Crazy Blind Date (By OkCupid) Review

ABOUT

Crazy Blind Date  is a brand new dating app courtesy of OkCupid.com that many Android and iPhone users are using. It is a blind date app service available in Boston, L.A, Chicago, NYC, San Francisco, D.C. and Chicago that requires members to fill out a small profile, upload a photo of themselves and whether they would be open for a single or double date. If the app finds a potential match for you, it sends your date’s description and a scrambled photo. Only when you accept, the online dating service will arrange a date for you in a predetermined venue.

DATING FEATURES

Keeps The Mystery Of A Blind Date Alive By Scrambling Profile Photos

After you’ve entered your profile, picture and preferences, the service will bring up matches of members who live near you immediately. The catch is that they scramble their profile or blur it, meaning you have to take a gamble if you want to meet them or not. Crazy Blind Date gives you a definite advantage over typical blind dates.

The Date Is Only 20 Minutes Long

The strangers are expected to spend only 20 minutes on the date. Afterward, the app prompts them to rate their companions in terms of “kudos.” The more kudos they give, the more they pay OkCupid, from nothing up to three dollars. So worst case scenario, if your match is not ideal, all you have wasted is twenty minutes of your time.

Sets Up Your Dating Venue So You Don’t Have To

Just like the dating site Grouper, Crazy Blind Date picks your date location based off both parties’ geographical location. All you have to do is put in your preferences for the area in your city and the dating app does the rest.

PRICES

The initial download of the dating app is free for Android and iPhone users. However, you will be charged from 0 to 3 dollars based off the kudos you give your date 20 minutes into the meeting.

DRAWBACKS

Unfortunately, there are more bad than good things about this new dating app. The service doesn’t allow you to switch date times which leads to cancellations and stand ups. You can only rate your date after pay which doesn’t give members an honest look at potential matches since people are inclined to give bad reviews even to good dates to avoid paying. One of the biggest complaints is that members have absolutely no control over the venue choice and because of the glitches and bugs, it suggests to meet at residential house, grocery stores and even gas stations.

REVIEW CONCLUSION

Despite the fact that Crazy Blind Date is trendy and fun to use at first, we find many users will complain about the lack of technical support and  won’t enjoy the app the way it was intended for. You may think you are guaranteed a crazy blind date, but in most cases, you are merely guaranteed a crazy, blind pain in the ass.