About the app.
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.
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Love the concept but needs more users
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
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
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NOT SAFE: Can’t remove matches or block people harassing you.
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.
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Could be more useful if the notifications worked
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.
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.
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Hey Vina’s
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.
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Love the app
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.
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GREAT APP but a little dry idk
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…?
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…?
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Disappointed
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
Decent App…BUT VIP is a SCAM!
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).
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).
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Wouldn’t recommend
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
Also nothing you do saves, it’s really poorly made, I really wanted to give a chance but don’t bother
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Experience not great
I’m not having a great experience using this app. It runs smoothly, the quizzes are fun, but I have gone through a grand total of 10 profiles and that’s it. I’ve had the app for a week so far. No one uses it in my area. The one person who “liked” my profile apparently I didn’t like back but the only way to see their profile is to pay for VIP. Also only people who have iPhones can use this app so that probably cuts way down on people who might use the app. I’m hopeful but Bumble seems way more popular.
Edit: I finally met someone from the app! I think the problem is that Hey Vina! Really struggles with marketing and advertising. If I’m struggling to make friends then telling my “friends” about the app doesn’t really work. This app may benefit from investing in influencers.
Edit: I finally met someone from the app! I think the problem is that Hey Vina! Really struggles with marketing and advertising. If I’m struggling to make friends then telling my “friends” about the app doesn’t really work. This app may benefit from investing in influencers.
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Disappointed
Like the setup but useless unless you pay for the upgrade.
Can’t even make an account
I tried signing up but it bugged out during the sign up phase now I’m in a constant loop of it telling my to login because I have an account and then telling me to sign up because I don’t have an account.
Must pay? No thanks
I’ll stick to Bumble BFF.
Not a good experience
The app keeps logging me out randomly and now I can’t even see the event I was planning to attend, it’s erased from my profile.
Deleted account
They deleted my account and didn’t even tell me
Could use a tweak
One of the pictures on the App Store says the app is also for non binary people. Yet, many of the categories of interests have feminine terms, and it assumes pronouns are she/her. It feels like non binary people aren’t being included at all. I like the concept of the app, but it’s not true to what it says in its advertising.
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Women in this app not serious about making friends
While a great idea, unfortunately women on this app either have too much social anxiety or they’re not serious at all about making friends. I paid for the 3 month deal of $30 and have yet to make a friend off of this app. A woman would message you, you write back, and then never hear back again. You make plans with a woman to hang out, and they cancel last minute or don’t show up. Many times I would initiate contact on my own and send a woman a thoughtfully written message after reviewing her profile, and I would never get any message back. I would suggest to the creator of the app to look into strategies of encouraging women to ACTUALLY use this app, not to just be on here for validation.
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Met my best friend on this app!
Met my BFF on this app nearly 2 years ago, and many other amazing women that either had a positive impact on my life or that have taught me great lessons for life.
Only thing I wouldn’t do is upgrade, because it truly is not needed. Also referrals are a waste of time because they do not honor their end of the bargain. Aside from that, recommend the app and mostly the feature where you can join/create meetups. I feel like the chats are pretty much a waste of time and conversations die out pretty quickly.
Only thing I wouldn’t do is upgrade, because it truly is not needed. Also referrals are a waste of time because they do not honor their end of the bargain. Aside from that, recommend the app and mostly the feature where you can join/create meetups. I feel like the chats are pretty much a waste of time and conversations die out pretty quickly.
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No email sign up!
i truly don’t understand why you need to sign up to see what the app is about. fine… but now i need an apple or facebook sign up? i’m sure they want to verify people but there’s other ways to verify that the developers need to take initiative of not assuming everyone has social media and putting the burden on them. too intrusive and outdated. too bad really wanted to meet some girlfriends. why turn people away? i do not understand the developers doesn’t seem like they really have passion behind their movement. never coming back here back to bumble bff i see some kid saying they need younger people sorry kid but you literally have the easiest time to meet other people , school, clubs, camps etc. & the older people complaining and being ageist is problematic as well. there’s 30+ only clubs in every city. these kinds of apps are always watered down and failing because no one wants to create a functional app
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