Comparison

Dating4disabled vs Autistic Empathy

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

Head to head
About

Dating4disabled

This app connects individuals with disabilities and those who are understanding and accepting. It provides a safe online community to find friends, partners, or spouses who can relate to life challenges. Registration is free for both disabled and able-bodied individuals.

Highlights
  • Online disabled dating community
  • Find friends and partners
  • Safe online environment
  • Accepting of disabilities
  • Free registration
  • Monthly gift points for non-paying members
Features
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The original D4D - Dating4Disabled.com app! Dating4Disabled is a unique, well known and respected online community for many thousands of English speakers worldwide. From the comfort of your home, meet new friends and find a partner/ husband/ wife/ significant other who will accept and understand your life challenge. Dating4Disabled.com is the best site to get to know other disabled people of quality in a safe environment online. Statistics have proven that 1/3rd of marriages in the states have met online. Registration is free and is open both to those who are disabled and respectful able bodied individuals. Subscription information Monthly membership to Dating4Disabled.com is $24.99 and is automatically renewed for $24.99 per month. - 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 - No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. I am not a paying member, can I still use services of Dating4Disabled.com? Yes! All site members can use site services for free. You can send messages to all site members. Additionally, Dating4Disabled.com provides 1(one) free gift point each month to each site member. The gift point allows the non paying member to read one message each month for free. Note that the free gift point is given to non-paying members the first week of the month and must be used within that month. Free Points may not be accumulated

About

Autistic Empathy

This app connects individuals aged 18+ who identify as autistic or Asperger's with like-minded people for dating or friendship. It aims to provide a more understanding and direct approach to forming connections, bypassing the complexities of mainstream social apps. Managed by autism specialists, it offers support and advice for members.

Highlights
  • Dating and friendship connections
  • For autistic and Asperger's individuals
  • Direct communication style
  • Managed by autism specialists
  • Helpline support
  • Dating and friendship advice
Features
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A dating and/or friendship app for 18+ individuals who identify as having Asperger's syndrome/Autism and who are seeking the companionship of like-minded individuals who can provide the empathic understanding they are seeking and which they deserve. Apps for all neuro-types are not discerning enough for Asperger's/Autistic individuals, and the potential for harm to the Aspergic/Autistic individual is enormous. Literal, black and white thinking, which is part of the Asperger's/Autistic mindset, while it can be a benefit in certain areas of life and living, it can be problematic in relationships if not empathically understood by the person with whom you wish to be close to. Finding someone who thinks in a similar way to how you think at first encounter, this app provides a shortcut through the social dance that the more mainstream dating/friendship apps engender. This app is managed by qualified autism-specialist counsellors, who will be on hand with bespoke advices, if, for whatever reason, a difficulty is encountered via a helpline. Autistic Empathy also provides generic advices reference dating and friendship for all members to access.

Screenshots

Dating4disabled4 screens
Autistic Empathy3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Autistic Empathy at 4.1 against Dating4disabled's 2.2. Autistic Empathy also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). Dating4disabled's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Dating4disabled sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per month. Autistic Empathy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Autistic Empathy holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 48 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 8% of Dating4disabled's written reviews are positive against 6% of Autistic Empathy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dating4disabled ships an update every 6 weeks, Autistic Empathy every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Dating4disabled versus Autistic Empathy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDating4disabledAutistic Empathy
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.2 (35 ratings)4.1 (48 ratings) — better
Positive reviews8.1% of reviews — better6.3% of reviews
Number of ratings3548 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS10.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB78 MB
Age rating17+17+
Developeryuval katzAction for Neurodiversity

Customer experience

Dating4disabled

All ratings34 ratings
Positive29.4%
Neutral8.8%
Negative61.8%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive8.1%
Neutral2.7%
Negative89.2%

Autistic Empathy

All ratings47 ratings
Positive74.5%
Neutral6.4%
Negative19.1%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive6.3%
Neutral12.5%
Negative81.3%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Dating4disabled

Subscriptions2
  • 1 month recurring subscription$24.991 Month
  • 3 month recurring subscription$67.993 Months
None

Autistic Empathy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dating4disabled free?
Dating4disabled is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Autistic Empathy free?
Autistic Empathy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dating4disabled or Autistic Empathy?
Autistic Empathy is rated higher. Dating4disabled averages 2.2 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while Autistic Empathy averages 4.1 from 48 ratings.
Do Dating4disabled or Autistic Empathy have ads?
Neither Dating4disabled nor Autistic Empathy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dating4disabled or Autistic Empathy?
Dating4disabled ships an update every 6 weeks, and Autistic Empathy every 2 months. Most recently, Dating4disabled was updated on October 21, 2026 and Autistic Empathy on October 24, 2026.

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