Dating apps are broken.
Here's what fixing them looks like.
And how we're revolutionizing the way we get you on dates.
We're university students who understand every frustration with online dating. So here's the fix: an app built on real surveys and feedback, with no paid features and exclusive Vouchers from local business partnerships, aimed at actually getting you on a date.
The hardest part isn't matching. It's getting out of the chat.
We're working with the restaurants, venues and events in your city to bring you Vouchers for those spots: Vouch Club exclusive deals for you and your date.
Vouchers are just the start of it. Claim one from your feed that catches your eye, show up within the time slot, present it to the staff and they'll take care of the rest. No fees, no hidden costs. Just a suggestion from us, and a great deal if you take it.
And it only grows from here. We want to build a real community around this: A larger selection of Vouchers, our own events, run clubs, bar nights, things worth turning up to, with local places we actually know.
Vouchers aren't the only thing that makes us special. Below are six more.
What else makes Vouch Club unique?
Every feature started as a complaint.
Every line in italics sums up a complaint about other apps. Everything under it is what we did about it.
Vouched in
Half the profiles are fake, inactive, or make you want to leave.
No open sign-ups. Only three ways in. You get vouched in by someone already here, we send you a code, or you apply and get screened. A real person from Vouch Club looks at every profile.
Fair feed
My profile feels shadowbanned on other apps.
Other apps bury your profile, then sell you a subscription to get back into visibility. On Vouch Club nobody is ranked or hidden. You're grouped into a pool by your own filters, and everyone in it gets seen before a new one starts.
Invisible Mode optional, for women
Women often get overwhelmed with likes, chats and uncomfortable messages, resulting in disengagement.
Turn Invisible Mode on. You come off everyone's feed, but yours doesn't change. Browse freely, like whoever you want. The moment you like someone, you appear for them. You decide who sees you.
Message timers
You wait days just to find out you've been ghosted.
72 hours to send the first message, 72 to reply, 48 once you're talking. Miss the window and the match clears. Everyone's on their phone 24/7, so if you can't get a reply in that window, we don't want you waiting on it.
Icebreakers
You match, and then neither of you says anything.
Every match arrives with an engaging question in the chat to help kickstart a conversation. You answer it and you're talking. Skip it if you'd rather just say hi.
Engagement Level
You can't tell who's going to put any effort in.
Every profile carries a simple label that hints at how much effort someone puts in. A thoughtful person replies, goes through their likes, and doesn't ghost their matches. That's what it reads, before you like them.
The full loop.
No other dating app actually wants this to work. A date that goes well is a user they lose, and their whole business model is built on you staying: subscribing, paying for another look, keeping the numbers up.
You'll never pay for a subscription on Vouch Club. So when a date actually happens, everybody involved comes out of it ahead.
- It starts in the appWith our new features, we hope it becomes easier to find matches and actually get on dates. We want to do the hard work for you, right up until you get your match.
- The Voucher does the restStuck on how to get off the app with your match? That's the bit we went and fixed. A real place with a real deal on it, and no payment required to access it.
- The venue gets a full roomTwo more people through the door supporting local businesses and having a great night, and hopefully two who come back on a night we had nothing to do with.
- And it starts overA date that actually happened is the proof that signs the next venue and helps grow Vouch Club.
What we hope we're building is a positive experience that leaves happy customers and happy venues behind it. You vouch people onto the app because of it, and it grows as you leave. And in the future, a real community. Vouch Club partnerships, events, and much more.
And if Vouchers aren't your thing, or you've already got your own spots, skip them. Vouch Club is a dating app first, free to use, and nobody can buy their way in front of you.
Winnipeg and Calgary open in Fall 2026.
Vouch Club Inc. is a Canadian-based company. We're signing venues, opening our first cities, and hoping to build something special across Canada, and the whole world.