Coffee Meets Bagel Dating reviews
What users love and hate · 500 reviews analyzed · ★ 2.9
A dating app betting on "quality over quantity" and intentional matching for serious relationships — but almost everything useful is locked behind a pricey subscription and an in-app "beans" currency, and outside big cities there are barely any profiles.
What users love
Curation for intentionality: one batch a day, focus on serious relationships
Those the format fits genuinely value the philosophy: not endless swiping but a curated noon drop, a push to read profiles, and intentional matching. For people seeking serious relationships it feels like "quality over quantity" with built-in intentionality.
I appreciate that the app is built to encourage reading curated profiles rather than endless and meaningless swiping
the process is paced to deliver recommendations at noon daily (which is a laid back schedule instead of just flooding you with every single person on the app)
I really like that the app focuses on people looking for long term committed relationships, and prioritizes quality over quantity.
Real couples and weddings: for some people it genuinely worked
Despite all the negativity, there's a steady stream of success stories: people met a partner, started dating, found "their person," and are even planning a wedding. For them the smaller-but-higher-quality pool and real verified people made the app worth it.
I matched very quickly with someone who had similar dating goals. We started dating a week later and we are getting married later this year. This site is truly a game changer for people looking for serious relationships.
seems like it might be legit people on here. I met my girl here so it's all that matters to me, good luck to everyone trying to find theirs.
Found my forever. This app did a great job at allowing me to set deal breakers and really narrow down what I was wanting in a partner.
Fewer bots and scammers than rivals — "higher quality" men
Some users directly compare CMB to Hinge, Tinder and Match and rate it better: fewer bots and scammers, verified profiles, an audience oriented toward serious relationships. For them that's the key upside in an otherwise "predatory" dating market.
CMB is one of the better dating apps. I feel like here I get way more matches and they tend to be real people as opposed to AI bots.
CMB is better than other dating apps, relatively speaking. Less scammers, higher quality men.
higher quality of men and havent encountered scammers like match
Useful profile metrics and "dealbreakers" help you aim better
Detail-oriented users love the stats: the app shows a person's response time, how often they break the ice first, whether they ever talk to matches at all, plus deep profiles and "dealbreaker" filters. To them it's smart design that helps screen and save time.
it shows you stats on each person's response time to their matches and to chats. Super smart design and it attracts a certain interesting pool of users :)
convenient to see the person has quick responses, how often they're the first to break the ice, and if they ever talk to the people they match with.
gives you the option to look at info like what they are looking for even want or doesn't want kids. great way to meet someone perfect for you without getting 100 Dick Pics
What users hate
You can't see who likes you without paying — the app is pointless free
The number-one complaint: you get nonstop notifications that someone liked you, but you can't see or message them until you pay for premium. Users describe it as a trap — you pay, and the person who "liked" you suddenly vanishes from the Likes section.
Someone tell me what the point of this app is if I can't see who likes me ? I can't talk to people who like me ?
Someone "liked me" and I couldnt see who it was until I paid for premium
as soon as I paid for their premium said person who "liked me" suddenly disappeared from the Likes You section. I wasted $40.
White screen after install — it runs once, then won't open again
A mass technical failure: after install the app works once, then shows a blank white screen on every later open. The only "fix" is to uninstall and reinstall over and over — some people did it six times.
It ran once successfully after install and now consistently shows a blank white screen. Can't even submit a bug report through the app because the app doesn't work.
after installing and going out of the app, when I try to go back into it all I get is a white screen.
unusable. only has one time use before the app crashes, doesn't open, and then I have to uninstall and reinstall. I'm about to delete my account because this is maybe the 6th time having to do this
Dead population: 1–5 profiles a day, then a 24-hour timer
The "one batch at noon" mechanic turns into emptiness: people get 1–5 profiles a day (sometimes zero), then hit a 24-hour countdown. Outside big cities you see only a handful of profiles over weeks — the pool is simply empty.
I got two suggestions on the first day. I haven't gotten anyone since and there's no one in the discovery section.
Made an account, swiped through 15 people now have to wait 24 hours to see anyone else or pay. The app feels entirely dead unless somehow you match within your first few minutes.
dead app, no matches and active people. you have to wait 24h for new set.
$40–60 a month with no day or week option
The subscription starts at $40–60 a month with no day or week plan to just test it. People call the "$3.99/wk" ads false advertising — in reality only the pricey monthly tier exists, and on top of that you still have to buy "beans" and "flowers" separately.
$44 for month is ATROCIOUS! And to not even offer a 1 day or a even a week subscription plans is wild to me.
advertises $3.99/wk, but only offers plans starting at $40/mo. Should be a class action lawsuit against these dating apps against false advertisement.
I bought the top platinum feature to just try it out. waited till 12 and got 0 suggestion, can't even search for people, paid $60 for absolutely NOTHING.
Filters and "dealbreakers" ignored — wrong people, far away
People set distance, age and ethnicity and mark them as "dealbreakers," yet the app still serves up people from other states and far outside their preferences. Many are angry that some filters (like education) are also locked behind a paywall.
despite my putting in the distance preference and toggling it as a "dealbreaker" I'm still getting people very far away. It's really frustrating. Just don't make it an option if you're not going to follow it.
You can set your preferences to dealbreakers and it will still just ignore them lol
The Discover section shows everyone other than the preference range that I have set.
Suspicion the subscription throttles likes: you pay, likes drop
A recurring accusation: as a free user you get dozens of likes, but the moment you subscribe the number suddenly drops by half or more. People read this as deliberately withholding likes to extract money, and call the app a "money grab."
I cancelled my subscription because there were a few likes, matches and conversations in 3 months. And 30 people liked me in a week right after cancelling.
You pay and you get one or two people liking you. You stop paying and you get 15 people liking you all of a sudden...
I did the paid subscription a year ago to see the 30 plus bagels who apparently liked me, as soon as I did the subscription the number of bagels who liked me dropped in half when I actually did get to see them. That is very dishonest.
Can't finish signup: stuck on "ethnicity" and GPS location
A chunk of users never even reach the app: the "Next" button on the "optional" ethnicity field does nothing no matter what they type, and GPS location detection fails even with permissions on. Signup dies on the very first screen.
i couldn't get passed the ethnicity race, I clicked next but wouldnt work i waiting 5 minutes but yeah uninstalled
Can't even get past the "write a specific ethnicity option", I tap next and absolutely nothing happens.
app says It can not get the GPS location. my GPS permissions was on and I selected to allow it. not sure why it didn't work. couldn't get past the first page to set up the account.
Fake and foreign profiles: "too many Asians" and green-card schemes
Users complain that a big share of profiles look fake: matches live somewhere other than stated, photos fail reverse image search, and the pool feels packed with foreign nationals chasing immigration/green-card matches. Real accounts get banned while fakes stay.
Don't waste your time no one is on this app. They're all fake accounts to make it look like it is active.
this app is 50% immigration marriages. you have to pay just to swipe at all
some profiles that look way too good end up being fake profiles that steal photos from real women around the world. Found by reverse image search.
Nagging popups and "hurry, they're popular" pressure even paying users
Even after paying, the app buries you in popups like "this person is popular, spend flowers to stand out" and subscription sales. You can't turn them off without muting all notifications, and the buttons often only work after several taps.
Even after paying the developers think it's ok to spam you with popups Dogshit in app popups 'This person is popular' that you can't block with notification mute that are broken and have to be clicked on multiple times.
"99+ people liked this person today! Would you like to pay to send flowers to them to stand out?" No, I'd rather uninstall the app
Now May 2026 they splash a "promotion" at the top which covers/blocks any option such as viewing the other user's profile after you match... until you pay.
Glitchy chat: messages get lost, arrive late, or fail to send
Messaging itself is unreliable: texts hang, fail to send, arrive badly delayed, or get lost entirely. That hurts most because the app gives you a narrow window to connect, and the chat breaks the conversation exactly when it matters.
Lots of glitches with sending messages lately. It causes major interruptions in communication, especially when the goal is to connect in a small window of time.
conversations get lost and don't ever get through
Chat was lagging or messages just failed to send.