Is Tinder Gold Worth it?

Online dating is by far the most common way we meet people nowadays, especially now that COVID has restricted in-person meetings. Add to that a highly connected society, glued to their screens, and a bunch of young people wanting to date, and it is no surprise that Tinder and other online dating apps are hot favorites on the app store.

When you are using Tinder, there’s a lot you need to be watchful of. People who are pretending to be someone they are not or catfishing is common. So is using misleading photos, or just way way out of date, and not what the person looks like anymore. And this is just the mild side of the spectrum. This is what makes online dating different than traditional dating.

Another cause for worry using online dating is the chance for exposure to unwanted attention, and creepy messages. Something that is a turn-off for anyone, not to mention the potential for crime, like extortion or even worse…

And at the end of the day, if all that isn’t enough, there’s the problem of randomness. You never know who is seeing your profile, or even if someone is seeing your profile. You also don’t know who swiped right on your profile, and is therefore interested in you, until after you swiped them.

Tinder gold is a premium version of Tinder that aims to eliminate this problem and add a couple of bonuses along the way.

Gold promises a dreamy upgrade to your love life, offering “intel”, as they put it, into your swiping game, promising “efficiency and a free confidence boost, while you meet new people”. But does it actually add all that much? Is it worth the price? And does it work despite a bad profile? Let us find out.

Tinder Gold is Tinder’s step up from their lowest tier premium experience, Tinder Plus. Tinder Gold gives you several features that Plus doesn’t, and is sold as a way to enhance the free Tinder experience.

The price differs from country to country.

For the price of a takeout order or two, Tinder Gold offers several features not available to those without it.

Here is a list of the features offered as Part of Tinder Gold, and an explanation of what they do.

1) Unlimited Likes

Never run out of likes, so you can keep swiping to your heart's content

2) See Who likes you

This offers you a pool of Options separate from your normal stack, that is people who have already liked you. Anyone you swipe on from this list is a guaranteed match, so you don’t waste any time.

3) Unlimited rewinds

Do you fat-finger your phone while using Tinder a lot? Have you accidentally swiped left on the girl of your dreams and lived to regret it? Rewinds offer you a way to undo swipes, as it were.

4) 1 free boost per week

A boost is literally what it says on the box: a boost to the top. Activating this will make sure your profile is shown at the top of the stack to other users in your area, for some time. This can drastically increase the number of swipes you get.

5) Passport

Passport allows you to take a little tour around Tinderland, and see how your profile would perform in different places. Great for before you leave for vacation, and some light A/B testing between profile changes.

1. Top picks
2. Offers you a select stack of profiles that have been selected for you

6) Control your profile

Optionally show your profile only to people you have already swiped right on, minimizing unwanted exposure

1) Open the tinder app

2) Open your profile window

3) Go to settings

4) Click tinder gold

5) And choose your plan based on the pricing

While the question of what tinder gold gives you is fairly simple, the question of whether it works…depends on a few things, like who you are, and what you define as “works’.

The features themselves, of course, do what they are advertised to do. But does this actually translate to success in the online dating world?

It’s all about the money

If you are familiar with the world of online commerce, or even apps in general, you are well aware of the freemium model. Present an alluring product for free, and add paid features behind a paywall that only a few users pay for, becoming your revenue stream. For a lot of apps, this works great because they can lock real things, like features, behind payments. But for Tinder, which wants you to swipe on actual people, this is a bit of a problem, because no matter how much you pay them, they can’t control the supply of people.

The answer, therefore, is this. If you are reasonably attractive or have a good-looking profile already, then Tinder Gold is great for you if you want to make the process of whittling down the stack a little easier. If you have a bad profile, maybe you are better off fixing your profile first. In summary, if you have a good profile already, tinder Gold can make tinder easy for you. If not, Tinder Gold is not taking away from your bad bio and bathroom selfies. If you actively use tinder, then this might be a logical purchase for you nonetheless.