Is Tinder Gold Worth It?

Tinder has become one of the most popular online dating platforms. This should not have come as a surprise when Tinder came up with the idea of Tinder Gold; this was a way to monetize their platform better. Although the free experience is still available to some extent, it has become extremely difficult for people to find matches or create connections on the app. You might agree that it has not been that difficult for very attractive people; however, for average looking people like me, it’s been hell. 

Now, there are so many versions of Tinder; Tinder Basic, Tinder Plus, Tinder Gold. Therefore, it is essential that every user understands the difference between each of these categories before they even begin use.

Cost Of Tinder Gold 

The app offers different price points for Tinder Gold depending on your age and location. The cost for Tinder Gold is:

• For A Single Month Subscription: Around 30$ If You Are Over 30, and 15$ if you are younger.
• A 6 Month Subscription (Paid in Advance): Around 19$ If You Are Over 30, and 9.5$ if you are younger.
• A One Year Subscription (Paid in Advance): Around 12$ If You Are Over 30, and 6$ if you are younger.

Pros Of The Tinder Gold Plan

Tinder Gold is one of the premium subscriptions available on the app. It allows users access to many other features that they are not entitled to on the Tinder Basic plan. One of these features is that it allows you to view those who have already swiped right or liked you. Also, this plan gives the users subscribed to it the opportunity to hide their age and location from other users if they want. This second feature might not be worth a lot for most people, especially for those who would want to match another user close to their age, but the former is “gold” for a lot of men. However, there are different advantages and disadvantages of the basic plan. Also, some of the features available that make it different from the Tinder Basic plan are discussed below. 

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Right Swipe Alerts

As I already mentioned, this plan gives you the opportunity to find other users that like your account. But what exactly makes Tinder Gold special or valuable? The value of this particular feature is mostly dependent on the user’s gender. For females, it might not be as valuable because you probably have more swipe alerts than you could accumulate if you were right-swiping yourself or even paid people to like it. However, this is the direct opposite for men, even the most attractive men with the best profiles get the less than the average number of swipes that a woman in their similar situation would get. A man could be on Tinder for hours swiping right on as many women that pop up on his page, and in all this time, hoping that maybe one or two of this women would reciprocate.

Therefore, this particular feature for men is a means to boost the morale of men on this app. Apart from this, it also helps men to preserve their time and swipes. If you are the kind of man who has no interest in investing 2 to 3 hours of your time swiping on women that may never like them back, you can instead sit back and let the women do all the work while you wait for notification whenever someone swipes right on your profile. So, with the Gold plan, a man can abandon the app for days unless he chooses to go through the app, go through the notifications to see whether he reciprocates this feeling. The Tinder Gold plan helps men to save a lot of time.

Apart from it being mostly useful for men, it is also useful for people who may be self-aware or conscious irrespective of their gender. Therefore, you are able to check if someone has swiped right on you before you like such a profile. 

Rewinds

If you are familiar with the habit of swiping through profiles like you are skimming the page of a book, then, this particular feature of the Tinder Gold is beneficial for you. It gives you access to review a profile you might have swiped left mistakenly, but you actually do like. However, this particular option only allows the users to rewind one swipe and not more; that is, you can only go back to the profile before the one you are currently viewing.

Ad-Free Experience

The Tinder Gold plan gives the subscribers a clean experience on the app. You are allowed to swipe on Tinder all day without the annoying ads and have an ad-free experience.

Cons Of Tinder Gold Plan

The Tinder gold plan gives its users access to five super likes per day; however, of what use is this super like, if it does not help the recipient to notice you more than you would catch their attention on a typical day. What use is it if you super like someone and the other person does not reciprocate this feeling? Even after a super like, you still need to put in the work as much as the other user to establish a connection like you would have done if you had used a basic swipe. 

Another feature that might not seem as beneficial as you’d expect is the rewind feature. Most individuals who do not rush through their Tinder and make mistakes would not find this feature relevant. Aside from this, the fact that you had enough time to correct your mistake does not mean you would undoubtedly get a right swipe back.

Is Tinder Gold Worth It? – Final Thoughts

Although the Tinder Gold plan is accompanied with a lot of useful and attractive features, the question “Is Tinder Worth It?” is dependent on the situation of the users and their preference. The answer to this question depends on each user and the needs they seek to satisfy through the app. Also, it is dependent on your lifestyle of dating and the amount of time you are willing to spend on the app.

If you are kind of person that would like to spend the minimum amount of time off the Tinder app, then this plan is the perfect one for you. The notifications feature would indeed serve you. For some, Tinder Gold is worth it. For others, it is not because they are not willing to add another subscription to their growing list of paid memberships. The best thing for each user is to review the features and decide whether they matter to you, and whether they are worth the money. 

Personally, I believe that Tinder Gold is worth it if:

• You are getting a few likes per day (Tinder will tell you how many likes you have) and live in a big city with plenty.
• Live in a big city with many potential matches nearby.
• You are about to go on a trip on a different location and you are looking for a “head start”.

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Tinder has become one of the most popular online dating platforms. This should not have come as a surprise when Tinder came up with the idea of Tinder Gold; this was a way to monetize their platform better. Although the free experience is still available to some extent, it has become extremely difficult for people…