Comparison

Touchola vs Poly Dating

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Touchola

Create personalized multimedia messages with voice and signature for any occasion. Share greetings with family, friends, or broadcast to the world. Express genuine sentiment through custom photos, videos, and art.

Highlights
  • Custom photo, video, and art creation
  • Voice recording with optional text conversion
  • Digital signature feature
  • Occasion-specific templates
  • Image editing and filters
  • Sharing via Touchola network, email, text, and other social media
  • Community exploration and interaction
Features
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Touchola is a free sentiment-sharing, social platform that lets you create custom photos, videos, or art, and combine them with your actual voice and signature for that special touch! Whether it’s for someone’s birthday, a holiday, special event, or just to say "hello", you can quickly personalize greetings to family or friends, or broadcast messages to the world. Authentic Expression for Any Occasion: - Birthday - Love - Thank You - Apology - Get Well - Travel - Seasons - Holidays - Condolences - Best Wishes - New Baby - Congratulations - Thinking of You - Anniversary - Any Event Sending a Touchola is a meaningful gesture that signifies you took the time to care. Creating a Touchola involves these simple steps: 1. Select an occasion and an image for that occasion, or just Post 2. Take a photo or video 3. Record an audio message that’s converted to text [optional] 4. Sign your name [optional] * Add filters, or edit images to tailor your photos and videos * Send on the Touchola network or share via email or text * Post to other social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, or Flickr * Explore and Search the Touchola community * Follow, heart, and comment on other’s posts * Customize your calendar and reminders to never miss an occasion

About

Poly Dating

This app facilitates connections for individuals practicing ethical non-monogamy, polyamory, or seeking kink experiences. It offers inclusive profile options and customizable match preferences to help users find compatible partners for various relationship styles and interests.

Highlights
  • Inclusive profile options
  • Customizable match preferences
  • Multiple connection levels
  • Search for kink and shibari partners
  • Find polyamorous, open, or poly-curious individuals
Features
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Love doesn't always come in twos. helloPOLY is an honest dating and community for people who love outside the mainstream — openly, and on their own terms. Formerly PolyFinda — same community, new name. How is helloPOLY different from regular dating apps? Mainstream dating apps weren't built for the way you love. helloPOLY is purpose-built for people who are ethically non-monogamous (ENM), polyamorous, or seeking kink — so it's faster to find people who want the same thing, and you spend less time filtering out incompatible matches. Inclusive and supportive of diverse relationship styles, by design. Looking for love? Friendship? Something kinky and fun? Someone to practice shibari or rope bondage with? There's room for all of it here — because there are more ways to love and connect in ethical non-monogamy. And you don't have to confine yourself to one identity: choose different styles of relating that interest you, so you find exactly what you're after and match with people looking for someone like you. New to the ENM or kink scenes, or experienced in both — helloPOLY helps you make real connections. Start meeting like-minded people near you today. Who created helloPOLY, and why? helloPOLY was founded by members of the ethical non-monogamy community to help people explore every form of ENM together. Its open-minded philosophy naturally draws people from the queer, BDSM, and kink communities too — but not everyone exploring ENM is into kink. So the app matches people on shared interests and keeps incompatible profiles out of your feed. It also has a particular focus on shibari, helping riggers and rope bottoms find each other to practice with. For example, if you're after a kinky play partner or a shibari rope bottom, you can filter out every profile that doesn't list kink or shibari as an interest. HOW IT WORKS helloPOLY is free to join — find polyamorous, open, poly-curious, or kinky people near you in minutes. APP FEATURES - Inclusive profiles — choose from over 10 gender identities and relationship styles. - Filter for exactly who you want — hide kinky profiles, or see only the kinksters. Same for shibari, and for monogamous or polyamorous. Your feed, your rules.- So much more than dating — helloPOLY is also where you'll find friendship, love, relationships, and marriage, shibari and kink events, local poly meetups, parties, education, and counselors and therapists who specialize in alternative relating. helloPOLY PREMIUM Go Premium to get the most from helloPOLY: - Unlimited likes — like as many people as you want - Unlimited messages and chat before matching - See who's already liked you - Boosted visibility — add your profile to the feature page for more likes - Go incognito — only people you've liked can see your profile - Superlikes to stand out - Second Chance — revisit a profile you skipped too quickly - Restore archived chats helloPOLY Premium renews monthly unless you adjust or cancel it in your App Store settings. FULL 1 month $29.99 (recurring) FULL 3 month $39.99 (recurring) FULL 6 month $59.99 (recurring) 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 Privacy Policy https://hellopoly.co/privacy/ Terms of Use https://hellopoly.co/terms/ Community Guidelines: https://hellopoly.co/community-guidelines/

Screenshots

Touchola3 screens
Poly Dating4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Touchola at 82% against Poly Dating's 28%. Touchola also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 23). Poly Dating's advantage is ratings volume (210 vs 21). On price, update cadence and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Poly Dating sells 19 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Touchola asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Touchola holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Poly Dating has 210 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Touchola's written reviews are positive against 28% of Poly Dating's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Touchola ships an update monthly, Poly Dating every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Touchola versus Poly Dating: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterToucholaPoly Dating
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (21 ratings) — better4.1 (210 ratings)
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews — better27.8% of reviews
Number of ratings21210 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB144 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperTouchola LLCPolyamorous Pty Ltd

Customer experience

Touchola

All ratings21 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral4.8%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%

Poly Dating

All ratings210 ratings
Positive74.3%
Neutral8.6%
Negative17.1%
Written reviews79 reviews
Positive27.8%
Neutral5.1%
Negative67.1%

Bugs and requests

Touchola

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Poly Dating

Reported bugs

29 issues
  • App won't work
  • Email verification not received
  • Account creation failure
  • Location not setting up
  • Nothing populates
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  • Can't get verification number
  • Can't access account
  • System won't let enter location
  • Location field remains blank
  • App update issues with location field
  • Signing up doesn't find locations
  • Limited available places
  • App crashes
  • Events page crashes
  • About page crashes
  • App keeps looping back to select age range
  • App freezes periodically
  • Account deleted without notice
  • Audio turns on when app opens
  • Error: Try again later
  • Avatar upload limit of 1MB
  • Verification not sent to email
  • App locked up and asks for valid URL
  • Invalid URL error
  • Can't edit matchmaking settings
  • Save or next button is grayed out
  • Doesn't load properly all the time
  • Can't complete signup process
  • Options hidden behind keyboard

Requested features

7 requests
  • Allow uploading photos larger than 1MB
  • Improve photo framing and rearrangement
  • Add autocorrect functionality
  • Increase search distance options
  • Include imperial measurements
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  • Fix non-dismissible keyboard issue on iOS
  • Add a way to rearrange photos

In-app purchases

None

Touchola

No in-app purchases

19 purchases

Poly Dating

Subscriptions15
  • Females Membership$9.991 Month
  • Males Memberhsip$9.991 Month
  • Females in couple Membership$9.991 Month
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  • Males in Couple Membership$9.991 Month
  • Non-binary membership$9.991 Month
  • Full Membership$9.991 Month
  • Full membership for Non-binary$9.991 Month
  • Full membership for Other$9.991 Month
  • Transfemale Membership$9.991 Month
  • Genderfluid Membership$9.991 Month
  • Upgrades give more benefits!$29.991 Month
  • premium2 variants$29.991 Month
  • premium3 variants$39.993 Months
  • Upgrades give more benefits!$39.993 Months
  • premium2 variants$59.996 Months
One-time4
  • 250 Credits for Female$5.99
  • 250 Credits Male$5.99
  • 250 Credits Female in Couple$5.99
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  • 250 Credits Male in Couple$5.99

Questions

Is Touchola free?
Touchola is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Poly Dating free?
Poly Dating is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Touchola or Poly Dating?
Touchola is rated higher. Touchola averages 4.7 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Poly Dating averages 4.1 from 210 ratings.
Do Touchola or Poly Dating have ads?
Poly Dating shows ads; Touchola does not.
Which is updated more often, Touchola or Poly Dating?
Touchola ships an update monthly, and Poly Dating every 2 months. Most recently, Touchola was updated on June 10, 2026 and Poly Dating on September 21, 2026.

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