#open: nonmonogamous community Reviews

by Bd27536

Great idea, but the UI is overly complex (I’m on an 8+, have small fingers, and the UI is a nightmare), buggy (I’ve tried a million times to delete a tag), slow (making an app that has such a slow framerate on all its animations and UI interactions is impressive) and this is literally the first app I’ve ever used on iOS that makes my phone heat up. In the space of a few minutes I literally watched my battery percentage tick down 5% while on a static screen of someone’s profile.

When your app uses more battery than Instagram, that’s impressive.

by FayLeeCO

The same profiles of people I’ve already swiped left on keep popping up again and again. Further, few of open users bother to share much information about themselves. Many use photos of scenery instead of photos of themselves, which makes me wonder if they’re even real. Those that do use real photos and write something meaningful in their profile are usually just looking for sexual relationships, or if more, seem to lean too far on the kink scale for me. So, I’ve deleted open and will look elsewhere for a partner.

by Crucifiction Machine

This is probably the most useless app I’ve downloaded in a long time. And it’s definitely the most useless app I’ve used for the lifestyle. Can’t send messages. Didn’t see any messages. Can’t search and a whole lot more. I went through and liked every profile i saw. Not because I was interested, but because I figured there is no way I liked hundreds of people and not one person sent a message. Never saw a message, couldn’t send messages to others. Good thing it’s free. You won’t be out anything aside from wasting your time.

by Dcbahr1

This sounds like a great idea. Unfortunately, I can’t get past the introductory profile screen because the text fields to create a profile are not labeled at all. I have no idea what to write in them, although I’m guessing it’s something like first name, last name, email, etc. So, I’d love to become a part of the community, but not being able to fill in the intro fields is kind of a problem. Perhaps it would be helpful for the developers to look at how to label these for voiceover users so they can incorporate an entire new market of blind users into their community.

by Idea Dude

I like the culture and vision of this organization focused on sex positive and being a healthy space. The OpenEd classes are great for idea development and philosophical conversations. Other apps could benefit from doing this as well.

It’s a young app and not very well known, and in my area there aren’t many people on it. It is competing with mainstream dating apps.

I’m giving it 3 stars for now because there is not a distance filter. I want to connect with people in person, and not continue to see people 500 miles away. I’d rather see that there are no potential matches available right now in my area, than see people a significant distance from where I live. Please make this adjustment.

You cannot also see who you’ve swiped right or left on in the past in case you’ve made an error.

For these reasons I don’t see this as a competitive app.

Hope some of these issues are fixed.

by Ravisis

open shows promise. Its easy to use and has good bones. It could use better design. Switching between solo and partner mode is a bit clunky and will freeze open . One feature that I think is needed badly is to show when the last activity was from another person. How do I know its not just someone that created their profile years ago and never logs in? Also would like to know how many people saw my profile, has anyone? Its hard to get a sense how “alive” open is.

by Ronbon55

Lots of cool features and no $$$ scams make this a long awaited welcome site for us in this app relationships looking for friends with benefits.
Wish there was a way to send a message without have the other person liking my profile at the same time. Or at least have a way to see who has liked you.

by Wotmi

I love the concept, but there just aren’t enough users in my local area. Most people in my feed are 200+ miles away. The user interface is not the most intuitive. Still, I hope it takes off, and they continue to make improvements.

by J_Gomez

Really wish open would get bigger it has potential. I wish direct messaging was available for premium users. That would be nice. It’s so
Hard to match with people who they hardly can find your profile. Or at least allow us to see who likes us. I paid for that feature and nothing would load for me kept asking me to pay when I already did.

by QuietPerson

I like the idea of open, as it fits my philosophy of relationships. However, as a visually impaired person, I find the interface crowded, busy, and error-prone (I keep hitting wrong buttons, and things scroll by too quickly for me to take time to read). More actual text and fewer little icons to decipher would be really helpful.

by Badlandswolf

Not everyone has access to a working cell number so they can’t make an account here. My partner’s phone is currently not in use due to needing to pay phone bills so she couldn’t make an account here.

by Legadj

I have used lots of these dating apps— too many to lust here. But for someone who lives in the this app marriage/relationship community, there isn’t a better app anywhere to find someone who matches your lifestyle choices.
You can even list your limitations so people are pursuing who “aren’t into what you definitely are not into.”
Best of all, I found my current poly partner and I never had to pay a cent, like other apps that require you to pay a membership fee to either boost yourself, or even worse, just to see who likes you or who is a match.
Save yourself a lot of money and time... if you are this app or poly this is the perfect app for you.

by Devushka8

I’m just so excited that a truly welcoming, inclusive place now exists on the internet for people who have alternative gender, sexual and romantic identities. It feels like a really safe place where you can assume that everyone is this app-minded, honest and communicative, especially about boundaries and consent. I’ve met some wonderful people, one of whom became a really special romantic partner in my life and now a lifelong friend, so I’m forever grateful. There was a small pool when I joined as a beta tester, but it’s really been growing in the last few months.

by Kings R Us

Ah, there are so many wonderful and unique people on open! A relief from Tinder and other sites that cater to mainstream relationship models.

The problem is that I want to like most of the people I encounter, some to date but others to befriend. Apps like Feeld allow you to pass without permanently rejecting someone, and Bumble states your intention to pair as friends (BFF).

It would be nice to have an option to like someone with the intention to befriend them. I don’t want to mislead someone by swiping right.

Take your time, prioritize the other important updates. Love open so far.

by DeeLovesYoga

I’m looking forward to more people in our area using open! We use a couple other apps but this one is the most progressive and slick. The paid version is reasonable unlike many of the other apps.

by SleepyExcited

#this app is chill and quite literally this app. And the Play Nice rules rock. It’s very comfy for queer folk like myself, love the polyamory levels here (even if we don’t click, it’s nice to remember I’m not alone being polyam) and, though non-sex Ace, I appreciate the sex-positivity and kink positivity, and the consent and safety culture. Run by people who care. And I look forward to seeing it grow and build

by Silidad

I love open but it could be easier to use especially linking partner profiles with my wife and setting boundaries. It feels buggy with extra weird buttons but shows promise.

Thank you for the reply. I eventually did figure out the problem and we were able to link our profiles. Love open .

by Campst47

Enjoying it so far. Initial opinion is that I like the format. Most apps fail within the first couple of weeks because of no one in my area ever being online, so we’ll just have to wait and see. So far seems like most people haven’t logged in in 2 months or more. Besides lack of activity, open has pretty nice potential. Just try harder to incentivize your users to log back in.

by Mother Nurture Doula

I’ve been on #this app for just over 2 years and consistently find good quality matches, including 2 partners within that time. Love the option to view and undo my previous Like/Pass. I’ve been a supporting member since the option was introduced and really like the option to see who likes me, makes it easier & faster to match.

by Jamie LeClaire

I love open, I love the ability to have a partnered and solo profile, each with their own distinct bios and desires/interests, which are easy to alternate between. It’s refreshing to see an app that is inclusive from the ground up, kinky or not, poly or not, trans or not, open is for everyone! They also take so many measure to ensure privacy and safety of its users, especially trans and nonbinary people!!

by Icarus138

You can filter who you see by gender, age range, and by individual or couples profiles. That’s it. I searched everywhere for more options, but couldn’t find any!

So I tell open to show me individual men... and then spending more time hitting “pass” on all the straight guys’ profiles than browsing the queer guys’! Then, finding anyone who doesn’t already have a primary is a needle in a haystack. (The search grid doesn’t say – you have to this app the profile and scroll to the very bottom, for each one!)

Seriously, what good is an app that doesn’t filter by orientation or relationship status?? I gave them time cause it was a pretty new app, and I really wanted it to live up to its potential... but it’s been a year now, and they still haven’t gotten their act together. Two stars, purely because I still hope (but don’t expect) that they will.

by ALSG79

Some of the users are questionable at best. open seems to be saturated with unicorn hunters and single men who are convinced this is an easier app to get laid from. The biggest issue is now these banner notifications are showing up advertising condoms and the like. Just, maybe don’t interrupt my day with that crap. No more notifications from open or maybe I will just uninstall it and save myself the trouble.

by Gotohellninja

I can currently only use open after I install it.
After closing it and reopening I get ProcedureKit errors and nothing in open works. Please advise.
Would rather not have to reinstall every time I want to use it.

Edit: I tried installing again and it is working now for some reason. Maybe a glitch in the matrix?
Thanks for responding.

by SRQchick

Once this is up and running, I can see the potential. Would be helpful for newbies to get to see some examples of hashtags to be used. I updated my profile three times after reading others’ profiles.

by Zdbell2

I’m excited to see this community grow, as it really sets itself apart from other dating apps. Everybody who’s on here understands the concept of non-monogamy to a some degree, so there are no surprises and no judgements!

by J_p5647

#this app is a fresh and new way to enjoy internet dating. With a simple to use interface and the ability to find exactly what you want, it’s the perfect new dating app.

by Sunkisst219

Seamlessly jumping between solo to partnered profile mode makes open sensational! Brilliant concept with the hashtags. Finally, an app to provide a sorting solution for the community you are looking for!