Reviews for Hiki: Autism ADHD & ND Dating

A niche customer base leads to a smaller pool from which to fund operating costs. This in turn leads to higher fees and general dissatisfaction. Compound this with the usual social/dating app frustrations, and you get something that falls frustratingly short of what is needed for some. Best of luck to the rest of you. I'm checking out, just as soon as I find a strong enough rope...

Major issues with glitches. Constantly freezes and major delays. And if you click like or pass on someone and it freezes you have to wait because if you tap it more than once it will either like or pass on the next person. Just took me a week to access the chats and only got to see a few of them before it started acting up again making it look like I was ghosting people. Also frequently get guys ignoring that I'm just looking for friends or connections to those like me.

I have had a great experience on Hiki! This is an excellent social media app for posting, commenting, etc. However, it's not so great for matching, and forming groups is difficult (finding existing ones, near impossible). Hiki is great for connecting with people in a general way, but don't get your hopes too high about finding people to meet in real life. You're better off treating it as Neurodivergent Facebook.

It's really great to find a space for other people like me. Unfortunately, the app doesn't seem to recognize that a lot of people on the spectrum are also underemployed and unable to afford a subscription. But for just basic interaction, it's been nice. Once my trial ends, I'll still enjoy checking the feed and looking for kindred spirits.

This app is trash. it's a great idea, but customer support are appalling. I subscribed (which is extremely expensive, twice the price of the other major dating app we all know of), and when cycling through likes it proceeda to just repeat the same. I didn't get offered the free 7 day trial either I was billed immediately. Will be contacting Google Support over this. Appalled to not have response from their "help" team. Avoid if you want a functional app.

Features available for free are sort of like a FB type posting app, and you can interact in post comments. However, you must pay to use basic people finding features, like browsing users *near you* or seeing who liked your profile. It's 43.99/month! Whoever set that needs to put down what they're smoking, frankly. I'm privileged in that I can hold down a full time, skilled profession job. Even I can't afford that expense for an app I would only use casually. It's more than my cell phone!

Update, after several days of trying and only getting the code 30 minutes after it expired, I was finally able to log back in. Not sure what happened, but as of today when I clicked on the app it would go through it's standard design when you first go into the app then it would freeze at a white screen. Un-installed and re-installed and now it won't send me a text so I can log back into my account so I've been completely locked out from the app.

I like the idea of the app. But, I think that the payment system takes advantage of Neuro Divergent people. I have ADHD, I want to look at a lot of profiles all at once. But you only get 5 likes a day. Once the likes are used up you can't look at profiles until the next day. The premium subscription price is very high. It's a good idea, but the it feels like the way they make money seems to takes advantage of the people it claims to serve.

This is a really good idea, but it's even worse than mainstream dating apps when it comes to monetization. I understand it has to make profits from a smaller user base, but the premium price is absurd, and, as with most dating apps, your chance of finding good connections is heavily reduced to nonexistent without it. I'll happily update this review if/when Hiki doesn't feel like every other dating app on the market.

Definitely not worth it for the dating. And the monthly subscription is incredibly high. I just use it for the community feed, which is set up similar to Facebook with more category options. It's my favorite part of the app and if it was marketed for that, I'd double my stars. But they advertise it as a dating app and then price it out of reach for the vast majority of their market. You can do very, very limited things for free on the dating side of it. So I give it 2 stars based on that.

For an app that claims to be made by and for ND folks, it falls short in many ways. It's just different enough from other apps that navigating is not intuitive. A welcome tutorial (the only instructions/guidance) can be X'd out and then it's gone forever. ADHDers are likely to X out of it. People not looking for romance must still have the romance contact button on their profile. "Make friends" but no obvious way to create that connection. $43/mo to see who likes you. and more

a lot of the things you need to make friends are restricted. the premium is too much for a week. it is difficult enough to find the people who send you likes. there's no other way to see the profiles who liked you. this app would be better if you had another option to see the profiles, like you have to watch an add. and lower the premium, $20 a week who would get that?

app looked promising, but the only way to match with people if you dont have premium is to hope they have premium, as you cant match with them back. really terrible design. i really wanted to like this and find more nd people near me, but i dont think thatll be happening anytime soon, as im not paying for a basic feature and what the app is made for.

I was initially excited about how cool they were and specific. filled with options and stuff. but the 5 likes limit makes the app inaccessible. I haven't spoken to ANYONE on this app. and I have an extensive friend group and multiple partners and experience on similar apps. with no one talking to me, I don't have a reason to come back to check the app. I'm extroverted and people motivated. if I wanted a social media only I would scroll the ones that I already have cultivated

it's a beautiful concept, but I have social anxiety and can't do long distances. This is more a chatting app than a dating app since you can't control where in the world you find people. Even though I'm unemployed, I spent my savings on this app, and I ran out of people who were 20 miles away in one day. Just one day. I've seen everyone. That's messed up it's behind a pay wall. I already have limited options, with or without payment.

"matching" hidden behind a pay-wall. you have to have premium to see people who liked your profile or match with someone. this is an app for building relationships. that should be a basic feature, not a premium subscription. the algorithm works pretty well and the people are nice, but if you don't want to pay for the bare minimum, this isn't for you.

I want to love Hiki, but since they added the like option I have stopped matching with people. I tried the 7 day free trial and instantly matched with a few people, but I'm mostly looking for friends. $43.99 a month to make friends? I totally get the need for fees but maybe consider changing the algorithm for the friend seekers. I'm not saying it's on purpose but I can say that I've never seen someone that has liked me turn up in my matching queue, at least not yet.

Alright app, but it turns out the minimum amount for a premium subscription was $20 per week, not $20 for a week like I initially thought. Many of us neurodivergent people, myself included, just can't afford that, and the app wasn't transparent about how the subscription worked. I would not recommend this app to others. Also, matching is behind a paywall, and that should be a basic feature for any dating app. Please stay away from Hiki if you can.

After reading several reviews I agree with most of them. Doesn't really feel like a "dating" app. Better off using Facebook dating or POF. It's ridiculously overpriced. $7 a week, should be $1 a week, they'd be making a lot more money. Limits 5 likes a day, 5? Seems like just another of the tons of new social media apps that come out. sad, cause I was really hoping it would be amazing and help me find someone. Guess not. 😞

When I used this app for the very first time, it was free to see whom matched. Yet, it was very discouraging because I only got at least 4 people to chat with. Yet, the app itself really sucks because there is a glitch trying to send a reply. Now it costs money to pay just to see individuals who match? Thats just nuts. Unless you could afford and are willing to pay any money using this app, I don't recommend it.