decency!
• SHOCKER- the in app available purchases are BEYOND ABSURD & if u happen to be in 1 of the limited areas that actually has another user, u have to pay an addl $15 per week MINIMUM ($779 a year) & for better, be a Diamond member for $20 weekly, & qualify for all PREMIUM features for $29.99/week (just $1,559 per year!) At those prices, membership should include a monthly car wash and doing my taxes in April… Especially since you aren’t likely to get any meet-ups!
• The UI (user interface) is not at all intuitive & feels clumsily outdated. There seems to be nothing special & no advanced algorithms that make it any different from the most basic dating app… I know the purpose of the app is for casual hook ups, def. not long-term relationships, but they highlight nothing that makes them special or even gives them an edge in any area.
• the use of cartoonish graphics on user profiles & throughout the app give it an amateurish feel, lacking sophistication.
• oh and the app CRASHED twice during the sign-up process. Not a great start.
It also glitched while filling out my preferences info. 👎🏽
AFTER THE SECOND RESTART, I HAD HAD ENOUGH.
The reviews don’t speak well with numerous complaints of no one being anywhere in the general vicinity of people who tried it. Another red flag are the complaints of constant glitches, crashes, etc., in spite of it’s claiming to be updated regularly and often.
I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS APP FOR THE REASONS ABOVE. MY ALARM BELLS WERE GOING OFF BEFORE I EVEN DOWNLOADED IT.
-WITH THE SHOWN LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, I CAN’T HELP BUT DOUBT THE INTEGRITY OF THE DEVELOPER/DESTRIBUTOR & QUESTION HOW THEY USE OUR INFO. THEIR WILLINGNESS TO, WITHOUT HESITATION, WASTE PEOPLES TIME, AND A LOT OF IT, SPEAKS MEASURES FOR THE WAY THEY DO BUSINESS. NOT A GOOD LOOK.
** to be transparent, I’m a freelance journalist who is single. I have experienced dating apps extensively, both, early on (late 90s) & 15 yrs later after tragedy. They resulted in 1 horror story & 2 marriages… I am also a former publicist, magazine editor, with a background in tech & privacy protection, so I approach apps from a different perspective with multiple considerations. Take it or leave it, my intent is that my take-away is of help to potential users & even the app developers.
JUST A FEW OF MY TAKEAWAYS:
• my first look was image #1 in your previews. “Ruby” , she is young & attractive, but how young? She could easily be 15 in make up. 🤔 Not great optics these days.
• the data tracking of users while using other apps is also concerning. Totally unnecessary in the use of THIS APP 💀 Check out the info before u DL.
• there are many tedious hoops to jump through before you get even a glimpse of the app or a single profile. Not cool as it requires a lot of personal data & info. Yes I get that HUD wants legit, qualified users, but the verification can come AFTER profiles are made. Requiring such unnecessary details & personally identifying info & facial scans is overreach and sketchily suspicious.
• after spending 40 min on my info/profile I get to look at the other users only to find zero within a 10 mile radius, just 2 within 100 miles. WOW! REALLY?
• the app claims several hundred-thousand ratings & reviews, therefore at least 3x that many users… so where are they? The Philippines, India? Certainly not in my region of the US!
• the ability to even USE the app as intended, relies on a minimal number of users in all areas it’s available in. CITIES & REGIONS WHERE THE APP HAS A CONCENTRATION OF USERS, ENOUGH TO BE USED SUCCESSFULLY SHOULD BE LISTED. That’s what REPUTABLE apps of the same genre do, updating the cities listed as they grow. THEY DON’T THIRSTILY WASTE POTENTIAL USERS TIME, when that is easily avoided with basic transparency & common decency!
• SHOCKER- the in app available purchases are BEYOND ABSURD & if u happen to be in 1 of the limited areas that actually has another user, u have to pay an addl $15 per week MINIMUM ($779 a year) & for better, be a Diamond member for $20 weekly, & qualify for all PREMIUM features for $29.99/week (just $1,559 per year!) At those prices, membership should include a monthly car wash and doing my taxes in April… Especially since you aren’t likely to get any meet-ups!
• The UI (user interface) is not at all intuitive & feels clumsily outdated. There seems to be nothing special & no advanced algorithms that make it any different from the most basic dating app… I know the purpose of the app is for casual hook ups, def. not long-term relationships, but they highlight nothing that makes them special or even gives them an edge in any area.
• the use of cartoonish graphics on user profiles & throughout the app give it an amateurish feel, lacking sophistication.
• oh and the app CRASHED twice during the sign-up process. Not a great start.
It also glitched while filling out my preferences info. 👎🏽
AFTER THE SECOND RESTART, I HAD HAD ENOUGH.
The reviews don’t speak well with numerous complaints of no one being anywhere in the general vicinity of people who tried it. Another red flag are the complaints of constant glitches, crashes, etc., in spite of it’s claiming to be updated regularly and often.
I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS APP FOR THE REASONS ABOVE. MY ALARM BELLS WERE GOING OFF BEFORE I EVEN DOWNLOADED IT.
-WITH THE SHOWN LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, I CAN’T HELP BUT DOUBT THE INTEGRITY OF THE DEVELOPER/DESTRIBUTOR & QUESTION HOW THEY USE OUR INFO. THEIR WILLINGNESS TO, WITHOUT HESITATION, WASTE PEOPLES TIME, AND A LOT OF IT, SPEAKS MEASURES FOR THE WAY THEY DO BUSINESS. NOT A GOOD LOOK.
** to be transparent, I’m a freelance journalist who is single. I have experienced dating apps extensively, both, early on (late 90s) & 15 yrs later after tragedy. They resulted in 1 horror story & 2 marriages… I am also a former publicist, magazine editor, with a background in tech & privacy protection, so I approach apps from a different perspective with multiple considerations. Take it or leave it, my intent is that my take-away is of help to potential users & even the app developers.
Idk
Not sure if im jus chopped but ian getting nothin
This app sucks
Every time I try to use this app. It will always show people that are the complete opposite of me. Isn’t this a dating app to find people with the similar interest? If so, why are you always the same people with the same styles and turn ons and turn offs? Done with this app.
A dying app.
This app used to be worth getting a subscription for, even when unnecessary, but now in modern day it is difficult to get a match even with a subscription. Waste of money and time. With a week on the app, with boosts involved, I did not receive a single like, despite getting dozens of likes on other similar apps.
I mean…I guess?
So upon downloading things seemed fine. A day in and I’m being told there no one my area? I have to look for people over 100+ miles away? Kind of crazy considering I live in Atlanta. A pretty busy, populated metropolitan area. I even purchased the premium I believe.
Either way, its already a lot as a man to spend real money on a dating app. So it definitely doesn’t make sense to do it and have to drive over 100 miles just to POSSIBLY see someone you MIGHT connect with. Doesn’t make sense. The app is also advertised for people who want the “🍆” and not the “💍” but the FEW people I thought were worth matching with only wanted “something long term” but put “something casual” to get more matches.
Either way, its already a lot as a man to spend real money on a dating app. So it definitely doesn’t make sense to do it and have to drive over 100 miles just to POSSIBLY see someone you MIGHT connect with. Doesn’t make sense. The app is also advertised for people who want the “🍆” and not the “💍” but the FEW people I thought were worth matching with only wanted “something long term” but put “something casual” to get more matches.
Feels like a scam
There has not been any matches since I downloaded this app
Deceptive charges
I had the app for a day. It offered a free week of premium, I accepted the week and yet was charged $15. Realized the app was useless as there are few people on there. Deleted the app and requested and refund was denied. Don’t use the app and don’t accept any offers. Scam!
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Sentiment summary
76%
Positive (4-5★)
7%
Neutral (3★)
17%
Negative (1-2★)
