After 5 weeks membership (Premium $126) paid up until August, my profile disappeared, and the picture was not me but another woman. They have our email addresses and pictures so they can continue using once you are no longer a member. FRAUD. I called my credit card to see about reimbursement. Don't waste your money. Stay away.
By Joan L.
Ourtime UK
Ourtime is poor value. Vast majority of views from people all over the country, even France. No way of knowing if a message has been read...it probably hasn't.
To cap it all, cancelling the follow on subscription was impossible - I had to email customer care and hope they will do it.
AVOID!
By Simon L.
It's a scam sight
It's a scam sight, when you stop spending money, they trump up some reason to remove your profile.
By Jeffrey A.
Mediocre dating site / Sito di dating scadente
(Italiano più sotto)
I've been using OurTime (OT) for some months now, and my experience has been mostly mediocre. Let's see pros (+) and cons (-) (keep in mind this is from a man's POW):
+ There is a good number of women in my area (being in Italy, this isn't true for other dating sites). I don't know how many are real, but some surely are.
+ If you join the site but you don't subscribe (pay), OT will send you periodically a mail with a discount on your subscription. So you better wait for it.
- Most profiles have a very minimal, or even empty, description. It's like these women don't put even a minimum of effort in their dating approach. Many posts just one picture; many of them are with sunglasses on.
Of course this isn't OT's fault, but it still makes for a disappointing experience.
- The user interface (on PC, never used the app) is poor: maybe it's designed mostly for mobile, but many actions require several clicks or are unnecessarily awkward.
- I sent a question to their help desk: I didn't get any reply. I'm afraid this is their nomal modus operandi.
- The worst aspect, though, it's that when you pay for a normal subscription (not Premium), you can send messages but the receiver will NOT be able to reply or even READ them! Therefore you pay but it's practically useless, it will be like talking to a wall. And this is not explicitly said on the subscription page nor clearly on the help pages. I sent several long messages (before discovering this), and I didn't hear back from any of them; of course, they couldn't even READ my messages!
With a Premium subscription, though, anybody will be able to write to you and - of course - reply to your messages. Keep this in mind.
It feels like the normal subscription is kind of a "clickbait" to engage users, and then push them into the more costly Premium one. I find this dishonest and manipulative, so it's most likely I will never use this site again.
Summary: OT seems like a good dating site at first, with a fair number of users and nice functions. It being directed at "senior" users only (50+) makes it more focused and, in theory at least, more likely to create fruitful interactions.
In pratice, though, most users seems shallow or trivial or too passive (here in Italy, at least). Navigating the site is sometimes awkward. And the normal subscription plan is almost useless, since your messages won't be read nor can be replied to (but they don't tell you this). It feels like this company cares more about its business than about the users.
All in all, in my opinion OT is not really worth it. And I'm afraid this is true for every dating site in the Match group (Match, Meetic, Ourtime, Tinder, Hinge, etc.).
*** Italiano
Uso OurTime (OT) da qualche mese ormai, e la mia esperienza è stata per lo più scadente. Vediamo i pro (+) e i contro (-) (tenete presente che questo è il punto di vista di un uomo):
+ Ci sono un buon numero di donne nella mia area (essendo in Italia, questo non vale per altri siti di incontri). Non so quante siano vere, ma alcune sicuramente lo sono.
+ Se ti iscrivi al sito ma non ti abboni (paghi), OT ti invierà periodicamente una mail con uno sconto sul tuo abbonamento. Quindi è meglio aspettare.
- La maggior parte dei profili ha una descrizione scarna o breve, o addirittura vuota. E' come se queste donne non si impegnassero minimamente nel loro approccio al dating. Molte pubblicano solo una foto; molte di loro indossano occhiali da sole.
Ovviamente questo non è colpa di OT, ma rende comunque l'esperienza deludente.
- L'interfaccia utente (su PC, non ho mai usato l'app) è scadente: forse è pensata principalmente per i dispositivi mobili, ma molte azioni richiedono diversi clic o sono inutilmente scomode.
- Ho inviato una domanda al loro help desk: non ho ricevuto risposta. Temo che questo sia il loro standard.
- L'aspetto peggiore, però, è che quando paghi un abbonamento normale (non Premium), puoi inviare messaggi ma il destinatario NON potrà rispondere o addirittura LEGGERLI! Quindi paghi ma è praticamente inutile, sarà come parlare al muro. E ciò non è detto esplicitamente nella pagina dell'abbonamento né chiaramente nelle pagine di aiuto. Ho inviato diversi lunghi messaggi (prima di scoprirlo), e non ho ricevuto risposta da nessuna di loro; ovviamente, non potevano nemmeno LEGGERE i miei messaggi!
Con un abbonamento Premium, invece, chiunque potrà scriverti e - ovviamente - rispondere ai tuoi messaggi. Tienilo a mente.
Sembra che l'abbonamento normale sia una specie di "specchietto per le allodole" per coinvolgere gli utenti e poi spingerli al più costoso Premium. Lo trovo disonesto e manipolativo, quindi è molto probabile che non userò mai più questo sito.
By Valter V.
If I could give them zero
If I could give them zero, I would. After purchasing a six month subscription for almost $200 (trying seriously to find a real relationship,) I was inundated with profiles that had nothing to do with my preferences. and then when I needed to change my contact email because Outlook was blocking my messages, OT blocked me! Claimed I was suspicious because of an email change and then they have ZERO human support. You live in a loop of reset your password until you are blue in the face and then you’re told YOU VIOLATED SOMETHING (we won’t tell you what, but you can’t have your money back!). Horrible and more disappointing than the inappropriate profiles they sent me. Because there is no way to get customer service, you are simply screwed. Don’t go on the site unless you are willing to throw away your money. I really tried to give this a good effort, but how incredibly sad it turned out.
By Bam B.
Alle leden heb ik al meer dan 2 jaar…
Alle leden heb ik al meer dan 2 jaar geleden gezien. Je kan niet zoeken als nieuw (nog niet betalend lid). Mijn gevoel: Klopt NIETS van !!!
GEwoon NIET doen zonde van je geld !!
By Zoeker
OurTime stinks
Member for 4 months. Company claims that they will email date/member profiles to you daily as potential matches. But emailed member profiles live all over the country, not within your state, or within your geographic preferences. Did contact one member who had same problem, and ended her membership. They keep trying to sell you additional services, which if you don’t purchase limits your ability to contact other members. Site poorly managed, not worth the time or effort.
By E S.
Absolute worst dating app ever
Absolute worst dating app ever! Total scam! They blatantly lie to you by telling you that if you pay a subscription you can filter what you want in a man/woman so that that’s all you’ll get in your “feed”. Example; I filtered they had to be at least 6 foot tall, live within 50 miles radius of me and be under the age of 60. The only way I could do that is if I paid for a subscription called premium so that I could use the filters… so, After I paid the premium and submitted the filters guess what didn’t happen? You got it! I still got a bunch of short men who lived in different states in my feed matter of fact I never got anybody in my feed that was remotely close to what I had submitted as my ideal mate and things that I called dealbreaker such as smoking or drinking. The so-called deal breakers are supposed to protect you from being matched with somebody who smokes or drinks if you don’t. But only if you pay for the premium subscription! Which I did because I’m an idiot but I won’t fall for that again and I’m hoping I can keep anybody else from falling from this scam of a company as well! Now I’m off to PayPal to see if I can get my money recouped!