Matchmaking your friends – The new old-school way to meet

Matchmaking your friends – The new old-school way to meet

Before dating apps Before the advent of the internet, friends relied on trusted networks such as family and colleagues to introduce them to each other. This was a tried and true method for bringing two people together. Schools, churches, universities and workplaces were all popular venues for setting people up. Parents even got involved in…

Vouching for friends – The safest way to explore dating apps

Vouching for friends – The safest way to explore dating apps

Everyone knows that finding love or getting married can be tricky, but what if you could find them with the help of your friends involved? That’s precisely what vouches and matches from friends allow you to do. With the DearReal dating app – aka “the vouch app”, you can explore with relevance, truthfulness, and safety….

How to date online safely (without DearReal!)

How to date online safely (without DearReal!)

We check on our loved ones as often as possible and ask them “to stay safe”, but we sometimes don’t apply these essential rules for ourselves. This is true with online dating, dating apps and social media accounts. DearReal stands for: We are passionate about your online dating safety and want to give you the…

Couples should be on dating apps!

Couples should be on dating apps!

There are no good reasons for your average dating app. Still, there are great reasons to be on DearReal while in a relationship! Why would you join a dating app while in a relationship? DearReal is not your regular dating app. To ensure safety, truthfulness and privacy on DearReal, messaging is only possible when users…

What! You want my contacts !?!!

What! You want my contacts !?!!

How DearReal works There are good reasons for DearReal asking for your contacts. We do this to create the safest, most truthful and most privacy-conscious dating app. Your contacts enable us to build your network on the app. It lets you choose who you want to be visible to and hidden from on the app.It…

Sorry Tinder, finding a partner is way more rewarding than you think!

Sorry Tinder, finding a partner is way more rewarding than you think!

Life is confusing. We would like to share some adult experiences with our version 1.0 (10 or 20 years younger!). DearReal believes finding a partner is one of the most impactful steps in life. So guess where we’re going to focus on? Physical attractiveness With sexually charged images all over potato chips, car and sunglasses…

Abandon all hopes of privacy?

Abandon all hopes of privacy?

We have identified three major problems with dating apps and are keen to solve them with you.  Safety; the relative anonymity dating apps offer encourages users to behave crazy and all sorts of psychos to join. Thanks! Lying; users can’t resist embellishing their profile, falling into a slippery slope of time wasted and deception instead…

57% of users lie on their profile

57% of users lie on their profile

Small lies  In today’s busy world, no wonder why dating apps are successful and online dating has become socially acceptable.  What a tremendous promise to help find one’s partner, and how clever it is for users to take advantage of this new technology to find the best possible and most harmonious match? You create your profile, and…

Safety first!  Dating apps do little to keep us safe

Safety first! Dating apps do little to keep us safe

Having “fun” and looking for “fun” is fine.  Everyone is free to choose how to go about with life.  Harassing, objectifying, deceiving and pushing things even further is oh so wrong, not fun. Bad behaviour on dating apps makes us want to step in and help our friends. The marketing used by online dating makes…

Dating apps are extremely broken

Dating apps are extremely broken

Thank you for checking us out!  We are a ninja team, with experiences from Google, HSBC, J&J, Vodafone and WPP, thirsty for a big important challenge to tackle which would spread good around the world! We looked for big broken parts of Financial Services, Healthcare, and Travel before being dismayed by the state of dating…