# Surf Dating — user reviews > 216 indexed App Store user reviews of Surf Dating by Siift Inc., rated 3.90/5 from 471 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/surf-dating/id1618707147/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/surf-dating/id1618707147.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 313 · 4★ 24 · 3★ 18 · 2★ 18 · 1★ 98 ## What do users think of Surf Dating? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🔒 Verified user profiles - 👍 Easy to use interface - 🚀 Efficient search and filtering - 💡 Mutual friends feature for trust - 🔒 Secure and safe connections - 👍 Friendly and intuitive app design - 🚀 Quick and convenient partner discovery - 👍 High quality user community **Cons** - 🐛 Buggy and freezing app - 🤔 Mandatory contact sharing requirement - ⏱️ Extremely long verification process - 🤔 Forced referral system to create account - 🤔 Limited user selection in some areas - 🐛 Persistent login and profile issues **Commonly reported bugs** - Cannot get past education profile setup - Freezes when trying to remove profiles **Most requested features** - Trade school education option - Ability to select contacts to share ## Newest reviews (13 of 216) ### 4/5 — Great idea, more LGBT please! *2026-08-21, version 1.26.0* Really love this concept - especially the Hyrox integration! It makes me excited to match with people who value fitness and other activities the way I do. 4 stars instead of 5 because I wish there were more LGBT people on the app, there aren’t a lot of people available for me to match with who are in a local radius. I’m sure this will improve as the app grows! ### 3/5 — Verify me plzzz *2026-08-06, version 1.25.0* What does a Latino boy gotta do to get verified by yall???? ### 5/5 — MET MY HUSBAND *2026-08-01, version 1.25.0* I met the love of my life on here!! ### 5/5 — Surf! *2026-08-01, version 1.25.0* I’ve heard so many great things about this app and i’m so excited to see who I will get to meet! Gee was so kind in helping me get on board with it! ### 5/5 — Open of Sur *2026-08-01, version 1.25.0* loved the booth at the US open of surfing, Gee was awesome! ### 5/5 — I love this app! *2026-08-01, version 1.25.0* SURF is a great app! ### 5/5 — Beach lovers unite *2026-08-01, version 1.25.0* Great way to find surf friends. Live, laugh, surf:) ### 5/5 — Great app! Easy to use *2026-08-01, version 1.25.0* Love this app! 🫶🏼 live, laugh, surf ### 5/5 — love surf *2026-08-01, version 1.25.0* manifesting my husband !!! ### 5/5 — Amazing App *2026-08-01, version 1.25.0* Absolutely love SURF, the WSL partnership is so cool. ### 5/5 — Met someone from this *2026-08-01, version 1.25.0* Met the BEST girl ever from this app ### 5/5 — Surf *2026-08-01, version 1.25.0* Love this app ### 5/5 — Surf Crushing at the US Open *2026-08-01, version 1.25.0* The people at Surf have been so awesome and their run club event at the US Open of surf was AWESOME. Such a fun natural way to meet like minded people ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Big Brother is Watching *2026-08-31, version 1.26.0* The app has a “share” wall which highly encourages you to give them all of your contacts. It’s way out of line. I like the idea of the app but do not want to give them my contacts ### 1/5 — If you want to wait for a long time *2026-08-29, version 1.26.0* I sign up in February and still have been on the waiting list since so I delete my account. ### 1/5 — Data, money, 0 ROI *2026-08-23, version 1.26.0* This app requires $$ in order to send likes or be able to match with people. They require you to give crazy amounts of information including your entire contact list. I’ve never had a match, in comparison to other apps where I don’t have that problem. It also doesn’t allow filtering for anything location within Canada - only the entire country 😐 ### 1/5 — Scammers *2026-08-18, version 1.26.0* Won’t even let you in without allowing full access to your contact list. ### 1/5 — Can’t use *2026-08-16, version 1.26.0* Have been waiting for profile verification that can take “up to two weeks for two months. ### 1/5 — SCAM *2026-08-08, version 1.25.0* Requires full access to your entire contact list just to verify your profile and continue. Limited contact access isn’t accepted. Completely unnecessary and a terrible privacy trade-off for a dating app. Deleted immediately. ### 1/5 — Scam *2026-07-31, version 1.24.2* Don’t be fooled, looks good and what not but the app has mostly scammers even though they “verify” users, I almost got scammed and been trying to report this for days, no reply or action taken. Another app that won’t cut it. ### 1/5 — Terrible. Why are influencers pushing this *2026-07-06, version 1.24.0* 🫪 ### 1/5 — Predatory, find another app *2026-06-27, version 1.24.0* The app requests access to your personal contacts for verification, which I find suspicious. There’s also a monthly fee for more connection options. The caveat is that you need to buy gems to send likes. Now I’m stuck with a 6 month membership and the requirement to purchase additional gems just to connect with people. ### 1/5 — Regret downloading *2026-06-26, version 1.24.0* Pretty terrible app, first off was super weird that it requires you to share every contact in your phone with them in order to get in. Once I was accepted I realized there is no way to filter age or distance. I am 22 living in California and the app is showing me 40 and 50 years olds on the other side of the country. Whoever designed this app didn’t really seem to put any thought behind it. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great app *2026-09-01, version 1.26.0* I like the app. Easy to use. Beats other dating apps in where you can freely apply filters and watch many profiles at a time. I like the security aspect of getting your profile approved first ### 5/5 — Great Idea *2026-08-02, version 1.25.0* SURF is smart, tapping into the WSL, Hyrox. Having like minded people is the best idea ever. Having safety is key within their human verification process. ### 5/5 — Surf boy of my dreams *2026-08-02, version 1.25.0* Found my boarder boy forever! ### 5/5 — Love this app! *2026-08-02, version 1.25.0* This app has been so helpful in meeting new people. I love that I can meet guys with similar interests like surfing and stuff around my area. Definitely will find someone for me on this app! ### 5/5 — Great App *2026-08-02, version 1.25.0* Great to connect with like minded peeps that wanna surf. I live in HB let's go! ### 5/5 — My favorite dating app *2026-08-02, version 1.25.0* Good people, good connections, cheaper than raya ### 5/5 — Finally a new dating app *2026-08-01, version 1.25.0* Tired of the usual dating apps so giving this one a try, seems safer asks more questions and verifies! ### 5/5 — BEST APP EVER *2026-08-01, version 1.25.0* Found my man on it ### 5/5 — Obsessed *2026-08-01, version 1.25.0* Can’t wait to meet my future husband ### 5/5 — Interesting concept *2026-08-01, version 1.25.0* Brand partnerships with WSL makes sense! --- *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 2026-09-10.*