I can't fault the app for the lack of members on it. This is similar to Facebook dating except you have to pay and there are a fraction of the members. On top of that there are reduced search items than Facebook Dating. How can this app complete with free?? Obviously you don't get what you would be paying for. It's just pay more get far less. Sorry I can't justify paying a subscription for this.
Reviews for Stir: Single Parent Dating App
← Back to Stir: Single Parent Dating AppVery disappointing. Setting up the profile is super cluegy and literally that's all you can do for free . . . is set up your profile. As soon as you want to connect with anybody or see who wants to connect with you, you gotta kick out the cash, which isn't that big of a deal, but here's my money talking . . . Bye. They probably can't offer a complimentary 30 day trial because they don't have the content to keep people around that long.
You literally can do *nothing* except make a profile without paying for it. It also shows you the same profiles over and over and over even after you "no" them. Edit in response to Stir's reply: This is not true. You cannot see the profiles of anyone who likes you, just a first name and blurred out picture. If you click on their profile, you're given the options to purchase and no further information. Also, no one wants to see a match suggestion for someone they've already passed on 3 times in 5 minutes. The repetition is pointless.
I caved and paid for an account, but it's not respecting my "seeking" limits. Probably 80% of the profiles shown are too far away for me. This is for single parents, our free time is limited and valuable, if we're not interested in driving all over or not capable of moving for love, distance is important! Other than that it's fine, it's not very different from any other app. ETA: what a scam. I contacted support about seeing profiles out of my "seeking" range and was told to increase my range.
You pretty much have to pay to get any traction. Someone sends you an intro, pay wall. The preferences are also ignored. Example - I input a radius for matches, as a parent I don't have the time to drive a long way. I'm getting suggestions for people within ~100miles. I also live in a major metro so it's not a lack of matches. Update - I have currated my preferences before posting my review. Like I said, getting matches from far outside of the distance I input.
Not only can you not see who has liked your profile without paying at least $15 (to have the ability for 1 week) you also can't see messages people have sent. I have hundreds of likes and after scrolling for hours I was able to eliminate only 1 from that list. That either means stir isn't showing me profiles of folks that like me or worse, they're lying about the number of likes. Either way, Stir is definitely more of a cash grab than an actual tool to meet potential partners.
Upon review of my subscription I see that I was signed up for 6 months. This was not the option that I chose as I only wanted to try the site out for 1 month & was not given an option of a free trial. I have tried the app for a few day in hopes that I would like it, but it really isn't for me. There are very few options & tweaks you can make. On top of that I wasn't even able to edit the miles in which I would be willing to connect with someone. Also your customer care option doesn't work!
They send lots of likes and messages trying to get you to buy their product. Despite being in my age and location range (the only filters I have), the "matches"never show up in the recommendations. Run out of recommendations fast. Don't waste your time. They also keep saying I have 24 new recommendations, and when I go swipe, it's only a four or five before it tells me I'm out for the day.
Literally no point in having the app when the only way to talk to anyone is if you pay for it. I get wanting 'premium' features for an app, but there's not any point when it's free to sign up but you have to pay to use everything else. At the point just make people pay to sign up. If I was able to message people I matched with that's one thing, but I can't even do that. Waste of time and will be removing my account.
The app is pretty cut and dry for the most part. It's easy enough to navigate and even an idiot like me can use it well. The only big issue I have is the subscription. I cannot cancel it and was even charged for a month I did not want and there is no information on how to contact anyone. Please, match llc, update the app so people can cancel the subscription if need be.
The concept is good but the execution is poor. This is purely a profit over service app. Every other app has a very similar price point that allows you to see your "likes" and decided if you want to interact with them, but not this one ...in order to have such a simple and important feature, they want 3 to 4 times the average amount. Their excuse is the cost to run the platform...the platform is a copy paste of Match with a few tweaks... it's not that expensive. STAY AWAY & keep your $
Terrible app. 1st, you pay for membership, then you pay for others to message you at 9.99 a person. The app shows you have X amount of matches, but every time you log in, they're old matches who you didn't ever speak to. I'm bummed I paid the membership, now I'm stuck with it. They should allow the user to pause membership and come back another time that way they don't waste the paid time while there's no users since they only allow a refund for a VERY short amount of time.
Another dating site that locks you behind everything. Can't even see who likes you, what they look like, their name, anything, locked behind a paywall. There's plenty of ways to make money on an app like this. Don't need to restrict your users so much they can't use the very basics of the app. Ads, digital goods, super likes, whatever, charge money for it, but locking the basic functions of the app is greedy. By lifting restrictions, you'll most likely gain traffic and revenue.
Total garage. I started with a non-paid account, which offers little to nothing in terms of messaging to others. So I took a chance on a 50% off premium subscription. Even with a paid subscription, it's garage. You can't even search for other people. I'll say it again, YOU CAN'T EVEN SEARCH FOR OTHER PEOPLE! You have to just wait for recommendations. Don't waste your money on a subscription. If you go the free account route, that's your choice but the subscription account is an absolute waste.
This app launched in 2021. It's 2025. Just framing this review with that. The only preferences you can choose are gender, distance, and age range. Which is fine with me. But they don't even try to keep within distance. I have mine set at 50 miles and regularly get suggested people from over 500 miles away. There is also no way to search in your area. It's set up as AI / algorithm suggestions only. There are usually quite a lot, but it would be nice to be able to search also.
Not very good. It seems like you have to pay for every little thing you do in the app. It's nice that there are multiple ways to connect with people. But it's annoying that the heights show up in cm and distances in km. Which means I have to do math every time I look at a new profile. Also, messages frequently seem to double and triple send by mistake. Which can be annoying for both you and the people you are trying to connect with. I'll be cancelling for now.
if you open a free account you both have to match in order to message each other. I was hit with 10 or so likes right away. I thought ok maybe this time. I paid for 3 months after it revealed who liked my profile. only a few were reasonably close. And you get ghosted by almost everyone. The app stops working, it just loads forever. so you're forced to use the website. a few hopefuls but you feel no effort made by them. I cancelled my account. it's not fun when you're the only one serious
reviewed and removed star. I had given it two stars before because I didn't love it but it did work and such. now I'm finding more ways that they're just trying to get you to pay to play. in their discover mode, which is supposed to find people that are actually good for you, you can't send a normal like which you have if you sign up, you got to do their super duper extra super super like that cost you money. Go elsewhere, maybe a bar. wouldn't suggest this app.
Awful text editor. Most frustrating experience I've had typing in an app since my ipod touch 15 yrs ago. I was ready to quit before I finished my profile. EDIT: Reducing to one star. They won't even let you see people who message you without paying. Cash grab of an app. Plenty of others that don't charge anywhere near as much for this sort of basic functionality (or it's free).
Couldn't verify phone number right after purchasing subscription. Reached out to their customer support team and got the worst customer service experience ever so much that it felt like they were trolling. I don't think they have any actual people working in their service department, it's just bots. Every time I reached out to try to get the issue resolved I would receive the same bot auto response message. Locked out my account permanently it seems. Don't waste your money on this scam app.