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Instinct: Casual Dating App
Instinct Dating Сompany · 124,892 ratings · ★ 4.9
4.9
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Top complaints - extracted from 28 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"
10 negative reviews mention this · 36% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Boring. Not many people" - Navid mousaei
2
"money"
8 negative reviews mention this · 29% of all complaints
★★★★★ "SCAM DO NOT USE. Got a like started talking and then the scammer must have hacked my phone and pulled some of my pics from it and made a fake post of me sending stuff to minors and said if I don’t send money they would ruin my life don’t us this app" - bog bou
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"profile"
6 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Can’t access profile. Went to check my messages and app wants me to log in and it goes through the entire sign up process now. Did my profile get deleted? No customer service or email" - applesauce74
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"profiles"
6 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not a single real profile. It’s hilarious how the app will show ‘sensitive content’ warnings for something like a woman in a swimsuit and all you can see her back, oh my! But the real issue is all the fake profiles. Numerous matches with verified profiles, yet all wo…" - scootermcgee317
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"away"
6 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Casual dating my a**. Ain’t no dating i can only talk to people that are 300 plus miles away this app sucks" - S4VAGExFRICKx
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"fake"
5 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "SCAM DO NOT USE. Got a like started talking and then the scammer must have hacked my phone and pulled some of my pics from it and made a fake post of me sending stuff to minors and said if I don’t send money they would ruin my life don’t us this app" - bog bou
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"waste"
5 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Waste of time. Doesn’t seem like there is that many real people on this app. The profile information could be better, more detailed about oneself. It has some cool aspects to it. But I think the majority are fake profiles" - Boogy 12378q
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"miles"
5 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Casual dating my a**. Ain’t no dating i can only talk to people that are 300 plus miles away this app sucks" - S4VAGExFRICKx
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"miles away"
5 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Casual dating my a**. Ain’t no dating i can only talk to people that are 300 plus miles away this app sucks" - S4VAGExFRICKx
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"likes"
4 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "No pay to see who likes you. Don’t want to pay to see who likes me" - Drkay76
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"dating"
4 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Dating app scammers. I’ve never used this app before and the first person to reach out to me turned out to be a scammer making threats for money. Please be careful with who you talk to." - Lonelyvictim
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"talk"
4 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "SCAM DO NOT USE. Got a like started talking and then the scammer must have hacked my phone and pulled some of my pics from it and made a fake post of me sending stuff to minors and said if I don’t send money they would ruin my life don’t us this app" - bog bou
📋 All 28 negative reviews
Every 1-2★ review we fetched. Use the copy button to grab them all for your own analysis (paste into ChatGPT/Claude with a prompt like "summarize core user problems, group by theme, ignore bugs, focus on missing features").
SCAM DO NOT USE
Got a like started talking and then the scammer must have hacked my phone and pulled some of my pics from it and made a fake post of me sending stuff to minors and said if I don’t send money they would ruin my life don’t us this app
Can’t access profile
Went to check my messages and app wants me to log in and it goes through the entire sign up process now. Did my profile get deleted? No customer service or email
Boring
Not many people
Dating app scammers
I’ve never used this app before and the first person to reach out to me turned out to be a scammer making threats for money. Please be careful with who you talk to.
Bad app
Hard to use
Got scammed
Tried this app out only to get scammed and the person demanded money or they would release my info watch out for a profile called Jayden Ann
Not a single real profile
It’s hilarious how the app will show ‘sensitive content’ warnings for something like a woman in a swimsuit and all you can see her back, oh my! But the real issue is all the fake profiles. Numerous matches with verified profiles, yet all would eventually ask for money or immediately want to go to another app to chat, where they demand pictures and get upset if you scale it down. Definitely feel like an idiot for buying a 3-month subscription, which apple would not refund on the basis of fake profiles.
Waste of time
Doesn’t seem like there is that many real people on this app. The profile information could be better, more detailed about oneself. It has some cool aspects to it. But I think the majority are fake profiles
Casual dating my a**
Ain’t no dating i can only talk to people that are 300 plus miles away this app sucks
Have to pay to see nearby ppl
They’ll mainly only show you people 150-200 miles away. You have to pay to see people in your area. They might show 2-3 people within a 50 mile radius, but that’s it.
I was extorted on this app
Me and a match ended up hitting it off and sending nudes to each other over text. They then extorted me out of hundreds of dollars which I refused to pay and called the cops. The cops said given the nature of the threats it was mostly a bluff. But non the less that happened to me in this app. Never had that experience before and deleted the app. There was no way to report the user as they left the chat in the app.
It’s a Scam
Stay away. App asks you immediately for money before seeing any profiles so you may think this means more real people. It’s totally the opposite. Behind the first paywall are bots from all over the world asking “how long have you been on the app”. It’s never anything related to my profile as its bots or employees incurring about usage. This app should be illegal and Apple needs to ban it from its store.
More of the same old same
Just like every other dating app bunch of bots to fake like and fake match to scam you or trick you into paying even thought there a thousand miles away dating apps don’t work let’s be honest they all waste your time and just want money for empty promises no actually dating happens on these apps devs suck this is just a money grab$
No one there
It’s been like a week and there are zero profiles to look at. That’s a pretty big waste of money.
Not worth it
Not enough people on the app
Doesn’t work
Doesn’t work uploaded photos and said verification in progress and won’t let me take a selfie to verify not worth your time people
Extortion Scammers
Don’t download this app. Not real people. Extortion scammers
Matches
YOU DON’T GET ANY
The rating is an illusion
No one near me and most ideal matches are out of state or in a different country
0 stars
Why do I have to pay to see who likes me that's corny asf
Worst dating app ever
Please don’t waste your time downloading this.
Another App of Theft
I sign up; pay the fee; then, I find my matches 226 miles away. I'll be contesting the charges and will never use this app again.
Garbage
Once you view someone and swipe, you can’t revisit that person without paying MORE than the 40 a month. And attempts to talk to people only lasts 48 hours.
So if you live in a city with a lot of inactive accounts… they won’t respond within 48 hours and you will be quickly out of profiles to look at. So now the app is bricked and useless to me unless I pay more.
UPDATE***
Developer response doesn’t help. I’m not interested in matching people 300 miles away. I paid 30$ for your service, but I didn’t pay ENOUGH. a mutual like only works within 48 hours. But most people/profiles I like are not on the site anymore
So if you live in a city with a lot of inactive accounts… they won’t respond within 48 hours and you will be quickly out of profiles to look at. So now the app is bricked and useless to me unless I pay more.
UPDATE***
Developer response doesn’t help. I’m not interested in matching people 300 miles away. I paid 30$ for your service, but I didn’t pay ENOUGH. a mutual like only works within 48 hours. But most people/profiles I like are not on the site anymore
Good idea but no way to actually talk top ppl
The app is okay in its setup, not so good with having to pay to see any likes at all. It’d be nice if we could at least see 1 match at a time but there is no feature like that. No way to see who likes you unless you just happen to like their profile too. Not a fan.
0 stars waste of time and energy
0 stars waste of time and energy, this app about to make money from you that the main thing you Will wait 24 hours for a very few swipes right or left. They show you that so many pple like you but in reality fake profiles to push you subscribe.
Runs out of people on the first day
It runs out of people on the first day, terrible availability and the only likes you get are from bots. Wack. From Boston MA here.
Good
Practice
No pay to see who likes you
Don’t want to pay to see who likes me
Sentiment summary
97%
Positive (4-5★)
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Neutral (3★)
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Negative (1-2★)