CatholicMatch Dating App 17+

Clumsy

This review is only about the app—not the site. I deleted the app after only two days. In order to see who “viewed” my profile, it was unusable. I would receive an email indicating someone had viewed my profile, click on it end it would take me directly to a list of those who viewed my profile. After downloading the app it would go directly to the app and whatever page was last opened, and if the app was closed, it would take me to the home page which only showed me the newly joined, with the option to view all. While the help feature said go to the homepage and scroll to “views”, there was absolutely no such option on the app homepage. There is also no way to view those whom I had “liked” on the app, while on the website it was quite easy by clicking on “Messages, I would then see a feature showing me the option to view those whom I had previously liked. On neither site was I able to unlike someone I had already “liked❤️” which was unfortunate because I liked someone by mistake & broke the poor man’s heart.

Do not spend your money on this

This is by far the worst attempt at a matchmaking app. The site has actively removed useful features like being able to see how recently someone was active. As a result, you could be writing a message to someone who has not been online in years. They also do not even require a Mutual like for sending messages. This means that if you’re a man, you just have to read every account and write bespike messages to someone who 1) May not even have been online in years and could be married by now and 2) someone who’s entirely uninterested in hearing from you This is internet dating. You can’t read body language and gauge how open someone is to you so the Mutual like is such a basic feature that would save men from wasting time and women from being messaged by literally everybody but Catholic Match does not care to be convenient or user friendly. There’s tons of fake accounts as well so have fun trying to figure out who’s real and who’s fake. You’d be better off literally driving to different churches around the country than spending a penny on this horrible garbage

Edit: they just responded with a bunch of excuses and massaged language. Absolute trash app. I hope they go out of business.

Developer Response ,

I'm sorry you felt the site was a waste. We have had thousands of couples connect and eventually marry because of our site, however it can definitely take time. We do remove all members from the site after a certain period of complete inactivity. We definitely don't want inactive profiles, and always quickly take down anyone if we find out they're no longer single. Our security system is constantly scanning for signs of fraudulent activity on accounts, and we have member reporting features so we can quickly remove scammers. We wish you the best in your search, no matter which app you use.

Mid

The app is okay, not great. Members who haven’t logged in for years are still listed. I had a friend get married and two years later his two profiles are still floating around and coming up in my search criteria. Terrible. More than anything else, the price point extremely expensive! Completely appropriate photos are frequently, edited and cropped, because heaven forbid someone see that you have an athletic or toned body. Cropping doesn’t even follow the thirds rule - they just hack off portions of the photo that some particular person didn’t like. My bio and info has been edited as well, and I am a rather conservative gal, so I’m not sure what warranted that. I am so bummed by this whole service. I wish there was something else out there that was more accessible and less censuring. Overall, I wish that it wasn’t so expensive!! Erg, so frustrating. Try your best to meet people in real life - or try Hinge. Jeez.

Developer Response ,

I am sorry you found some frustration on the site and I would love to help. Firstly, we absolutely hide profiles from members who haven't logged in for a certain amount of time. If you are seeing someone, they are still logging in. We remove anyone we find out is married, and members are of course supposed to remove their profile when they are not longer needing the service.

Our price point for a 1 year subscription, or our frequent 6 month sale, is $9.99 per month which is just a bit more than a large fancy coffee these days. We try to keep our prices competitive while still operating our business.

Please reach out to support@catholicmatch.com and say Mariette sent you from your Apple Store review and I would love to give you a coupon and see what is happening with your photos being edited.