EliteSingles - Serious Dating Reviews

by Wningwarnyou

This is a terribly designed app. Setting preferences and filters does nothing. It will still show you and match you with anyone and everyone and allow ANYONE and EVERYONE to contact you and nonstop too shall they chose. People would show up as my matches from different states or hours away. Meanwhile, preferences set to 50 miles. Every single extremely short person was my match, meanwhile I put height was important. It was all a complete joke and waste of money. Within immediately signing up I realized what a mistake I had made thinking there would actually be anything “elite” on there. I contacted support immediately and no response. The desktop version works better than the silly app. Hello it’s 2020. PLEASE SAVE YOUR MONEY AND FIND A REAL DATING APP THAT WILL AT LEAST HAVE FILTERS/PREFERENCES WORKING CORRECTLY. Too many glitches, don’t waste your time filling out anything you want because it’ll match you with the exact opposite. I WANT MY MONEY BACK!! EliteSingles is a SCAM!

by Indian42

EliteSingles itself is awful. Freezes up, shows blank screens with just the elite singles logo at the top... I could go on for days about how it isn’t user friendly and isn’t intuitive at all but I will move on to the site itself... also completely unhappy. Now look, I’m not a model but I’m not bad to look at head to toe and I have a full array of photos. So I’m NOT hiding behind a faceless screen like so many people online dating. So because I jumped through the myriad of hoops required when you sign up... the whole personality test... I expect the site to at least make an attempt to do their job, ie, follow my search criteria. Nope. Too much. I went too far. Asking to stay within 50 miles was far to difficult an algorithm to follow resulting in EVERY SINGLE MATCH being out of state. Never-mind that I live in a city of over 2 million people. Apparently there isn’t even one man that is over 5’10” tall and between 36 and 48. Not one. Who knew? Anyway... I asked for my money back and if I could I would make them compensate me for time wasted. Not going to happen but you know... I’m wishin and hopin and praying...

by Kvann777

**Please take my advice and do not use this site!!!
I would get false notifications on my phone that people messaged me. I get responses and other users that initiate contact on other sites and I was never contacted by anyone or had a message returned on Elite Singles. If anyone did reply then it’s a huge app glitch because I never got it.
I tried for about a month to cancel my subscription and finally was able to get the canxelladion to go through, by logging onto the internet site because EliteSingles is worthless. I submitted numerous”tickets” that were never responded to.
My matches were never anything of what I was looking for, or they didn’t have photos, or they lives 3 states away
I would request a full refund because it was a waste of time and money, but I doubt it would be approved or that I would get a reply so I’ll do whatever it takes to tell everyone I know and give negative ratings for this worthless dating app. There are a LOT better choices that work!!!

by Happyhappy65438996

Don’t bother. There’s nothing elite about this service or the users. After the 3 day cancellation window the “match” algorithm ignored my preference to date locals and gave me “matches” out of state. Also note, the word match is a misnomer - The folks in the match list are just potential matches but they haven’t selected your profile as one they’re interested in and they probably haven’t even looked at it. Judging by the few “views” of profile (14 in a month), they likely won’t anyway.

I voiced my disappointment and dissatisfaction to customer service and was brushed off saying I was past the 3 day cancellation window. They have no sympathy that their algorithm changed and that they have an inferior product that entices users with misleading promises . I’d hoped they would have refunded 5 months of 6 I paid for, but nope. If you want your earnest efforts to find quality people to be sabotaged then sign up. Otherwise stick to free apps like OKcupid.
There’s absolutely no value add with EliteSingles.

by Cas17

I’m a lesbian woman and a young professional and thought I would have a different kind of luck with EliteSingles than with more popular apps like Bumble and Tinder. I downloaded it with the intention not to buy a membership, but curiosity got the better of me and I did. The cheapest membership presented in EliteSingles is $109 for 3 months, however apparently there are cheaper options they don’t present here. I paid the hefty price for the 3 month membership and have been beyond disappointed with the results. There are very few profiles with pictures. It takes DAYS for any pictures you upload to be posted because apparently they need to be reviewed. What they don’t mention about that is that their team also apparently does a crop job to then your picture into a square just large enough to capture your face. The interface of EliteSingles is terrible, the price is steep, and EliteSingles does not have nearly enough active users to make it close to worth it. Can’t recommend enough that you keep your money and stay away.

by SBirdyG

I’m pretty new to online dating and of all the sites and apps I’ve tried recently- this is the worst dating app I’ve used. I cannot stress that enough. I’ve had it for less than a week and I barely bother checking it at this point and the only reason I haven’t deleted it is because of the amount I spent just to use it. Total waste of money.

It takes all of 2 minutes to sift through the amount of matches you get per day and you’ll be lucky to find even 1 you want to bother looking at. After that there’s no way to browse profiles. It’s a real process to figure out how to cancel your renewal and for the amount you pay to use it and you’d expect to at LEAST have a profile that’s up and running fairly quickly after creating it.

I’ve also been sent messages from men who could not be more be more obvious scammers. The “you are beautiful, I love you, please marry me” before saying “hello” types. After the amount of time it takes to set your profile up and get approved you’d think they’d be able to spot a fake.

by KeiAmphy

PLEASE SAVE YOURSELF HEARTACHE & DO NOT SIGN UP!!! I am a female in the age where I should “know better” but was scammed! I signed up & noticed that one could not see the faces of the men who were matched, and could not read messages- EliteSingles states one has to be a member. After 3 days I thought I would give it a try (least expensive option is over $77 for 1 month- ludicrous!). I received an error telling me it did not go thru and try again. I took it as a “sign” that I should not. So I didn’t. However, this morning see I was charged four (4) times!!! Yes, it says two charges are being reversed, but that is still being charged Double!!! Then I go online to see my matches and yet the faces are still blurred & messages inaccessible. I asume one needs EliteSingles . So I go to download & am told I will be charged to my ITunes account- OH HELL NO!!!! EliteSingles IS A CYBER SCAM!!! Save yourself heartache & Just Don’t Do It!!! No customer service line and online support service says they take 48 hours to respond!!! Highway robbery if you ask me! 5 thumbs down!!!!! 👎🏻 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻

by Mira Wright

Tried it for a month. Way to expensive, not many matches, most of the people did NOT have photos. The once that that reached out, send a smile, no conversation what’s so over with anyone. The few matches that I was able to fine , I got a very short conversation and that’s it.

I tried deleting my profile the system ‘somehow’ seem to crash, it would not let me delete my profile. Now I cannot get back into my account, password reset does not work, talking to customers is really not an option. The website provides you with a Germany address to send a letter ?!?? What who does that? They keep mention that you can submit a form on line, can’t find it anywhere. Finally found it, now it wants to verify my email again, well somehow I am not getting any of their emails.

Horrible experience, I would never use or recommend this dating app service, and way too expensive. You should not aloe people to create profiles without photos, and you need to verify this accounts are legit !!!

by Melanin_XoXo

EliteSingles gets 0 stars!!

My account was compromised and some other persons pictures are on my account. My pictures are now gone, probably on someones else’s acct catfishing the world, I’ve emailed support so many times, and l kept getting generic responses. I found a customer support number online that doesn’t work. Two hours later I got notified that access attempts from an unknown device near the Philippians. I immediately freaked out and changed all my passwords. Omg people please don’t waste your time or money on EliteSingles. It’s not user friendly at all, there’s a constant delay every time, my “matches” were definitely random selections, and recycled e.g., I would see the same person I swiped away from over and over again. EliteSingles asks “how important this is to you?” I selected “very important” I honestly shouldn’t have bothered answering those questions. Because they throw any random person at you. I couldn’t tell where my “matches” were from. I had better luck with the free APPs like bumble or Tinder. Guys, I don’t usually comment on things. This is not a joke! Don’t use EliteSingles it’s terrible. I can’t even I cancel my subscription it’s pure torture. I changed the password to something super hard and ridiculous logged out, and deleted EliteSingles hopefully I’m done with EliteSingles Omg it’s TERRIBLE!!!

by MerryLeigh

I was hopeful that this site would be a great way to meet eligible, single, professionals in the area. There are so many problems with EliteSingles and structure itself, I don’t have enough space to write about it all. It is an utter scam and costs over $100 for a 3 month membership. You cannot see any possible matches unless you purchase a membership. Once you purchase the membership, you will find EliteSingles has numerous errors making it impossible to utilize. Let me also mention that many of the “profiles” on this website have one picture, one generic, pre-generated bio from the application questions and many profiles do not exemplify what an “elite single” would even begin to describe. This is an utter scam and I am in the process of seeking a full refund.

Side note- the website makes it impossible to contact customer service directly as they are located in Germany so your options are either sending a fax or writing an email in hopes to be contacted. Ridiculous. What a scam.

by 001101212

I rarely, if ever write reviews (maybe 1/year) but will if I find an egregious example of something wrong. The site isn’t for Elites singles since the majority of the respondents aren’t (by the site’s definition) in that category. The biggest issue I have is with online scammers. I have been warned by the site almost every week that someone I interacted with was found to be a scammer. Am I happy they warned me about that, yes, but they have to do a better screening process. I’m on another dating site and don’t get nearly as many scammers.

Many of the “matches” are so far away it’s not worth the effort. Also, I discovered that my profile was on another of their sister sites “silver singles”. I wouldn’t have approved a duplication of my profile for any other site let alone one that I have no interest in. It explains a lot why I was getting messages or smiles from octogenarians.

Lastly, there’s nothing elite when the majority of the likes received are from people who’s profile name is a fake text number (with and without pics). You guys should do better especially considering there are cheaper and more realistic alternatives.

by Jae4chickens

Had EliteSingles for approximately 4-6 hours. Paid too. First, it’s expensive but as I was going through the questions I thought it might be worth it. Second, the individuals suggested as your “wild card” picks of the day are not even close to the preferences I took the time to “explain in detail”. Third, and the most egregious part, there’s no direct access to customer support or “care”. You can find the answer of how to get a refund in several ways but there are NO links to said “customer care” via the “help” page and no way to search and locate the “contact form” that is mentioned. After 30 minutes of googling how to get a refund I found an email that I’ve tried but since “customer care” works M-F 9-5 (no time zone is offered of where they are located either so those times are skewed depending on where they are located in the world). It makes you question their support of their own product if they don’t have customer outreach readily. That’s part of what I expected to get since it is supposed to be an “elite” service. Happy to update on how, when or if I get my refund. Just don’t do it. They shouldn’t take money if they do t want to interact with customers.

by Charlene6262

I have had EliteSingles for awhile on my phone, since I couldn’t afford the subscription back then I left it came back and decide to give it a try paid for a three month subscription added my photo and answer some question just to get attracted match but all the time the filter keeps showing me repeated old matches even when I try to change my city to see if I would meet some one new all I get is an error message try log out and close EliteSingles and re log in and when I finally do, it’s still same thing no matter how I make my preferences different from the previous, and when I finally try to manage to message a match all I get is an error message to re log in and when I do same message but the message I sent initially to the match will be sent but without a green alert saying message sent or like sent, over a week now I came back using EliteSingles I have not gotten new likes or messages but when I had not paid for it I always get a notification pop up of someone liking me and sending me a message, I think this website owners are rippers they just here to steal from us guys, we need to file a petition to have the law take down elite singles too many fake profiles and malfunction app fixtures

by Lynaal

EliteSingles is garbage. I signed up for 6 moths and payed over $130 for their subscription. From the day one EliteSingles and the page in the web browser began to freeze. I exchanged messages with one person only. My pictures would not load and I would get the message a from potential matches that they wanted to see my pics when I already added about 7 of them. The further the worse, I was not able to open EliteSingles at all. I am a busy person and I left it in hopes that it will be fixed and was thinking that it was just a temporary issue. Almost a month past but it worked for few seconds and stopped. Finally, I found the time to call them during my lunch break. Their customer service it not open on Saturdays. The representative told me that he can charge me for 3 month and refund me the rest $17 out of $130. He also told “What is your age? 35 years old, you are old enough to know how to contact us in 3 days window for a refund.” He honestly sounded drunk or high, I could not understand what it was. Finally, he put me on hold, and come back offering about $70 in refund to what I agreed. I am waiting to get my money back. Not sure I will get it. Please, be smart, do not sign.

by Disappointedbuyer34

Poor interface, poorly designed, not user-friendly. Too many system issues. Also it doesn’t list states your matches are in, only city names which is a major glaring issue. This means any generic city name from a dozen states could be contacting you as the distance settings are nonexistent and poor. I often get matched with people from several states away. Too many problems. Awful app. Avoid.

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New comment added responding the developer: I understand your purpose is to proceed to app/product at all costs but you’re waging a losing war based on countless honest reviews. When as many people are 1 star as most other rating options that’s saying something. An overall rating of 3 is not good. It means at you’re average which you aren’t. Everyone knows reliable app start at 4 to 4.5 and there a big difference from where you’re at to there. And to your self-serving response: I have an up to date app and it is still buggy and glitchy and crashes and also bad with destination settings. I tripled checked them. The settings are correct. Your app is the problem. Instead of responding to me and ignoring my issue, maybe fix the problem to begin with? You know, the issue the vast majority of your users have with EliteSingles /site. :-)

by Missmicah86

I have tried most all of the dating apps - from free to paid memberships. I hadn’t tried Elite Singles yet. Reading over the website it sounded too good to be true. Why? Because it is! A 6 month membership with discount was roughly $90. Not a bad price, so I gave it a shot. I was so disappointed after just a couple of days I requested a refund and closed my account. Why ask me what my preferences are and how important they are to me if you’re not going to follow them? I set specific filters for age, location, etc. It kept matching me with people in other states, 20+ years older than me, etc. Everything I DIDN’T want. There were glitches with the mobile app too. I had to use the online version just to see my matches better. Also, so many profiles showed “in review” including mine. Which limits what you can see. I had such high hopes and was so disappointed. I believe they own Christian mingle, silver singles, and a couple of others which also have similar reviews and issues that I found with EliteSingles.

The one positive I can give is that customer service was prompt and polite. They issued my refund and stated it would take 3-5 days. I’m still in that period so haven’t received it yet, but believe I will.

by WolfCatGamer

Where to start? Bottom line: app consistently ignores your preferences. For example, you try and set the parameters you prefer, and EliteSingles informs you that if you choose too narrowly, you won’t get enough matches. And then it won’t allow you to save your preferences. I have set age preferences, ethnicity preferences, location preferences, religion preferences, and I get one decent match in 30. The location preferences are particularly ridiculous. I live in a highly urban, populated area. However, I cannot narrow my radius to less than 50 miles away. Well, 50 miles away from where I live could put people about 2 to 3 hours away. I am getting men from neighboring states! That’s ridiculous! Other, more well-designed apps will show people that match my preferences within 5 to 10 miles away. So I know they are out there. But I guess I shouldn’t care, because the men I am being matched with don’t even remotely match my preferences. And the question of whether or not people are highly educated is also in doubt. I have a PhD, and I am being matched with men who have completed trade school. That match is highly unlikely to work, for either of us! Perhaps that sounds snobby, but come on, let’s be realistic! EliteSingles and its associated service is a waste of money.

by Ffgvxuvgh

EliteSingles doesn’t work well at all. Pictures of the women pretty much never load, and honestly I have had very little correspondence compared to other less expensive memberships/apps. I use photo feeler to use good pics (which the developer subsequently crops before approving them), I’m of average looks, use research to develop more effective messages and send a decent amount of them to women on the site. As of yet I have no results compared to pretty decent results on other apps.
I thought the expensive membership would provide matches who were motivated and serious about meeting someone.
Unfortunately my experience has been an expensive membership with an app that barely works and women who are not responsive.
I will let things run until the subscription I paid for ends, but without a significant turnaround in results and function I will not be renewing.

by PeteAntonio80

Firstly, I’m not sure why they call them “matches” ~ if the other person hasn’t shown a mutual interest...that’s not a match...that’s just digital window shopping.
Secondly, I had EliteSingles on my phone for a little over a month and the only two conversations that were longer than a single line reply, ended up being straight up scammers. They had one picture and one name on EliteSingles , then after we exchanged numbers they sent me different pics and called themselves different names. Only to come to a point where the conversation eventually turned into them asking for money. This happened twice in a week. Apparently, I look like a sucker on my profile.
Either way, I’m not sure how Elite verifies its members other than making them pay a lot for access to photos and messages and other features - which is an Ineffective validation method. Anyone can still claim to be anyone with a huge income or a CEO.
Third, EliteSingles itself is badly designed. The desktop version is what I try to stick to now seeing as how I’m already sunk into the 6 month prepaid membership.
Lastly, the only reason I didn’t give it a 1 was because I have had two decent conversations ~ albeit they are “matches” from towns over an hour’s drive from me and these ladies are 10-12 years older than me. Lol but still...nice to know there’s some humans on here and not just phishers.

by LaDanaWendy

The definition of Elite “the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons”. I’m sorry but I’m not experiencing what I was expecting at all and the only reason I’m not giving EliteSingles a 1-star review is because it was working a week ago when I signed up. Now it won’t launch at all!!!

I agree with the other reviewers who say the website is more user-friendly. I’d also like to know how they classify their “matches”! I specifically chose NO profiles without photos yet I still get them in my “matches”. I expected only proven professionals but I get some men with high school diplomas — how’s that elite? Being able to pay the membership fee does not equal elite.

by Linaja81

I hated my experience with elite singles for the following reasons :

1. When you create your profile and every single time you edit your profile contents, even for a single word, they review it before publishing it. This process is annoyingly slow and is RANDOM. They reject contents that are completely proper. They rejected my profession (as an engineer. WHY???) and my passions (outdoors. music. why???) it is so frustrating. The slow review is also quite a burden as for a long time your profile is empty.

2. EliteSingles is very buggy. I cannot reply to messages!!!! I have to find workarounds to do that.

3. The customer service is not good. I asked them for a refund given all these problems and they are not cooperating with me or even being apologetic for why they would reject my profile contents for absolutely no reason.

4. Do not purchase EliteSingles. You will see the exact same quality of people that you see here on other free apps; in addition on free apps you don’t have to wait for a lengthy random review process of your profile contents (which may result in rejecting your profile contents for absolutely no reason). Also the free apps have a better user interface and are not buggy (you can reply to people messages!!!).

AVOID EliteSingles. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON IT!!

by Rgrlittle

I discontinued my automatic renewal with Elite Singles...which wasn't an easy task. I couldn't find anywhere on EliteSingles to call customer service or ask questions. I only found a place that had, FAQ (Frequently asked Questions) then I located one (a question) that most fit my needs.
On EliteSingles , it sends you what it says are "matches" to you. However, I seemed to have very little in common with most of the people selected.
Unlike other APPs, simple information needed about other individuals is not talked about. Like: zodiac sign, have kids at home or not... and it never tells the State people are in; only the city. An example of how this can be misleading is, one female I recently talked to was from "Gainesville". Well, there is a Gainesville in FL, in GA, and in PA... you then have to determine which city she is from.
EliteSingles is not user friendly and doesn't let you know the date when someone visits your profile. It tells you when it happens but, it may have been days ago.
I'm not a big fan of EliteSingles and will not be renewing once my subscription ends.

by GonLon

EliteSingles was user friendly. I had a 6 month subscription and was quickly matched to several potential singles. By week 2 of joining ES, I started communicating (via EliteSingles ’s communication function)with one of my matches. Those communications then progressed to phone calls and texts until we eventually set up a date. It’s been 3 months since our initial contact and our relationship just keeps getting stronger. In truth, I didn’t hold to much weight on meeting someone through a dating site. I did a lot of research before joining Elite Singles. It is my only experience with a dating app and I’m pretty sure I will no longer have the need to venture into another one. I recommend Elite Singles to anyone looking for a long term relationship.

by DrBobbie

I like this site a lot, because they are very diligent in rapidly weeding out scammers and they actually let you know when they have excluded someone for that reason. It would be even better if they did not even post profiles until they confirmed identities as legitimate, but it’s usually only about three days after someone is first presented that they delete them. I’ve learned to wait several days before answering an initial contact , because the person may well disappear , especially if they are extremely good looking , have only one picture and write with an accent —ie, make grammatical errors . Often a person who immediately asks for contact info will be deleted quickly .... happy matching to everybody !