Inner Circle User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience27.9% of reviews
Neutral3.6% of reviews
Negative experience68.5% of reviews

~ Based on 359 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Inner Circle Safe?

Inner Circle - Dating App appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Inner Circle is 86/100.

This assessment is based on 10,078 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.3/5.

Safety Analysis

82.1% of ratings point to a safe experience
7.2% of ratings suggest some concerns
10.8% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 10,078 App Store ratings for Inner Circle.

Is Inner Circle Legit?

Inner Circle - Dating App appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Inner Circle is 83/100.

Based on 83 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Bad registration experience

I used this app 3 years ago and it was okay, so I came back today and was trying to register, I did the face verification and then added 6 few photos of mine, the app is saying that my verification doesn’t match my pictures but is absolutely me and all the pictures shows my face clearly and close up even so my guess is they use AI and the AI they use is very bad, the registration is stuck on this step and you can’t do anything else, I can’t delete my pictures or my registration, I can’t request for support, is completely stuck. Very bad experience, don’t bother.
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No matches

1 month of this app and I didn’t match with anyone, I will stick to IRL

Feels like made up profiles.

Not sure, these are real profiles. The response is extremely poor.

Exceptionally poor app design and non existent support

I have no idea how this app is marketed as being in any way “premium”. It is worse than any app I have used, including Grindr.

For starters, you can’t filter by city without paying which means you have people from 0000s of miles away, who you will never even meet? This is just extortion in the form of an app, I haven’t ever come across a free version lacking this basic functionality, and how is anyone going to want to pay if they can’t even see a basic selection in their city.

Secondly, the app support is absolutely awful. It won’t work in app, and so takes you to the browser. Again, not premium in the slightest. Then it takes you round in nonsensical circles with an AI chatbot that offers meaningless answers, that anyone with common sense could figure themselves . When requesting a human it asks you to fill out a form, despite having all your details on account, and promises an hour “within 24 hours”. Outside of services that are low cost, where you would expect basic customer service, I don’t come across customer service where an agent isn’t available immediately during business hours. I tried to ask for a one month free trial, in order to assess the usefulness of the app and got a completely generic AI answer that stated they point blank do not offer this. Where is the customer service?

I don’t know what geographic market you’re targeting, but US and EU audiences expect something complete when it’s marketed as it is. Not a poorly designed app clearly just wanting you to part with your money for the supposedly better paid membership.
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Response from developer

Hi aqsdfds, Thank you for taking the time to share your detailed feedback. We're sorry to hear the app and support experience didn't meet your expectations. We understand your concerns about location filters, customer support, and evaluating Premium before subscribing. Feedback like yours is valuable, and we'll make sure it's shared with our product and support teams as we continue working to improve the experience. Enjoy your Sunday.

Serious questions on private info data keeping

Clicked to have my profile removed: they said it was… until I discovered through their emails asking me to keep my account active that it wasn’t. Also while using the app, didn’t respected my choices as basic as orientation: I am heterosexual and was getting messages from same sex when - I checked again - was not what I asked for. It is misleading for those who messaged me and not serious of this app. Once you fill your profile, you literally have to pay to check what it looks like to users and to make changes!!! That is probably the cheapest most ridiculous feature of this app. Avoid
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Response from developer

Hi MAFS95, Thanks for your feedback. Please share more details via email at support@theinnercircle.com — your opinion matters and helps us make our dating app even better. Enjoy your weekend ahead

Buenos perfiles

Conexiones reales buenos perfiles me gusta

Classy App

Classy App, only used when single but I found the members the best of all the dating Apps

Crackdown on ghosting

I really like how Inner Circle proactively cracks down on ghosting by notifying users after 48 hours to either connect or kindly end the chat. I also like that it makes uses give a reason for ending the chat so the other person has closure and isn’t wondering what happened.

Bad app, waste of time

Not worth bothering, no profile shown in free version. Everything is engineered to push you to pay to even just see profiles. No screening and no exclusivity. Just interested in money and stealing your data, zero profiles available.

Response

I like inner circle but not to many woman live to far away. Need more in New Jersey please

Excelente

Amei

Denied cause your app is not running properly

Something about my photos being wrong when they were regular and no way to know which ones to update and it was glitching when I was guessing and uploaded new ones

This app sucks and it rejected my profile

I was rejected by this dumb app and I’ll never join this app again. The waitlist was too long and I want to give up on this app. Inner Circle is a joke and a huge mistake

Concept is good, barely anyone on it

After looking at this app for a while I held off signing up since I didn’t think there were enough people on it that I’d be interested in (sounds awful but I’ll just be bluntly honest here for the review). Likes built up and I fell for the classic suspicion of wondering if any likes were compatible (hidden until paying) or the app might be better if paid for so that I can apply filters such as no children. However, once I’d paid £80 I quickly ran out of people to swipe. Don’t bother, it was a complete waste of money, I’ve tried various locations, there are too few people on this app, I feel cheated of the payment.
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Response from developer

Hi Howellsy, Thanks for your feedback. Please share more details via email at support@theinnercircle.com — your opinion matters and helps us make our dating app even better. Thank you very much.

No diversity

They don’t have any diversity, which is a choice because you have to put in an application to even join.

Not working

Tried to download never worked never sent text codes

Misleading experience

I deleted my account because I found the app’s approach misleading. It is not clearly stated during signup that essential features especially receiving messages require a paid membership. Even though I put time and effort into creating my profile, the way this is communicated felt uncomfortable and not transparent.
For that reason, I chose to remove my account. I hope the app adopts a more honest and open approach toward users in the future.
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Poorly designed waste of time

I would love to know what genius convinced these people that users want to sit through a stock photo video intro each time you open the app. It’s painful. Once it loads, it shows you random people from around the world - like Raya, only less hot people. And forcing people to name their “hotspots” - as if that makes them more desirable for dating - is super cringe. I could say more, but just trust me that of all the dating apps I’ve used, this is the worst and there is not a close second.
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wonderful app for me

Yeah, that’s what I thought and wanted. Thank you.

they need to step up their game for travel mode

I really like that the app seems to not have as many catfish as others, this is wonderful! However with the paid version you have the opportunity to put on travel mode but it is incredibly limited-they and only allows the options that they give you- which is hardly any. Even when you type in the destination search - unless they already pre-determined the place which you already see listed, your desired location is not going pop up- they only have 41 cities GLOBALLY that they allow you to search in which is very bad for a travel mode, sadly it really doesn't work well in that regard. This is not good if you are a nomad and looking forward to meeting new people when you're traveling.

There are far more options when you look in "explore favorite spots" in the popular destinations they have far more options... which is free and for everybody so it really makes no sense that those places that are listed in the app but not available in travel mode which is a paid feature.

Also the members outside of this age range cannot contact me -does not work. Which is unfortunate because I would prefer to date within my age range and have more people to sift through because of this.

I do like the layout and questions that they have. I think the prompts are really good as well-though many people don't actually fill them out so it would be nice if they were required so you could actually see what people were looking for.

I think it's probably got some better quality people then most of the other apps.

Hoping they fix the limitations because it would be far better if they did! But all in all better than the rest!
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Response from developer

Hi YogaSurfLove. We love your feedback. If you’d like to share more, just write to support@theinnercircle.com. The opinions of our members are what make this dating app — and our singles community — truly special. Enjoy your weekend.