Badoo

What Badoo is

Badoo is an online dating service designed for adults who want to meet new people, chat, date, make friends, or look for a committed relationship. Its consumer website supports browser-based access, while iOS and Android apps provide the primary mobile experience. Users create a profile, add photos and personal details, select what they are looking for, and discover other members through People Nearby, search filters, and the Encounters swipe interface.

The service is relatively flexible about relationship goals. Badoo presents options for people who want a date, a long-term relationship, casual conversation, or friendship, and users can change their intentions. Matching is not the only way to begin interacting: Badoo states that users do not always need to wait for a match before starting a conversation, although messaging availability depends on account settings and the recipient’s preferences. Users can choose whether everyone or only people they have liked can message them.

Conversations may include text, GIFs, and, where available, in-app voice and video calls that do not require sharing a phone number. Free access is available, but Badoo also offers optional paid features and in-app purchases. Exact pricing can vary by country, platform, subscription term, and account, so prospective users should review the current pricing shown in the website or app before purchasing. Common product features include advanced filters, profile questions, verified profiles, visibility or discovery tools, and other premium upgrades.

Badoo’s safety tools include photo, phone, and other verification options, block and report controls, profile hiding, message controls, intimate-image blurring, scam and spam detection, and human moderation. Verification can help signal authenticity but does not guarantee that another person is safe or truthful. As with any dating service, users should avoid sending money, protect personal information, use in-app communication initially, and arrange first meetings in public places. Badoo is adult-only, and availability of specific features may differ by location, device, age, and account status.

Pricing and free access

Free access is available with optional paid upgrades and in-app purchases; exact pricing and billing cadence vary by country, platform, subscription term, and account. Billing model: free tier with optional subscriptions and in-app purchases. A free level or free basic access was found in the current research.

What you may be able to do for free

• profile creation
• profile browsing
• People Nearby
• Encounters
• likes and matches
• messaging subject to account and recipient settings
• blocking and reporting

Paid features we found

• optional premium upgrades
• optional visibility and discovery enhancements
• in-app purchases

Who it may suit

Badoo is currently classified for online dating, meet new people, casual chat, friendship. Its audience signals include adults, singles, people seeking dates, people seeking relationships. Our research also found a focus on dating, casual chat, friendship, long-term relationships.

How it works

Matching: People Nearby, search and advanced filters, and Encounters swipe discovery; users can like profiles and form matches.

Messaging: Badoo says users do not always need to wait for a match to chat, while account controls allow messaging from everyone or only people the user has liked.

Signup: adult age eligibility · account registration · profile information · profile photo or photos

What to know before joining

• adult-only service
• feature availability may vary by country, platform, device, age, and account status
• paid pricing varies by country, platform, subscription term, and account
• verification does not guarantee another member's identity, intentions, or safety
• messaging is subject to account controls and recipient preferences

Features we track

• Profile Creation
• People Nearby
• Encounters Swiping
• Search Filters
• Profile Questions
• Direct Messaging
• Likes And Matches
• Voice Calls
• Video Calls
• Photo Verification
• Phone Verification
• Profile Hiding
• Block And Report
• Intimate Image Blurring