# Inner Circle - Dating App — user reviews > 361 indexed App Store user reviews of Inner Circle by Circle Imperium B.V., rated 4.30/5 from 10,123 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/inner-circle-dating-app/id838136374/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/inner-circle-dating-app/id838136374.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 7,038 · 4★ 1,266 · 3★ 727 · 2★ 260 · 1★ 832 ## What do users think of Inner Circle? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 💫 Great customer support - 🌍 Global connections and travel-friendly - 🤝 Serious and mature community - 👍 User-friendly app design **Cons** - 💰 Expensive subscription fees - 🔒 Limited features for non-paying users - 🤔 Unclear approval and verification process - 🔍 Lack of local user base in some areas - 🤖 Potential for fake or inactive profiles **Commonly reported bugs** - Difficulty deleting account and profile - Recurring charges even after cancellation **Most requested features** - Ability to search by location rather than just city - More free features for non-paying users - Clearer communication on subscription terms ## Newest reviews (13 of 361) ### 2/5 — Concept is good, barely anyone on it *2026-01-28, version 5.27.1* 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. ### 1/5 — No diversity *2026-01-21, version 5.27* They don’t have any diversity, which is a choice because you have to put in an application to even join. ### 1/5 — Not working *2026-01-18, version 5.27* Tried to download never worked never sent text codes ### 1/5 — Misleading experience *2025-12-07, version 5.26.5* 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. ### 1/5 — Poorly designed waste of time *2025-11-25, version 5.26.4* 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. ### 4/5 — they need to step up their game for travel mode *2025-09-23* 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! **Developer response:** 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. ### 1/5 — Blank verification screen *2025-09-20, version 5.25.2* Blank verification screen. It doesn’t load ### 1/5 — Scammers *2025-09-17* Please avoid this app for not spend time e money probably you be speak with A.I. Spend money to trying visualize fake matches **Developer response:** Hi No bumble. 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. ### 1/5 — The app is a joke *2025-09-15, version 5.25* You can’t even open a message if someone messages you without paying. That is literally free on any other dating app, get real. ### 1/5 — New interface *2025-09-03, version 5.25* This new interface is something worst you can ever imagine, has no proper options what so ever, previous version was far far better then this one when it was blue, Black colour is only to make your experience really dark.. very disappointed ### 1/5 — App does not work, colours are rubbish *2025-08-25, version 5.24.1* Faulty at best, much prefer hinge ### 1/5 — No one local! *2025-08-10, version 5.24.1* This is a complete waste of money if you live outside London and Berkshire. £39.99 to find that almost everyone on here is in London. And a very high proportion state they’re foreign nationals i.e. are not necessarily even in the UK long term. Its an international-Londoner’s app basically. You cannot filter by distance (I presume because that’ll show 2 people in total!). I live in the West Midlands and when looking at the list of ‘local’ members its just reams of guys in London. ### 1/5 — Full of Scammer and No Real Support *2025-08-02, version 5.23* I was scammed by someone I matched with on Inner Circle and lost a large amount of money. When I contacted support, they were no help. They couldn’t find the user and had no record of the conversation, making it impossible to trace or report fraudulent users. This app has zero proper verification, no scam protection and useless support. If something goes wrong, you’re completely on your own. Please avoid this app as it is full of scammers and it’s not safe. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Fácil *2026-07-31, version 5.30.7* Podia ser mais barato, tudo tem que pagar. Por que não fazem uma assinatura padrão com todos os recursos em uma quantidade. Quem quiser mais que compre ### 1/5 — Mal *2026-07-26, version 5.30.5* No pude iniciar sesión por ninguno de los métodos nunca llegó el código y al crear la cuenta tampoco llego código para confirmar la cuenta ### 1/5 — Bad registration experience *2026-07-12, version 5.30.5* 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. ### 1/5 — No matches *2026-07-12, version 5.30.5* 1 month of this app and I didn’t match with anyone, I will stick to IRL ### 1/5 — Feels like made up profiles. *2026-07-10, version 5.30.5* Not sure, these are real profiles. The response is extremely poor. ### 1/5 — Exceptionally poor app design and non existent support *2026-07-05, version 5.30.4* 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. ### 1/5 — Serious questions on private info data keeping *2026-06-18, version 5.30.3* 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 ### 1/5 — Bad app, waste of time *2026-04-19, version 5.29* 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. ### 1/5 — Denied cause your app is not running properly *2026-02-15, version 5.27.2* 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 ### 1/5 — This app sucks and it rejected my profile *2026-01-28, version 5.27.1* 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 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Buenos perfiles *2026-06-11, version 5.30.2* Conexiones reales buenos perfiles me gusta ### 5/5 — Classy App *2026-06-11, version 5.30.2* Classy App, only used when single but I found the members the best of all the dating Apps ### 5/5 — Crackdown on ghosting *2026-05-24, version 5.30.1* 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. ### 5/5 — Response *2026-04-03, version 5.28.1* I like inner circle but not to many woman live to far away. Need more in New Jersey please ### 5/5 — Excelente *2026-02-22, version 5.27.2* Amei ### 5/5 — wonderful app for me *2025-11-03, version 5.26.3* Yeah, that’s what I thought and wanted. Thank you. ### 5/5 — 10 *2025-08-03, version 5.23* 10 ### 5/5 — Inner circle amazing app *2025-07-12, version 5.22* This is a very cool app to be apart of can’t wait to see who I interact with and meet. ### 5/5 — Give it a try🫶🏼 *2024-07-25* I met my husband on Inner Circle exactly 2 years ago ❤️ I’m thankful for this app ❤️ **Developer response:** Hi Cibaer! How wonderful! Thank you very much for sharing and recommending our app! We wish you and your husband a lifetime of smiles, happiness and endless special moments together. ### 5/5 — My experience with Innercircle *2024-03-05* I created a profile and submitted a picture of my face. Within half an hour I received an email from Innercircle saying that I had been denied and that they would not be accepting my application at this time. There were no further details. Thanks for making me want to cry today. I did the facial verification and it matched my photo, however I’m left to make up my own reason as to why it was denied. Maybe I am too ugly. Maybe I am not wealthy enough. Maybe there is a social credit system in the United States that uses facial recognition. Maybe I have terrible social credit. Either way I would not recommend you use this app. **Developer response:** Hi quadonkdonk! Thanks for sharing your feedback and we will take your thoughts into consideration :-) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-31.*