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Maya & Sam
Brooklyn → Lisbon
“The video coffee was the moment we knew.”
We’d been chatting for a week. Twenty minutes on a Tuesday video call decided the next ten years. Married last spring.
v3.4 just landed · iOS & Android
EmberDate App
A dating app
you can put down.
Curated daily matches, conversation prompts that go somewhere, and a video-call experience that feels like a coffee shop — all in one beautifully quiet app.
4.9 · App Store
4.8 · Google Play
2M+ downloads
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Today's spark2/5
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Ava, 28
Brooklyn · Architect
Compatibility94%
Slow morningsBookstoresItaly
Today's prompt
If you could relive one ordinary day, which would it be?
App features
Six things the app does remarkably well.
Less is the point. We removed the swipe deck, the streaks, and the unread badges. What's left is a calm tool for meeting one person at a time.
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Smart matching
5 curated matches a day, picked by a model audited every quarter and reviewed by an editor before reaching you.
02
Editorial prompts
Conversation starters written by humans, refined by therapists. The bar is ‘answerable’, not ‘clever’.
03
ID-verified profiles
Every profile passes government-ID + live selfie verification. No verification, no app.
04
In-app video
Low-pressure, mutual-opt-in video calls. Camera-off mode, auto-blur backgrounds, no third-party links.
05
Discover, gently
Browse beyond your daily five — thoughtfully ranked, never an infinite deck.
06
Quiet by design
Quiet hours, batched notifications, and zero streaks. The app respects your attention.
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Today's spark2/5
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Ava, 28
Brooklyn · Architect
Compatibility94%
Slow morningsBookstoresItaly
Today's prompt
If you could relive one ordinary day, which would it be?
Smart matching
Five matches a day. Each one chosen for you.
No infinite deck. No mass-send. Each match is filtered by your values profile, tuned by your behaviours, and sanity-checked by an editor before it's sent.
28 values dimensions
Attachment style, faith, lifestyle, long-term goals.
Behavioural signals
What you read, who you reply to, how fast.
Editorial review
A human reads both profiles before any match goes out.
Quarterly audits
External researchers review the model every 90 days.
Messaging & communication
Messages that deserve a reply.
Six small features stacked into one good conversation. None of them new on their own — all of them designed to coexist.
Editorial prompts
A new prompt every day. The bar is ‘answerable’.
Voice notes
Up to 60 seconds. Tone of voice changes everything.
Photo replies
Reply to a single message with a photo — no derail.
Schedule send
Don’t double-text at 2am. Schedule for later.
Read receipts
Mutual, off by default. No surveillance dynamics.
Encrypted DMs
End-to-end encrypted in transit and at rest.
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Kenji
● Active now
What's the last record you played front to back?
Mingus, ‘Black Saint and the Sinner Lady’. You?
Okay we need to talk about Side B in person.
typing…
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You, 29
Profile · 92% complete
Photos6 / 6
Prompts3 / 3
Values profile28 / 28
Verification✓
Profile customisation
A profile that sounds like you.
Six tools to build a profile worth opening — without turning yourself into a brand. Plus an optional 30-minute review with our editorial team.
Photos
Six photos, with light AI guidance on order — not edits.
Three prompts
Pick from 80+ editorial prompts. Replace anytime.
Values profile
28 questions across attachment, lifestyle, and long-term goals.
Deal-breakers
Smoking, kids, faith. Up to three; respected absolutely.
Mood badges
Slow Sunday, post-break, just-looking. Optional, opt-in.
Verification
Government ID + live selfie. Done in under two minutes.
Safety & verification tools
Built quietly, into every screen.
Trust is the foundation, not a feature flag. Six tools that run in the background so the conversation in front of you can be the kind worth having.
ID + selfie verification
Required at signup. Verified live; not stored.
Date Check-In
We check on you after a date. Two-tap escalation.
One-tap report
Reviewed by humans within four hours, every time.
Photo lock
Photos blurred outside of mutual matches.
Block & mute
Surfaced inside every conversation.
Hide from contacts
Optional — we hide you from anyone in your contacts.
Video & virtual dating
The lowest-pressure first date.
Built into the app. Designed for the moment between “great chat” and “dinner Friday” — that 20-minute video coffee that decides the rest.
Mutual opt-in
Both members tap ‘ready’. Either can end at any time.
Camera-off audio
Start audio-only. Switch on video when both are ready.
Auto-blur backgrounds
Default-on. Toggle off when you want to show the room.
No third-party links
Calls happen inside the app. Nothing leaks out.
22m
Median first call
71%
Lead to an IRL date
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Live
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Discover · Today
Verified ✓91% match
Mira, 31
Singapore · Designer
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Discover & swipe
Browse beyond your five — thoughtfully.
Discover is the gentle version of a swipe deck. Profiles are ranked by compatibility, capped at 25 per day, and each one shows a real reason it's in your feed.
- 25 profiles per day — never more
- Ranked by compatibility, not freshness
- ‘Why this match?’ reason on every card
- Pass, like, or send a Spark with one tap
- No public likes, no leaderboards
Real stories
What members are doing offline.
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Kenji & Priya
Singapore
“Verification gave us permission to be honest.”
Knowing every profile was real changed how I showed up. I stopped curating and just wrote like me. Two years in, that's still how we talk.
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Rosa & Ines
Madrid
“Five matches a day. Genuinely good ones.”
I deleted three other apps the week I joined the EmberDate app. It's the first time I’d paid attention to one human at a time in years.
Screenshots
A quiet tour of the app.
Five screens that cover most of what the app actually does day-to-day. Swipe, scroll, or tap any of them.
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Today's spark2/5
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Ava, 28
Brooklyn · Architect
Compatibility94%
Slow morningsBookstoresItaly
Today's prompt
If you could relive one ordinary day, which would it be?
Screen 01
Today’s spark
Your daily curated match.
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Kenji
● Active now
What's the last record you played front to back?
Mingus, ‘Black Saint and the Sinner Lady’. You?
Okay we need to talk about Side B in person.
typing…
Screen 02
A real conversation
Prompts that get answered.
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Live
04:12
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Screen 03
Coffee, on video
Low-pressure first dates.
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Discover · Today
Verified ✓91% match
Mira, 31
Singapore · Designer
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Screen 04
Discover, gently
25 profiles, ranked — never infinite.
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You, 29
Profile · 92% complete
Photos6 / 6
Prompts3 / 3
Values profile28 / 28
Verification✓
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Your profile
Six tools, no branding required.
For iPhone & iPad
iOS 16+
Native SwiftUI app. Apple Watch nudges, widgets, Face ID lock, and dynamic-island prompts on iPhone 14 Pro and up.
- Universal app · iPhone & iPad
- Apple Watch companion
- Home & lock-screen widgets
- Face ID app lock
- Optimised for iOS 17 & 18
For Android phones
Android 12+
Native Kotlin app following Material 3. Dynamic colour, fingerprint lock, and Wear OS notifications — not a webview reskin.
- Material 3 + Dynamic colour
- Wear OS companion
- Fingerprint app lock
- Optimised for foldables
- Picture-in-picture video calls
Ratings & reviews
The reviews are in.
4.9
Based on 28,400+ App Store & Google Play reviews
5
86%
4
9%
3
3%
2
1%
1
1%
“Finally, an app that respects my time.”
Five matches a day, no streaks, no badges. I've had three first dates in two months — all good ones.
@willowbyseaApp Store
“The prompts are the magic.”
I'm bad at small talk. The editorial prompts give me an actual thread to pull on and the conversations go somewhere.
@dusty.fernGoogle Play
“Verification changed everything.”
Knowing the people on the other side are real (and verified to be real) lowered my guard. I show up as me now.
@m.kitanoApp Store
“Slow, in the best way.”
Took me a minute to get used to only five matches a day. Now I can't imagine going back to the deck.
@sage.hollisGoogle Play
FAQ
App questions, answered.
Still stuck? Reach our team at support@emberdate.com. We reply within one business day.
Is the app free?
Yes — the EmberDate app is free to download and includes a free Spark tier (3 daily matches, prompts, ID verification). Plus ($16/mo) and Concierge ($280/mo) tiers add deeper curation, video calls, and human matchmaking.
Does it work on tablets?
Yes. The iOS app is universal and runs on iPad. The Android app is responsive and supports foldables — a single-pane phone view, a two-pane tablet/foldable view, and picture-in-picture for video calls.
How do daily matches arrive?
Quietly. A single batched notification at 8am local time. No interim pings, no ‘5 people viewed you’ messages, no streaks. You can disable the morning batch entirely from settings.
Can I use the app abroad?
Yes. Switch on Travel mode and you’ll receive matches in your destination city. Your home queue auto-resumes when you’re back. No downgrade, no reset.
Is my data private?
We don’t sell data. Messages are end-to-end encrypted in transit and at rest. We don’t train models on your conversations. Photos are blurred outside of mutual matches and a one-tap ‘hide from contacts’ setting hides you from anyone in your phone’s address book.
How do I delete my account?
Settings → Account → Delete. One tap, no retention gauntlet, no ‘are you sure?’ loop. Your data is permanently removed within 30 days.
Download EmberDate
Download free. Get verified. Meet someone real.
Two minutes to install. Three to set up your profile. Your first curated matches arrive tomorrow morning at 8am, local time.
iOS 16+Android 12+Free to start — no card required