# Shapr - Business Networking

> Daily curated connections for personal and professional networking. (iPhone/iPad app by Shapr.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shapr-business-networking/id859091569 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Shapr](https://appshunter.io/developer/859091572)
- Category: Business, Social Networking
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.51/5 from 21,777 App Store ratings · 48 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 11.0 · 55 MB
- Languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
- Released: 2014-07-28
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shapr-business-networking/id859091569/reviews.md

## What is Shapr?

This app selects for you, each day, people to connect with. Whether you’re seeking friends, recruiters, mentors or employees, each swipe is a new opportunity and a new discovery.    

This app is ideal for entrepreneurs seeking cofounders and ideas, professionals exploring career changes or job opportunities, building contacts within their industry, people new to a city seeking friends, and anyone who wants to break up their day by chatting with like-minded and inspiring people!  

  *CUSTOMIZE YOUR PROFILE* 
- Create your account with your status (entrepreneur, freelancer, student..), place of work and professional goals. 
- Select the career fields you’re most interested in (communication, marketing, sales, finance, engineering …)   
- Don't forget to mention how you want to meet people: having coffee, aperitif, for lunch...
- Add you LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram profiles  

  *SWIPE* 
- Have a look to the personalized contacts list that we make for you every day 
- For each profile, you have 2 options: pass or meet 
- When you are interested in the profile, just swipe and start talking with inspiring people 
- To have a match, you need to have both swiped right 
- Then, you can chat, discover your mutual interest and build a durable relationship 

  *MEET & ENJOY* 
- Each person is unique by its personality, career and aspirations 
- Discover entrepreneurs, founders, professionals, recruiters, mentors, artists, among other countless talented and inspiring individuals throughout the world 
- Meet-ups are business connections, career opportunities and path  

  By using this networking app, share aspirations, bond with people, and embark on new journeys.

  *Don’t forget that big ideas come from small encounters. Start shaping your life today!*

*SHAPR PRO*
Subscribe to our premium package to search for specific users, to see who wants to meet you, to teleport to another location, to super swipe other users or even to cancel your last swipe. You can subscribe for 1, 3, 6 or 12 months under the following conditions:
- Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase
- Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period
- Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal
- Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase
- Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable
- You can consult our terms of use here : http://www.shapr.co/terms-en
- You can consult our privacy policy here : http://www.shapr.co/privacy-en

## Key features

- Daily personalized connection suggestions
- Customizable user profiles
- Swipe-based matching system
- In-app chat for communication
- Discover entrepreneurs, professionals, and mentors
- Set meeting preferences (coffee, lunch, etc.)

## What do users think of Shapr?

Overall sentiment: neutral

**Pros**

- 🚀 Great networking tool
- 👍 Simple and intuitive interface
- 💡 Connects professionals with similar interests
- 🚀 Efficient matching algorithm

**Cons**

- 🐛 Buggy and glitchy app
- 💰 Overly restrictive free version
- 🤖 Fake or irrelevant profiles
- 🌍 Limited user base in certain areas

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Notification issues and bugs
- Syncing problems when changing devices
- Inconsistent swiping and matching

**Most requested features**

- Add location-based filtering
- Improve search and discovery features
- Allow users to undo swipes
- Provide more detailed user profiles

## Recent user reviews (10 of 48)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shapr-business-networking/id859091569/reviews.md

### 3/5 — Has its pros and cons

*2021-09-15, version 5.1*

This app is pretty good overall.  I love that you can connect with other professionals, which makes it feel less fickle than say Tinder.  It acts much like Tinder in that you can swipe left or right with people you’d like to connect with.  The issue I’ve found is that I seem to connect with people that start to engage with me as if they want to get to know me, but then they quickly turn it into a sales pitch as if they’re trying to sell me their products.  Didn’t know this app was for that.  I end up unmatching them right away.  This app needs more options in narrowing down what you’re looking for with other likeminded people to avoid that issue from always happening.

### 5/5 — Please fix

*2021-07-30, version 5.1*

I am a daily swiper on this app. I love this platform. I have met some amazing people on here. My problem is that I log in and no people to come up to swipe even with a perfect connection. I think it's a bug, if so please give us the next update asap. Keep up the great work. I give glowing reviews about Shapr to everyone. It's a big part of my life being on here and I would hate to leave after 4 years of making connections.

### 2/5 — Full of fake profiles and Bitcoin people.

*2021-04-07, version 5.1*

Shapr USED to be great. They are awful now. Don’t even bother. They do nothing to weed out fake profiles trying to take advantage of everyone and literally thousands of Bitcoin forex “people”trying to contact you with their fake profiles. Their company names aren’t capitalized, fake photos, their links to their social media or LinkedIn go nowhere. Shapr has done nothing to stop this. Sure you can “report” them but it goes nowhere since there are thousands of others to take their place. I don’t know trust anyone writing to me on this site and you shouldn’t either. If I don’t give at least two stars btw, they won’t let me post this review. 😂

### 5/5 — Love the app do not love the glitches.

*2020-10-09, version 5.1*

I’ve been using the free and paid version off and on since 2016 and I’ve met all of my clients on it along with some super key people in my network. It’s an incredible app for networking. I’m excited for them to release a US version of the job finder they have in France. The only reason I didn’t give a five star review was because the app is super glitchy, ie; you swipe yes and come back into the app and it’s gives you those same profiles to swipe again. Or if I do a search, it often tends to glitch to an error page “Oops, something went wrong... our development team has been notified”
Aside from the annoying glitches this is one of my favorite apps and I highly recommend it to anyone in business.

### 5/5 — In my opinion

*2019-10-14, version 5.0*

don’t like that the appi like the concept of the app but I hate the limit to the number of people you can swipe. And I wish you could just message people directly without having to match.  only allows you to see a few people every day. If you are trying to build a large business fast then you need more people in front of your opportunity everyday!

### 1/5 — Don’t Install App.  Data mining App WITHOUT consent

*2019-09-17, version 4.9.7*

Shapr is far from a networking app. Often people whom you’ve matched with do not even know that you’ve matched. As a seasoned pro in the arts for over 45 years and counting. This app doesn’t even ‘nudge’, or notify the person that you are a business match. I’ve had people whom are far from the industry on this app that didn’t know we’ve connected. From a food services worker to ‘retired’ person which doesn’t fit the bill. 
When you attempt to remove a specific person by ‘unmatched’ category, it remains on your ‘say hello’ contact. 

When you actually paid for the app as well, the area needing tremendous work is ‘they swiped you right’. When 19 appeared on ‘they swiped you right’ and I’ve dismissed ALL of them. ALL of the same exact 19 people that have ‘swiped you right’ are still there. 

****get rid of this app permanently****
Way too many bugs and glitches when you sync your LinkedIn profile with the app.
This is just a glorified amped up Craigslist app that has no relevance in the algorithm it’s created. Nor any business association with LinkedIn. It’s obviously has nothing to begin with. So why does it use LinkedIn if it’s such a wonderful networking app...? It doesn’t and it won’t on my end. WOT.

Major security breach.

### 2/5 — Only works in established cities

*2019-07-07, version 4.9.4*

In Austin, there were three types of users on the app:

1) Dudes who thought they were on tinder (uh, your profile *said* you were looking to hire? Why did you change the subject from work after one sentence to what my weekend plans were, then send me your phone number and expect me to call you? Gross)

2) People scheming to recruit you into their pyramid scheme (tell-tale warning sign: any mention of “mentors,” “financial independence,” and retiring in their early 30’s

3) People who NEVER RESPOND to messages

I’m in Austin. You’d think there’s be a decent user-base here. You only have a certain number of “swipes” a day with a free account, and sometimes, more than half of them would be folks who were in Houston, DFW, or even Mexico. 

I like the idea of the app, but the small handful of matches I got were all trying to take advantage of me. No thanks, I’ll stick with LinkedIn.

### 3/5 — Connections get deleted after a month

*2019-07-01, version 4.9.3*

Love the app for connecting me with people. If you don’t take your conversation offline quickly, the app will delete connections more than a month old. I have lost so many connections, and some told me to call them in two months as they were out of the country. Also no ability to search through your connections for a person. You have to scroll through all of your connections to find someone. I have the Pro version.

### 1/5 — Great if looking for coffee shop company

*2019-06-21, version 4.9.3*

Everyone wants to meet up for no reason. You being the goal oriented individual that you are download shapr with a specific purpose in mind. You want to create X and you’re looking to build a team. Unfortunately everyone else using Shapr isn’t as goal oriented or strategic as you are and they match with you, have no interest or ability to contribute to X, but still try to set up a time to meet in real life and get coffee. Why? Is everyone on this app out of work? Why does everyone suggest meeting for coffee right off the back. Caliber of people using this app leaves much to be desired.

### 2/5 — Features hidden behind paywall

*2019-04-17, version 4.8.2*

So, it’s an interesting concept, except 90% of what you want to do with the app is hidden behind paying for a subscription. They’ll tell you that you can message your matches, but unless that person actually subscribed, they’re not going to be able to respond to your swipe. You’re better off using other networking methods unless you have the ability to pay for it. You can set up your account and interests, but if anyone swipes right on you, you are unable to respond unless you subscribe. Most of the users aren’t going to pay the $20/month just to maybe get a match that meets their standards. At least you can view their linked accounts, so if you do use the free version, make sure to link your third party accounts.

## Frequently asked questions about Shapr

### What does Shapr do?

Shapr is a networking app that provides you with a curated list of people to connect with each day. It helps you discover new opportunities for friendships, mentorship, career advancement, or finding co-founders and employees.

### How does the matching system work?

The app presents you with a personalized list of profiles daily. You can swipe right if you are interested in connecting or swipe left to pass. A match occurs when both users swipe right on each other, after which you can start chatting.

### Is Shapr free to use?

The app offers a free version with core networking features. There is also a premium subscription called Shapr Pro, which unlocks advanced features like searching for specific users, seeing who wants to meet you, and advanced swipe options.

### What kind of people can I meet on Shapr?

You can connect with a diverse range of individuals, including entrepreneurs, founders, professionals, recruiters, mentors, artists, and other talented and inspiring people from around the world.

### What are the benefits of using Shapr Pro?

Shapr Pro offers enhanced features such as the ability to search for specific users, view who has expressed interest in meeting you, teleport to different locations for networking, use a super swipe, and undo your last swipe.

## Version history (last 1 release)

### 5.2.3 — 2022-05-23

- Various fixes and optimizations

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