# Hey! VINA - Meet New Friends — For Women, By Women > Social discovery app for women to find friends and build communities. (iPhone/iPad app by VINA Incorporated.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hey-vina-meet-new-friends/id1043337296 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [VINA Incorporated](https://appshunter.io/developer/1000997837) - Category: Social Networking, Lifestyle - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 4.20/5 from 7,546 App Store ratings · 127 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 12+ - Requires: iOS 9.0 · 129 MB - Languages: American English, Turkish - Released: 2016-01-26 - Data updated: 2026-06-10 - Monetization: free with in-app purchases - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hey-vina-meet-new-friends/id1043337296/reviews.md ## What is Hey! VINA? Your fave app for women's friendship! Swipe to meet new friends, join communities, take quizzes, live chat, & go to events to live your best life. "I've shopped for friends twice on Hey! VINA and my life has changed for the better." - Women's Health Magazine "A few swipes later, I was addicted" - ELLE Magazine "... finally the startup goddesses delivered" - Cosmopolitan Magazine “For women who travel, or have relocated to a new city, a like-minded social circle is now quickly within reach.” - The New York Times "I think about my first VINA date, and remember that we have plans to hang out the next day. I tell my friend yes, she should use it. Yes, to women everywhere. What do you have to lose?" - PAPER Magazine "Why shouldn’t you be using matching apps to increase your friend base? It’s no weirder than swiping right to find your next partner, after all." - NYLON Magazine Hey! VINA is the social discovery app just for women. You can tap into wherever you are in the world (or in your life!) to meet up with friends when you travel, move to a new city, transition life phases, or simply want to grow your social circle. Friend finding made safe, easy, and fun. Yay! How Hey! VINA works: — SIGN UP WITH FACEBOOK OR INSTAGRAM - we use this to confirm your gender and find people who you should know — TAKE QUIZZES - we use fun and festive personality quizzes to help you find people who you will be compatible with — JOIN A COMMUNITY - join a community to find friends who specifically like what you like and live like you live — SWIPE RIGHT TO MEET - anonymously swipe right to indicate who you want to meet right now, and swipe left to skip people you're not ready to meet or aren't interested in — GET INTRODUCED - once you have a match, you get introduced to a new potential friend. We make it easy to meet with a personalized intro from Olivia from VINA — MEET UP - Use our handy Plans feature to post a private invite to meet up or make a public invite to invite everyone in your area to join... the most important part is meeting up IRL! — KEEP IN TOUCH - you can add your matches and facebook friends to your VINA List to group chat, make plans, or all kinds of stuff — BECOME A VIP - match faster and easier by upgrading to VINA VIP! You can now upgrade with a paid subscription to preview who swiped right on you... more premium features to come soon, too! _____________________________ If you choose to purchase VINA VIP, payment will be charged to your iTunes account, and your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the iTunes Store after purchase. Current VINA VIP subscription price starts at $5.99 USD/week, and 3 month, 6 month and 100 year packages are available. Prices are in U.S. dollars, may vary in countries other than the U.S. and are subject to change without notice. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. If you don’t choose to purchase VINA VIP, you can simply continue using Hey! VINA for free forever! xoxo Privacy: https://www.heyvina.com/privacy Terms: https://www.heyvina.com/vina-terms-of-service/ ## Key features - Swipe to meet new friends - Join interest-based communities - Take personality quizzes - Live chat with matches - Attend local events - Create VINA Lists for groups ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | 3 Month VINA VIP Membership | $29.99 | per 3 months | | 6 Month VINA VIP Membership | $47.99 | per 6 months | | 1 Week VINA VIP Membership | $5.99 | per 7 days | | 1 Month VINA VIP Membership | $14.99 | per month | | 6 Month VINA VIP Membership | $47.99 | per 6 months | **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | 100 Year Membership | $99.99 | one-time | | 1 Spotlight | $3.99 | one-time | | Package of 5 Spotlights | $11.99 | one-time | | Package of 10 Spotlights | $19.99 | one-time | ## What do users think of Hey! VINA? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🤝 Great for making new friends - 💡 Innovative concept for connecting women - 🎨 Visually appealing design - 🤗 Positive community vibe **Cons** - 💰 Expensive subscription fees - 🐛 Buggy and crashes frequently - 🔍 Limited user base in some areas - 📨 Unreliable notification system - 🤖 Fake/inactive profiles - 🚫 Inability to block users **Commonly reported bugs** - Login issues after app updates - Location settings not working properly - Inability to delete account - Messaging system not functioning correctly **Most requested features** - Allow free access to basic features - Implement a free trial period - Add more filtering/search options - Improve user verification process - Provide a way to see past matches - Enable users to edit their profiles ## Recent user reviews (10 of 127) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hey-vina-meet-new-friends/id1043337296/reviews.md ### 2/5 — About the app. *2024-12-19* So when I downloaded the app I thought it was cool at first. But the weird thing about it is that you can swipe right for new friends , but you won’t be able to see who swiped you right back also or in general , unless you pay like 20/30 something dollars every month just to use the app😐. like you literally have to pay just to make friends . Which would be okay for some people but you also have to pay portion by portion weekly. every single week. You have to pay. The last thing for me was that once I’ve swiped over maybe 20 people it said something like “ that’s all there is for right now “ and it shows that you can refresh but I have had the app for about a day now and have been refreshing on and off for the past few hours. Like all day. And yet i still didn’t get to see anybody at all anymore .. which is weird . So i just decided to chose to delete the app overall instead of wasting my time and money on nothing. ### 3/5 — Love the concept but needs more users *2024-11-26* The concept of the app is really cool. It has a lot of potential but there needs to be more users on the app. Maybe having influencers on social media promote or more marketing initiatives? It doesn’t make sense to rely on the people using the app to promote since the whole point of the app is to meet and make new friends. I’m using the free version and I’m able to chat with others who swiped on me (similar to a dating app). I also think it’s cool we can make plans and it’s open to everyone to join So far I’m having a good experience ### 1/5 — NOT SAFE: Can’t remove matches or block people harassing you. *2024-08-07* The app has a feature to block people but it doesn’t work. If you contact support, they ignore you or just tell you to keep signing out and delete the app- they don’t fix the problem. This allows someone to harass you in the app and you don’t consider the safety of women using this app and their right to unmatch. There is also NO option to unmatch a user at all who isn’t engaging in chat to become friends- they are stuck there forever taking up space in your list and you cannot block because it doesn’t work! The support team don’t care about women’s safety. ### 1/5 — Could be more useful if the notifications worked *2024-07-18* The biggest issue I have with this app is that it’s very very easy to forget. The notifications for it do not behave similarly to other apps like Facebook, sure you might get a banner message in the notification space but you don’t get a notification sound and it clears the notification as soon as you unlock your phone. This is a problem for people who like me have ADHD and/or need those reminders that we have a message or plan or we assume that the peeps we know on the app don’t care about us. This app also seems to have fallen out of use especially in less populated areas due to these failures in notifications. Also, they seem to have not kept up to date with the changes over the years, last updated 3 years ago. I can’t even log in anymore because it fails to sync with the updates to login methods. Tried contacting support and no response to my attempts. ### 5/5 — Hey Vina’s *2024-06-04* Hi! I am hoping to meet and make some great lifetime friends with so many things in common with me. I’ve always tried to be good but most of my experience hasn’t. I have been lonely for a long time, I’m looking to make a new clique of friends who party, are looking to better themselves, honourably of course, and genuine honest sincere friends, like priceless pearls with so much beauty to offer. And good virtues. And I am looking for someone to cling onto, not romantically as my bestie. ### 4/5 — Love the app *2024-05-26* One recommendation yall should recycle matches, I’m out of matches literally sometimes I don’t match with people because of small trivial things (differences in location or hobbies, maybe your too self conscious about yourself) or accidental swipes it’s be nice to be able to do do overs or if there were other ways to match, maybe add a local “groups” (interest) page where you list or match people with members we can contact via the app (that way you never actually run out of matches? Or suggest/Notify us of different people we can relate to we may or may not have swiped passed from time to time? There needs to be something extra to connect people or keep people interests. A real page dedicated to finding events instead of in app notifications would be nice too. ### 3/5 — GREAT APP but a little dry idk *2024-03-14* I really love this app, it shows the people who are near you, people can type their interests which makes it easy BUT it feels like either there’s too little people on this app or not enough people are active, I’ve been using this app for a day now and I’ve only gotten one match so far…I wouldn’t say it’s exactly the apps fault but I don’t know people just aren’t that active… Also I feel like this app should add a search feature where you can search for someone that has the same badge as you or someone with the same interests as you instead of swiping to make it much more easier! ALSO HUGE PROBLEM‼️‼️ If you don’t pay, you can’t see your “heys” aka messages so everyone’s just typing in their socials, so like what’s the point of the app if you can’t even make friends without paying…? ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2024-02-10* I am quite disappointed. I thought this was going to be a good app to make more girl friend within my area. Had the app for three days and have no match’s and no conversation just to find out you have to pay….so do not get this app not worth it ### 2/5 — Decent App…BUT VIP is a SCAM! *2023-10-13* I’ve used Hey! VINA for years and made some good friends. I’ve recommended this app to my non-user friends who have tried it themselves. It’s a decent app as a free app. The ratio of matches made to messages sent to conversations actually started to friends actually made is pretty low (1 friend made for every 50 messages sent, with maybe 30 responses and 15 actual convos); it’s definitely a numbers game. The UX could be a bit smoother and more polished, and there could be more quizzes with actual depth, but the app serves its main purpose of connecting new people and making new friends. Unfortunately, it looks like the free version is the best the app is going to be. It’s been made very clear it’s not worth money. I had been debating trying VIP for months, and I finally decided to bite the bullet and try VINA VIP for a week, the cheapest option ($5.99). They say VIP lets you see all your Heys — I had 84, so it seemed worth the cost. After paying, I got to see 17 of them before the app said I had no more new Heys…but I still had 67 Heys listed on my profile page. I feel ripped off. If I am paying to see my Heys, then let me see my Heys. This feels scammy. I should have listened to other reviewers. I immediately cancelled my subscription. Very disappointed. Thank GOD I didn’t do the lifetime membership ($100). ### 1/5 — Wouldn’t recommend *2023-08-07* Really expensive, you can’t actually message anyone without paying so completely pointless app, it’s clear most people haven’t paid because pretty much every profile mentions their socials. Bit of a scam tbh much better apps that do the exact same thing that you don’t need to pay for Also nothing you do saves, it’s really poorly made, I really wanted to give a chance but don’t bother ## Frequently asked questions about Hey! VINA ### What does Hey! VINA do? Hey! VINA is a social discovery app specifically for women. It helps you meet new friends by allowing you to swipe right on profiles, join communities based on shared interests, and participate in events. The app aims to make finding friends safe, easy, and fun. ### How do I find friends on Hey! VINA? You can find friends by signing up with Facebook or Instagram, taking personality quizzes to find compatible matches, joining specific communities, and anonymously swiping right on profiles you're interested in. Once you have a match, the app facilitates introductions and encourages meeting up in person. ### Is Hey! VINA free to use? The core features of Hey! VINA are free to use. However, there is an optional VIP subscription called VINA VIP that allows users to match faster and easier, including previewing who has swiped right on them. Pricing for VINA VIP starts at $5.99 USD per week. ### What kind of communities can I join? You can join communities based on specific interests and lifestyles. This feature helps you find friends who share your passions and live similarly to you, making it easier to connect over shared experiences and activities. ### Who is the target audience for Hey! VINA? The app is designed for women of all ages who are looking to grow their social circle. This includes women who have relocated, are traveling, are going through life transitions, or simply want to make new friends in their area. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 4.0.1 — 2020-08-25 I’ve always been the one to say the first Hey Have to swipe and skip a hundred million times Had to get it better to know just what you like Now I’m updatin’ You say update like I have never heard before I’m indecisive but this time I know for sure I hope that we’re not the only one that feels it all Are you updatin’? — SEE YA INSTAGRAM LOGIN - Facebook is no longer allowing apps to use Instagram as a means of logging in. We’ve implemented an account recovery process to allow you to get access to your profile that you’ve created with Instagram. — As always, getting rid of (lady) bugs and (party) crashers! If you ever have trouble with anything email us at hey@heyvina.com This update song is brought to you by Dua Lipa, “Break My Heart” ### 4.0.0 — 2020-07-21 VINA 4.0 // INTRODUCING PARTY CHAT! It’s my party, and I’ll chat if I want to Chat if I want to, chat if I want to You would chat too, if you’re quarantined too! — WE LIKE TO PARTY - Meet our newest feature, Party Chat! Join randomly assigned groups of vinas from all around the world to chat about anything, anytime, anywhere! We’ve been diligently sheltering in place, and while we do encourage you still to meet up in socially safe ways, we also know sometimes that doesn’t work, but we still need social connection. Party Chat allows you to instantly connect and chat with the worldwide VINA Community. Can’t wait to Party Chat with you! — Bye-Bye Instagram Login - We’ve also had to remove instagram as a method for login, to recover your account, please contact member support at hey@heyvina.com This update song is brought to you by the legendary Lesley Gore’s song, “It’s My Party.” ### 3.2.19 — 2020-07-06 I’m an update A classic techie habit, Coding, pushing, sassy App updatin, what's happenin? What's happenin? I'm an update, yeah — BTS - Behind the scenes updates to set you up for new features! This update song is brought to you by Megan Thee Stallion, "Savage" ### 3.2.18 — 2020-05-27 I’m an update A classic techie habit, Coding, pushing, sassy App updatin, what's happenin? What's happenin? I'm an update, yeah — BTS - Behind the scenes updates to set you up for new features! This update song is brought to you by Megan Thee Stallion, "Savage" ### 3.2.17 — 2020-05-12 Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Got all this time on my hands Might as well update our app, yeah You could sign in with Apple, So update the app, And swipe right on me, Can't wait here no more It's just an update for free And there's nothing else, nothing else, you can do I'm stuck with updating, stuck with updating, stuck with updating — NEW WAY TO SIGN UP! - You can now join with Apple Login. This includes added security for profile photo verification to ensure your experience stays safe, too! — As always, we’ve also removed some (lady) bugs and (party) crashes. Have fun, make friends, and more exciting things to come! ## Apps similar to Hey! 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