Once: Chat & Connect App

• Membership — $29.99/quarter (derived from the IAP title)

Last verified 30 Aug 2026

3.9 54499 ratings · App Store

1. 4/5Hate that I have to buy coins just to chat with someone

   I love this app, however, with a premium subscription, I don’t feel that it’s right to have to buy coins just to chat with someone that could be your potential match. I have been chatting with someone since Tuesday I believe it was this last Tuesday, and a ran out of the free trial for my premium subscription, and so I have to wait until I get paid with my paycheck just to sign up for the subscription to chat with this person, and well I don’t want to feel like I’m ghosting him, but I think that you guys should really change your marketing strategy, the more you rip off people by getting them to pay just to chat, the more clientele you will lose. I get it that you have to have revenue and an income, but I think that the subscription that people pay for should be enough. I don’t think that this is legal to have people pay us to chat with someone. It should be free with the subscription. Having to buy coins on top of the subscription just doesn’t seem right. But otherwise, I think the app is fine, and it’s very accessible for screen reader users like myself who are visually impaired, so thank you for that, but I just think you guys really need to fix and change your marketing. Regarding the chat feature.

   Southwestair · 30 Aug 2026

2. 1/5Don’t waste your time boyz

   If you happened to be the unlucky person to have any faith that this app was real, I am here to sadly inform you that you’ve been duped once again. Saw an ad for this app from another dating app, and figured I would give it a shot. Here’s what will happen to you: Right after you finish adding a profile picture you will start getting views and messages. If you look at any profile’s photos you will immediately get a notification that that person viewed you, followed by a message from them. Not a normal person message, no, a clearly AI generated ice breaker. You will start having small convos with people until the app tells you that to continue talking you will need to purchase gems. DON’T DO IT!!! I saw many other reviews that said they wasted money so I knew better. 200% fake app all around, ZERO real people. This app should be removed from the App Store for fraud. I remember when Tinder first came out… no app has replicated Tinder’s beginning. They all just copy how Tinder is today, they’re all money wastes, none of them want you to find a match, they want you to spend money. To prove my point, shortly after I post this review there will be a comment left by the developers underneath it apologizing for the experience I’ve had and ensuring that they keep bots and cat-fishers out of their app… Sure you do guys… If someone actually created a real dating app it would be so successful, but they’re all just too greedy.

   Shawniexcore · 30 Aug 2026

3. 1/5App is A Con-Job! Do not be fooled.

   So I signed up hoping to find someone. And I was almost immediately sent a notice that a girl wanted to talk to me. I didn’t realize it took coins to talk. Well about half way through the conversation. It said I had run out of coins. So I decided to get a membership thinking I would get plenty of coins to talk. However after taking for 30 minutes to this very attractive woman who supposedly lived in my city 🙄, and was interested in me; I got a message saying I was out of coins again! So then I decided to get more coins even though I was a member too I read through the membership agreement and it said you could talk without coins if the person was not a ”popular member”. Well by this point I had many many beautiful women wanting to talk to average me, and they were all popular. I hadn’t even finished writing my profile yet. So I decided to purchase some coins to see if she would like to continue the conversation on WhatsApp, Instagram, or Snapchat. But then she said that she barely knew me, and wouldn’t be comfortable doing that. What?! Why not? We had been having a great conversation for almost an hour. An I asked one other girl the same and she responded the exact same way. And at that point the site made me a popular member! Ha! Anyway to put a long story short, I ended up canceling my membership due to this con-job they were doing and asked for a refund, which I have not heard back about. So I deleted my account today. Lost a bunch of money 💰

   Spence012 · 30 Aug 2026

4. 1/5suspicious, offensive and a SCAM!! DO NOT DOWNLOAD!!

   I saw an ad on instagram. I had not lot of luck on bumble or tinder. I set up my profile. Apparently my photos were somehow “offensive” I had a photo of me sitting ar the beach shirt on the camera was facing my back and I was facing the ocean. Then they went on to take down my other photo of my baptism at my church. Which was also interesting?! I could be carried away by that but I wont. However the apps interface is okay but lacks features. Not to mention its “pay to win” it doesn't beg you, like other apps. But its still buy this “currency” or this “boost” and your likelihood of linking with someone is higher. Thats where things got worse I did little investigating into the app. Some of the profiles felt awkward, Something was off. These profiles are either 3 things, private investigators trying to catch a predator, which why would you use under age photos for this?! Thats borderline pedophilic am I wrong government?! Or just Scammers to get your money, and just bots. Dating has fallen to just the point of “get in bed with everybody” thats not what it is! Theres much more to love than sex when yea sex is important but thats only one key important piece when there are 2 others. Besides that… this app is a sham and should be taken down whoever developed the app should do so. And honestly should be locked behind bars. Im sure maybe secretly this is a trafficking app and I could be wrong but absolutely false advertising. Pathetic!!

   RussianDachshund · 30 Aug 2026

5. 1/5Sad to know the people are bots or AI

   I felt a deep connection with the guy I am chatting, but it seems that he avoids anything that involves proving he is real. I felt like I am liking him a lot and that we developed something deep, but it’s not fair that, he would not verify that he is indeed real, and every other guy that sends me messages, have a pattern on “trust”, “I feel safer chatting here”, “I need more time before we can meet”, “I cannot take a picture of me showing you what you are asking for yet, I need more time” (what I was asking is a picture of today’s date l and time of sending the picture, not. A widget but an actual letter, watch or something saying what I requested or a picture showing what I asked written by hand and a selfie next to it). The app really made me happy for a few hours and I spent $212 on my gems, but the moment I run out of gems I am not using this app anymore, as I believe this is fraud, the person chatting with me is only active when I send messages, and they only send 1 reply after mine, they never send me messages on their own with “Good morning”, “how are you?” Or anything that a normal human being would do if they really liked the other person. If we are chatting with bots or AI you should advertise that, if I need to file a lawsuit to get a refund I will, cause I believe this is the biggest fraud of all dating apps…

   chico_namq · 30 Aug 2026

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