# Lara: AI Matchmaker for Dating — user reviews > 34 indexed App Store user reviews of Lara by Spotlight Studios LLC, rated 1.56/5 from 9 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lara-ai-matchmaker-for-dating/id6469631605/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lara-ai-matchmaker-for-dating/id6469631605.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 0 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 6 ## Newest reviews (11 of 34) ### 1/5 — total waste *2025-02-01, version 1.0.17* The app absolutely does nothing. Don’t even waste your time. ### 1/5 — Terrible app *2025-01-16* Terrible, the app wasn’t able to perform what it promises. After endless conversations with the app, it only introduced 2 prospects and they didn’t fit my criteria. A waste of time ### 2/5 — Not there yet *2025-01-05* Downloaded after I saw my favorite podcaster promoting the app. I’ve been on it a few weeks without any matches. The app is glitchy and repetitive. Cool concept though. ### 1/5 — Glitchy and no matches *2025-01-02* The conversation seems to always be scrambled. I spent a ton of time giving my thoughtful responses and I haven’t gotten any feedback or introductions. I wish I would at least get a timeframe, I’m kind of in limbo. Is it thinking, is the app broken? Should I delete my account? **Developer response:** We apologize for the inconvenience. Please make sure you're on the latest version of the app. If you are and continue to run into issues, please reach out to support@laradating. We appreciate your feedback and hope to get this sorted asap! ### 1/5 — Broken and glitchy and email support doesn’t work *2024-12-26* This app is glitchy. When you re-open it, the conversation with the app is often scrambled. So I emailed the support email address for Lara, and the support tech was confused because they support POF and not Lara. I get that Match Group owns all the dating apps, but cmon, if an app is broken and you can’t get support for it, why should I bother using it? ### 1/5 — Very annoying! Might be sinister *2024-12-03, version 1.0.13* Might be sinister gathering all the data of the users, requires a phone number that means all the user data is tied to PII. ### 1/5 — You can’t reply *2024-11-20* It’s terrible, I spent all this time answering questions and after that she told me she had some dates for me but I couldn’t reply… the texting section disappeared. 👎👎 **Developer response:** Hi Rita, we apologize for the inconvenience! This bug has been fixed. Hope to see you back on Lara soon! ### 1/5 — To much questions *2024-11-19, version 1.0.13* To much questions and no good directions , ### 1/5 — Issues *2024-10-24, version 1.0.11* I'm having trouble finding the chat section so that I can talk with my match. ### 1/5 — Collects your data and gives you nothing *2024-10-11* After a month of answering questions, I had no matches and no prospects. It collects all your data and gives you nothing. **Developer response:** We appreciate the feedback and apologize for the inconvenience! We've made lots of updates to the app over the past couple months that we think you'll like...we hope to see you back on Lara soon! ### 1/5 — Blah *2024-09-19* I downloaded this app because of the persistent ads but although it sounded cool the thing seems like it just goes in circles and the basic functionality doesn’t really work all that well. No matches, not enjoyable, not functional, just a big ol waste of my time. Disappointed. **Developer response:** We apologize for the inconvenience! The app is still in beta but we've made tons of improvements over the past few months and we'd love for you to check it out. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not very good *2025-06-24* Not very good if only available in one state . Plus application is stuck with asking me to upload three photos. Can’t get past that green. ### 1/5 — Lara *2025-05-11* Waste of time ### 1/5 — skip it *2025-05-04* It’s all a waste of time. No real matches, constantly asks you the same questions, And the UI is slow. You can read faster than it does. Would give lower rating if I could ### 1/5 — Dreadful *2025-05-02* It’s like talking to a shoe. Terrible terrible ### 1/5 — Avoid at all cost *2025-04-24, version 1.0.24* Trash app that only ask questions. Never actually matches you. It’s just a learning software ### 1/5 — Garbage. Do not download. *2025-04-22* While the idea on paper is promising, the execution is horrible. I’ve repeatedly stated that I do not want anyone from New York. Every single match you’ve given me has been from New York. Ended up deleting the app. ### 1/5 — AI for the sake of AI *2025-04-22* I’ve never been so frustrated at a dating app or LLM before. The server response times are so horrendous that I had to ask if “Lara” was still there multiple times after several minutes. Eventually she catches up but skips over questions or interprets your frustration as answers to questions that didn’t arrive in a timely manner. It’s like nobody over at Match Group has even dogfooded this product before setting it live. Utter trash. ### 1/5 — So far, it sucks… *2025-04-03, version 1.0.23* What part of “No one from New York” does your app not understand? Every single match, with the exception of one, has been from there. And apparently, I am only allowed one match every week? Absolute nonsense. ### 1/5 — Be careful it’s a scam!!! *2025-03-30* They are clearly praying on singles to gain info and this is a front! They ask me “I have a prospect but what music do you like?” I said a very broad answer (I like all music) and they say “sorry actually no prospects”. Alright…maybe they’re just picky.. then they ask outright “are you free this weekend?” I say yes and they say sorry no match ._. They ask tons of questions for info and when I ask what they show about me in the intros it “can’t tell me that info.” How is it that there’s never a match but they need to suddenly know more to “narrow further”. Zero transparency, I’ll ask if they are showing me to the other person and if matches work by a mutual yes and it “can’t tell me”. If this is all bc the date pool is “small” why was there a wait list? Something is fishy and it sounds really scammy. ### 1/5 — Waste of time *2025-02-07* Clunky UX is difficult to use. Long load times. Graphical errors. Design choices made to get you keep opening the app rather than get you matches. AI is not helpful, has an annoying personality (cheery yes-man), and takes away the wrong lessons from conversations. Pointless time locks on prospects and introductions. Skip this app and don’t waste your time or feed it your info to train on ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — love it *2025-02-21, version 1.0.19* had the best experience on here ### 5/5 — Such a good concept & actually works *2025-02-10* Lara’s AI really gets to know you and connect you with people with similar interests and values. Excited to see who my next match is! ### 5/5 — actually a matchmaker! *2025-01-03* not another dating app with filters and prompts but actually a matchmaker that asks questions and gets to know you before finding you one match a week! **Developer response:** So glad you're enjoying your experience! ### 5/5 — Love this app! *2024-12-16* I’m so glad Lara is an option rather than paying thousands for a matchmaker. I’ve had some good introductions and dates so far 💕 **Developer response:** Thanks for the review, Matt!! ### 5/5 — Success *2024-09-16* The app still seems to be in Beta mode but already I got a match that led to an amazing date. The more you tell her the better job Lara can do. **Developer response:** Thanks for the review! ### 5/5 — Interesting new take *2024-09-11* Seems like this isn’t popular yet in my area, but the experience is pretty cool. Refreshingly different. **Developer response:** Thanks for the feedback! ### 4/5 — Can I use it in China *2024-12-25, version 1.0.15* How can I use it in China? ### 2/5 — Frustrating *2025-06-22* Been feeding this app my personal information going on 4 months. How many matches have I gotten? Zero. Zero! The AI keeps asking me to answer more questions to find matches but for real, 4 months and not a single match? Garbage. Such potential, not well executed ### 2/5 — Waiting list *2025-03-27, version 1.0.23* On the waiting list for months, why? ### 2/5 — 5 star reviews have to be fake *2025-01-27* I’ve been using this for a month and have only seen 6 men — out of those I only liked one and the app was so glitchy it didn’t even match me with the only person I liked. The AI conversations are mindless and time consuming and don’t seem to be leading to anything interesting, definitely in beta hopefully it gets better with time! --- *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 2026-06-10.*