HUD™: Casual Hookup Dating App Reviews

So i’ve been using HUD for about 2 months now on and off and it does what it is intended to do. so much better than all the other so called hookup apps... in fact i would go as far to say this is better than the pure app(if you know what that is). But it does have some draw backs. I had to create a new apple id because i tried logging on one day and apparently i violated a community guideline and thought oh well no big deal let’s see what i did wrong to correct it, but it didn’t specify what I did. I’m certainly not underage. There were no explicit images sent(at least over this app) and i was not charging anyone for the apps intended use. When i saw this i still stayed calm but then realized that i was permabanned, i couldn’t create a new account, nor was there a time limit on when they could give access back. Now this is a great safety feature to keep only the right people on HUD , but maybe have a timer that allows someone to use the account again after an extended period of time, or allow them to revise their information because maybe they messed up a month for their birthday. And most importantly TELL THEM WHAT THEY DID WRONG!!😂 how do you expect someone to not make the same mistake if they don’t know their mistake in the first place. But besides those small things, overall the best hookup app on the appstore.

I just downloaded HUD again, just because I like it when I’m bored. I decided to read through the reviews, and they are all so negative. I see a lot of people complaining about getting charged for the subscription. This sounds like a user issue, not an app issue. If you know anything about phones, or even common sense.. the subscription lies in settings. If you do the 7 free days trial you’ll see that if you don’t cancel you will automatically be charged, it also tells you in the pop up when you do it, where to cancel it. I also read about a lot of fake profiles and scammers. I have yet to come across one. So these people just don’t know how to tell a catfish when you see one. (TIP: if the picture is grainy or blurry it’s because it was screenshot, you can tell almost immediately when a picture wasn’t taken on the phone and it was screenshotted.) Have fun.

Knowing that’s it’s a app used solely for the purpose of hooking up you would think to see more involvement from people looking to meet others. In my area, not saying that all areas would be like this but it my area you don’t seem to get any type of involvement from the users. I’m not sure if users create a profile to lurk in the area or city they are in or just create it then delete it themselves thinking this is stupid they will never get a match. But the concept of HUD is superb because it allows you to get straight to the point. My request is just more involvement if you are a male or female tired of attempting to hook up with other people then i would download HUD but if you are a person just wanting to explore and see what this about and never respond do not download HUD because you are taking away from the users who truly want to just hook up. All and all to HUD developers if there was a way to delete an account that doesn’t have active for a few days to or request that they do some as much as logging in if they are not going to message people back or even use HUD it would help if they profile was some way push to the back. But HUD works in my area it just needs users

I’ve been using this app for a little bit and I can say it’s a good idea that’s poorly executed. The first thing that bothers me the greatest is the amount of scammers on this site, I’ve gotten multiple “chats” in a short period of time all being scammers. Another problem I have is you can’t delete conversations with other people, so those scammers are just going to be sitting in your inbox. They are also pretty shady with premium and purchasing packs, trying to get you with a “free trial”, but once you do sign up if you don’t cancel within the timeframe you will be charged. If you also cancel your “free trial”, you instantly lose it. Also, if you guys are worried about being charged all you have to do is go to your settings>iTunes & App Store >go to your Apple ID(you might need to login first)>Subscriptions> you will see the this app app click on that and cancel subscription. You can also just browse for free without starting your trial, but there isn’t much worth. Another thing is the interface is pretty confusing, once you click on a profile to leave the profile you click the middle right button over the classic top right button. Deeply dissatisfied with this app and probably will just stop using it.

Ultimately, I think it works fine. The power to pick and choose who you look at makes browsing function well. However, there are some things that hurt it a bit.
The biggest problem being that it appears to only register your last 20-ish likes, and anyone past that disappears. Not being able to go back and message people before those most recent 20 makes liking profiles less desirable, because those who don’t show up don’t get put back into the pool. So you can’t access those profiles anymore.
Another problem is the lack of ability to sort through profiles, meaning you have to dig through people at random. Being able to sort by things like age or distance from you would be a big benefit, and not being able to makes it harder to find people in general.
The only other problem is a more minor nitpick, but notifications never go away. The number just keeps going up even though I check HUD and notifications.

To the people behind the scenes. I’m a respectful guy so don’t be offended by my 3 stars. I’ll begin. I was able to see my viewers for an hour and found 5 matches. More than the total of having HUD for months. I closed HUD and reopened it to find that all my matches disappeared. I was very disappointed. I believe HUD itself is great and possibly worth the money. I even took the time to fill out the survey to see the company grow better. I understand that coding is a difficult and expensive process but there are many times that my matches disappear. And I know it’s not people I matching me because it happens in a split second. Trust me. There’s also a perminant notification that won’t go away. A clever marketing technique to keep you opening HUD . I however think it’s more annoying and getting my hopes up rather than clever. Honesty is the best thing and that’s why dating apps are made. Your mission should be straight forward and not get people’s hopes up with fake notifications or matches that disappear in the hopes that you can get them again if you keep going.

HUD is broken in so many ways. Start with the main one messaging. Well 99% of the time expect it to be gone. I’m talking about all the way down to tech support saying your photo isn’t verified and any of their basic messages. So you want to find matches but can’t see if anyone messaged you go figure on why I rate HUD so low. Then when you do contact this app App Support no one responds. They’ll probably respond here but let’s be honest they need to fix the bugs and respond to people they have in HUD at the time versus after the fact. Now photo verification is a joke. Connect your Facebook take a Live Photo in a random pose they give you get it denied. Take a photo right then and then try to verify again and it’s also denied. So Apple can design a phone that can see that it’s me over years but HUD says my face isn’t me 2 minutes later. Yup they got me tons of plastic surgery and forgot I stuck a bunch of pepperoni to my face in those 2 minutes.... I think you get the point by now HUD is just broken. It needs a MAJOR OVERHAUL. There are so many other better apps available try those and leave this one alone.

Overall HUD is pretty good it’s easy to navigate with the new update but one chronic problem on HUD is that a lot of the users are unresponsive they will plan to meet you but they don’t actually want to meet you. I find that when I match with users they will text me make plans and then ghost me the day of the planned date. I mean this is problem with a lot of dating app but I feel like this is the major problem with users on HUD. It’s a hookup app and it shouldn’t be this hard to find someone to hook up with if that’s the goal. It’s as if everyone is afraid of meeting someone because they thinks it’s a scam or something but there are actually genuine people on there that want to meet

I agree with most of the reviews that I have read on here in that it’s easy to use and the concept of being able to get to the point is great! However, I don’t see any profiles. I should say that at the beginning there were a few and those profiles continued to show up as I scrolled down regardless if hit the “x” or heart buttons. I found this strange as eventually I only saw those reoccurring profiles. So I changed the parameters to the extreme east and west coast to see if there were actually people using HUD . Nope, maybe a couple stragglers but the majority were the same profiles from my area all the way across the country. I exed all of those and now there are literally 0 profiles to view and potentially match. I reset filters, restarted HUD , my phone and even reinstalled. Still nothing. I like HUD but find it useless as there is nothing to view and that’s the whole point.

I would gladly change my review to something more positive if this were to get resolved. Hope this helps!

A few days ago I downloaded HUD as a trial. A few days in I was informed by someone I was chatting with that I had been flagged as suspicious (I hadn’t done anything or been notified of anything). Today I was chatting and was chatting again but unable to get some messages. Then my account disappeared altogether. Telling me my account had been suspended!
I honestly wouldn’t say anything if it wasn’t so bizarre. I know there are catphishers out there and if they are treated in a similar manner I suppose that is a good thing but for someone who is real and genuine it is truly disconcerting and off putting.
I still give HUD a 3 because the person I was chatting with was a pretty cool person. Hate I won’t continue to get to know them.
All I can say is, please let people know what is going on. Do better about verification. And real folks out there, I don’t really know what to tell you, you may get suspended too.

I’ve had HUD for a day, and even asked for my photos to be verified. The verification process was very questionable. They asked for you to copy a post to send that image in. I did, but they never asked me for my ID or anything. I put in my bio that I was very willing to trade blocked out IDs to prove one anothers’ identities and ages—especially due to the fact that I look a bit younger than my actual age.
I got no matches at all, despite my very descriptive bio and tons of pictures, and it’s not that they were poor images, many friends of mine find me very attractive in them. It’s the first dating/hookup app where I got no matches within 24 hours. I’m highly disappointed. I wake up in the morning to find out that my account has been suspended. I broke no violations, so I have no idea why that happened. Maybe someone thought I looked underage; I’m flattered but highly disappointed that I would have been accused of that. I see no way to get my account unsuspended.
Otherwise, I liked the format of HUD . It has potential, but I’m highly disappointed.

HUD is a great concept, but it’s bugs and errors, are too much. When you start, it asks you to create an account, via cell phone number, or Facebook credentials. I put in my phone number. You create an account and profile. You upload pictures, and information about yourself. You click random people, and then you send them messages. As soon as you close out HUD , everything deletes. When you try to open HUD again, it asks you to sign up all over again. When I type in my phone number again, it tells me that my account, has been suspended. When I clicked “Facebook login”, it allows me to login, using my Facebook information. As soon as I close HUD , it deletes everything. When I go back to login again, via Facebook login, it kicks me off, and says “your account has been suspended”. This is crappy, and it’s a waste of time. HUD now has my photos and information, floating around cyber-world. Horrible app. Don’t trust HUD, with your private personal information.

By far the biggest issue for men on HUD is scammers. I'd say close to 80% of my matches are either fake, or using HUD as their business.
I've learned a few rules when using HUD. One being- If they message you first, They just want money. Another being- If she wants to leave HUD and go to Snapchat, she wants you to buy her premium.

The distance filter is extremely broken. I can never find anyone within 100 miles of me, but when I put the filter to the max distance I can find someone in the town next to mine.
Furthermore on this issue I have personally confirmed with a friend that old accounts aren't being deleted even when the user deletes them, so even if there are profiles in your area, they may never respond because the account isn't active anymore.

Completely sexist to let the women filter messages before sending them. How come the men can't do that? With all the fake female profiles I would like an option to filter those out too so I don't have to waste my time deciding who is even real! I feel like I have to send a message to everyone and wait for replies to know who is active and real.

Notifications are broken. I'll get a notification that I was liked and we matched but when I try to view it it's a blank profile.
Also notification badges never decrease. Mine says 116 currently.

Interesting app on nights no one speaks in public about anything at all. Often I feel it’s always dark when no one speaks unless to insult or devalue a persons name or intellect; only speak about sexual things that are in my head...often people always say they are speaking and I’m confused since I don’t talk I’m thinking things people say out loud or comment on me about. I hope god and the people everywhere forgive my infuriated den e of self for only being reduced to a mere immoral being which is so sad that I don’t even converse with people anymore. My life is ruined and I’m saddened by the people who feel it’s ok to disrespect me daily because of some mad man whom alienated me from my life no matter where I go.

I like HUD so far and please can you fix it so it can stop crashing when I try to enter my profile and please may I get credit for messages 😍✌️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 and HUD is so great it helps me find hook up thank you for making HUD free and easy to use I love it so much I wish I could give it infinity stars what a great app if your looking for a date or someone to chat with try hook it's so good and helpful you can find each other easily putting your location so fun to use and there are handsome girls beautiful girls I will give it a lot of stars love it so much hehhe and sometimes it funny HUD every one who doesn't have HUD you should try it so much fun looking for hook up and that's why it's called hook Hahahah lol.

I’ve gone through almost every user in my area extending my range farther and farther in about 2 or 3 sessions. I’m fine with an app not having a lot of users they all have to start somewhere. I’d like to not waste my time especially paying a crazy premium for my time like with HUD. I’ve come to realize after viewing hundreds and hundreds of profiles and reaching out to over 150 profiles(I just counted) I have not one single match, reply, ...(maybe I’m just unlovable, but wait) or even a PROFILE VIEW! Not one person has even SEEN my profile. So I’ve come to realize one of 2 things is happening and that’s A) lots of people tried the 1 free week and deleted it after leaving behind 1,000’s of ghost profiles or B) you not only need to pay a lot for weekly subscriptions but you have to pay MORE for boosts to “get more views” (maybe that should read “a” view) like was suggested to me by HUD .

I have never had this much of an urge to write a review before but when you pay money for something you expect the fake accounts and harassment to be taken care of. I have reported the same person multiple times for making fraud accounts as the picture are all the same and the location and age and name would change and some of the pictures but you can tell that the person is the same because of the piercings and tattoos. Fix your app and the people that are on it. This is unacceptable and have not had any issues on any other app except this one. When a report is made take it seriously and provide feedback that it is being looked into or if the accounts have been banned. If there is another reason you can't fix the problem or can't use photo recognition or AI then maybe you need to rethink your app or business strategy or give up all together.

Good: the format of HUD is pretty good.

Otherwise, bad. I believe over half of the profiles are just fake accounts posted to make it seem like there’s more people than there really are. You see the same several profiles over and over and over.

Even if you message someone, they keep popping up in your feed. Once they’ve been messaged or “x”ed, they should stop appearing in your feed. This contributes to my belief that most of the profiles are fake.
I got like seven views and two people actually contacted me. One of them was super sketchy. The other one seemed like a legit person, but I stopped messaging her cuz she was too timid. I guess this was her first time online dating. I know I get much more responses on other dating sites like POF. These casual dating sites are really just a failure. The concept seems
good, but women just aren’t going to flock to a casual sex dating site. You’ll get a few, but not the numbers to really sustain an app. I can’t blame HUD developer for that, but I can blame them for allowing or placing fake profiles in HUD to make it seems full of women when it isn’t.

Overall, a decent enough app, but a waste of time and money. Just stick to the big time dating apps like Tinder, PoF and the like. You’ll do much better cuz there’s actually real women on them.

It works but you can’t just use it for for free and expect to get some action, for my fellas you gonna need to pay so you can dm females so you can start chatting and get something going on and you gonna have to be patient , my only complaint for this is app is that it’s sometimes buggy and glitchy and the location sensor does not pick up locations well, it’s all Over the place I recommend the developers fix this from closest to far , I’ve seen women in my city only after going through countless from other locations farther , I also recommend the developers to make a inactive account deletion, a lot of these profiles are inactive because no one takes it seriously, HUD has a lot of potential for where it’s at , it just need a couple of tweaks done and it’ll be good

Male perspective of HUD . Note females may have different options.

1. Blurred images for “people who viewed you” are not blurry versions of real images, aka first step towards HUD trying to pull some shenanigans.
2. There is no “like” feature so how you know if someone is into you is beyond me.
3. If you message someone you like and they view you you still don’t get to know who they are unless you pay. Also, fake image (see no.1)
4. You can’t see very many people as you get about 20 and they sit on your app eternally unless you click the “X” button on them. Which doesn’t work well for apps like this, and especially for a male perspective of apps like this as quantity matters unfortunately.(ie. guys don’t get much likes, unlike female perspective)
5. When you click said “X” button the tiles get broken, you click on the tile below and it brings up the tile above.(makes sense if you try it)
6. HUD try’s hard for your money, and worst of all it is like 4x the price it should cost anyhow.
7. I like that “discreet hookup is an option” don’t totally like that it is not discrete in HUD . Meaning if you select that option everyone and your mum can see it. Seems like only people who also have that option selected should see you but idk. This is the smallest of my gripes at this point.

Conclusion: Not really worth using currently tbh.

It’s okay there are a few fake profiles but many that aren’t used.... I don’t understand why people who are looking for a serious relationship join hook up dating it’s not Christians mingle... I will say there is a huge lack of communication your lucky if some one ever responds not something I’d put my money in to but all in all it’s okay I think HUD should ask if you want a serious relationship so the people who are looking for fun don’t get matched with people who are looking for long term if it had better features I’d give it 5 stars

I like the idea of HUD , but even setting the distance to something unrealistic for a hookup, nobody seems to message on here. To me it seems like everyone is just looking to see who made a profile on this, but not taking any action. The only messages I get are from bots that send me links to pages that ask for another subscription (unrelated to HUD). I think they get spammed out though because the disappear from my inbox within a few minutes.

To the devs, I paid for the one month membership, and still get pop ups for the premium membership. If I message someone, then like them after messaging it also pops up every single time. The X to close it is so faint, I’ve quit HUD and reopened it many times before realizing there even was an X.

Long story short, after 4 days I’ve cancelled my membership and will not renew it.

I downloaded HUD initially because I thought it was a good idea, cut out all the bs of dating apps and be upfront about what you want. The idea is good but HUD is poorly executed. It’s difficult to “swipe left” on people. And even if you put that you don’t like them, they’re still able to message you? So what was the point of me “disliking” them? Also, the “new message request” part is pretty buggy. Anyways, after a few hours of frustration, I deleted HUD . Completely forgetting about the fact that they won’t let you use HUD unless you sign up for a free trial, which I’m sure they were counting on. I hope one day these scummy tactics become illegal. They only do things like this because they know they’re trash anyways. Well congratulations, you scammed another person out of 30$. At least use that to make your app better or else I’m certain you won’t be around for very long.

I would say that HUD is amazing but there’s a VERY BIG PROBLEM. When I first downloaded it everything was fine. I was messaging people and looking at their profiles and it was cool. But then I got a message back, and all of a sudden HUD stops to work properly! I can’t see other women’s profiles anymore, the filter doesn’t even work right and when I put it as set to my area it always says there aren’t any women in my area. Even though it was JUST working LITERALLY like 2 minutes ago. Is it only me or do other people experience this. I’ve tried to reset HUD so many times and it just won’t work!!
I’ve even reset my phone and it’s still broken. I cat even check my messages anymore or edit my profile! To the developers, PLEASE FIS THIS PROBLEM or at LEAST give a solution.

It’s just there’s no one on it in my area 😂 I live in Oklahoma City which is getting more and more densely populated every year. When I get on Tinder, this is well-represented; I almost never see the same person twice and, when I do, there’s a reason.

It seems the makers of this app haven’t quite put out the necessary promotion in this area to really attract an even base of interested men and women. This stinks, too, because it’s VERY difficult to find hookups if you’re not into the bar scene in this city.

But again, HUD is a good app. It functions well, it’s easy to use, etc, it’s just that no one really uses it around here. It’s not a household name like Tinder or OKCupid, so there’s not a lot of members on it in some areas. Hope it blows up here soon!

Worst app for meeting real people EVER. For starters not a single person I sent messages to responded. The only 2 interactions I had within the week was from an older woman claiming to want me as her sugar baby. She asked for my number and we were texting and she claimed she’d give me $1500 a month for buying stuff for her at the store and other favors. She then started asking about my credit card info and I quickly realized it was a scam. The other person who reached out to me got my number and claimed to be from here but lived in another state. She was psycho. Started talking about how she loved me and everything. Sent me pictures of a real girl and they were all the same but when I asked for a specific pose, she couldn’t come up with it so I knew she was fake. She also asked for money to fly her to see me. Bottom line is HUD is the breeding place for scammers.

You are setting yourself up to be scammed. They help provide a somewhat sleazy service in helping you hook-up. And if this were true, then I’d have no complaints, but it’s a business. You gotta see the angles, here. HUD, as are most dating apps, is the equivalent of you paying me $50 to do a reconnaissance of your favorite bar and then handing you a list of would be prospects. That’s it. Now, if it actually worked, it would be priceless. Obviously, there’s personal deciding factors of your own choosing when it comes to meeting women and closing the deal. But that’s the point, do I really need a app for this, promising on things they can’t deliver? My biggest question is always “how can I truly know that the person I’m speaking with his real?” You can’t. And that’s what HUD relies on: they bait you until you give them money.

So, whenever I try a new app like this one I do the free trial, making sure I cancel auto renew, and see if anything at all comes of it before the trial expires. As such after the free trial of his app I will be deleting it from my phone post haste. Why? Too many fake accounts. Now I know the developers will say that it is impossible to root out all fake accounts, but in my 1 week trial I was contacted by over 20 flagged accounts, and not a single real response. And to be fair to HUD I responded to every single profile in my area and up to 50 miles away, and nothing. I wanted to believe that at least some people were having some success with HUD but the other reviews don’t bear this out. Doesn’t look like anyone is actually hooking up through HUD, and it’s just another refuge for fake cam girls and prostitutes. DO NOT DOWNLOAD HUD.