Zero users, another app that allows you to access users after asking for you to sign up and pay repeatedly.

Every match a scam

Tried this years ago, had decent results. Hopped back on and unfortunately it looks like scammers are really into this app. I reported at least 12 fake profiles in under 3 hours. You’d think they’d have staff that looks for things like that. Whatevs. Romance scams are the wave of the future. Dating apps need to have better ways to verify users.

Probably not as bad as Bumble and Tinder with your data, but the user base is non-existent. Over 2 million people in the metro area and most nearby profiles are people ‘visiting’ and have the same scammy profile pics as numerous Bumble and Tinder profiles. Those who appear to be real are over an hour away.

It takes seconds to throw up a pic and make an account and there is little in the way of verification, so he app is FILLED with fake accounts trying to get you to go to snap and IG camgirl pages. New ones using the same pics pop up as soon as you report them and happn does absolutely nothing to block these users and prevent them from making new catfishing accounts. This would be an easy fix but doesn’t seem like the dev team wants to bother with it

Happn used to be pretty good because there were real people on here and you could meet them. Now it’s overrun with bots and scammers. The likelihood of matching with a real person here has become low. And Happn keeps asking me if it’s OK to track me everywhere. Yeah, right. It’s a complete waste of time to use this app now. I contacted support about this, and they pretend not to know anything about this problem, making claims that they work very hard to keep fake accounts off. While some other dating apps have figured out a way to keep the bots in check, the approach Happn has taken is to let them take over. Update: I tried again in 2024 and it’s just as bad as when I wrote this original. All of the recent reviews saying that it’s full of fakes and scammers are accurate. Whoever runs this app really does not care about the user experience.

The app functionality works well, but there are way too many fake profiles. I’m in a major metroplex and there are just not many people on the app. The idea of the app is great but you take these two things into consideration and it’s horrible. Definitely not worth spending any money on.

I used it years and years ago and it was somewhat decent. Decided to give it another try. Oh wow. What a joke. I am in a very large metropolitan area and it show a no women between ages of 30 and 50, yet begs me for $30 every time I open it. That’s hilarious. Bye!

If you're in the market to meet Russian, Indian and Chinese dudes hiding behind AI generated or stolen Instagram girl photos, this is the app for you. Even basic security tools to ensure member safety are ignored by these developers. Don't waste your time.

Using the app feels like a total waste of time. I used to use this app in its early days. Didn’t get many matches compared to other dating apps so eventually deleted it. Years later, I tried again. This time I get a match a day. Only problem, they’re about 95% fake. And the 5% are too far away, or possibly also fake but they don’t reply so I can’t say for sure. So in the years since I last used this app, it went from being less useful to completely useless. I’m in a major US city, so no reason for complete lack of legit matches. They really need to clean up the app of all the fakes and scammers.