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Georgia
1 review
6 helpful votes
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My account was removed despite having a 12 month subscription and when I emailed the moderators to ask why they refused to give me an answer. Legalized theft.

Date of experience: June 15, 2023
New Jersey
1 review
12 helpful votes
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Typical dating site
December 20, 2020

After viewing an ad in my church's bulletin, I decided to give CatholicMatch a try. I wrote a complete profile that I thought demonstrated my devotion to Catholic practices. My few 'matches' Had little in common with me, the opposite of what I entered in my search parameters. Short, overweight women were not what I was looking for, as I keep fit as possible through my diet and exercise.

Date of experience: December 20, 2020
Wyoming
2 reviews
20 helpful votes
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They give no real service. A very few genuine women profiles are entirely outnumbered by con artists. Moderators and support team do nothing about it. I met my Christian girlfriend on J7Love.com
- it's a very valuable and worthwhile site, highly rated in Europe and North America. My experience with it was absolutely positive and I'm so grateful to them. I'm very happy with my girlfriend. She totally changed my life. I wake up and go to bed happy every day.
Don't get stuck on sites like CatholicMatch - they don't work. Many of them were created for screwing people out of their money by all possible means. CatholicMatch is one of such sites. They have plenty of fake profiles and they don't even bother to attract genuine ladies.

Date of experience: July 12, 23
Philippines
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Stay away from this scam of money making site a pricey but majority turned out to inactive profiles. That's the reason they disabled the when the last active mode but you can still figure out based on the unread message and recent activity mode. I receive also replies that they are no longer active yet the site keep their profile active. So I tried it myself when my subscription expired and deactivate my account yet my friend keep seeing my profile in the search or remains active. ‘This is deceiving since actually they only have very limited choices and profile available for matching.

See even Catholics do everything to make money.

Date of experience: September 8, 2020
North Carolina
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Waste of money
May 18, 2020

Im suspicious that this site creates fake profiles to entice people into paying for a membership. Ive seen the same photo used for multiple profiles and they never get removed even after being reported. Many times over messages go unanswered and theres no interaction between members. This isn't the fault of the site, but just the truth in its quality of content. Its the type of people the site does attract. In rare cases where a message was answered and a conversation between two people was started the site prevents you from sharing contact info. This is a money grab in my opinion. This is done to force you to pay for additional membership time in my opinion.

Date of experience: May 17, 2020
New Jersey
1 review
7 helpful votes
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I was on this website for six weeks. Then I met my boyfriend on the website. I was the first and only girl he messaged. So things worked out pretty quickly. I am 23 and my boyfriend is also 23. There are a lot of young people on there. Luckily I live in a heavily populated part of the country so it may have been easier for me.

I did get some messages from older men. I did not respond to them. I know there are a lot of negative reviews, maybe you guys were reaching out to women to young and they were not going to waste their time responding.

Yes they did tell me I could not use a picture with sunglasses for my profile picture, but it was not the end of the world.

Maybe you are not finding matches because your not updating your profile. After 4 weeks on the site I updated my profile picture and got several new messages. It takes work to find someone.

I just wish it was an app rather than a website.

Date of experience: April 22, 2018
Texas
1 review
11 helpful votes
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Suspended account
March 31, 2023

I put work into my profile. Every question I answered honestly. I put out personal stuff. I was offered a six month subscription on a discount. After I paid my money, it was great until today, my account came up as suspended. I reported that issue to customer service at *******@catholicmatch.com and I got no reply. My last email to them pretty much was an ultimatum to either contact me or I end my account. I can't help but think this site is a scam. What legit dating sites are there?

Date of experience: March 31, 2023
Iceland
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I'm not impressed with the site, to put it softly. When you sign up for a free trial they automatically sign you up for their sister sites and then you get charged by all of them. Isn't it 100% percent fraud? Now I stick to good old J7Date.com
It has never been a problem to get a date there. You still have to watch out for occasional scammer but it's way better than CatholicMatch. They never overcharge you or renew your subscription without your consent. CatholicMatch website was definitely designed for scam and rip off.

Date of experience: June 19, 24
Nebraska
1 review
27 helpful votes
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How the Scam Works
February 19, 2019

First, there are many fake profiles. Famous instagram models etc. They steal the photos and make fake profiles. I watched new members every day for a month. Insane how many fake profiles were being created. They are preying on your emotions. That person you like probably does not exist.

Second, if your subscription has just run out, then you will start receiving messages from fake profiles. This is their way to get you to pay more money. You think "Wow! My luck just changed!" They are preying on your emotions.

The person who runs this website needs to go to confession.

Date of experience: February 19, 2019
Texas
1 review
3 helpful votes
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My wife and I met 10 1/2 years ago on Catholic Match. We both agree it was the most amazing thing that has happened in our life. Her photos were fuzzy, but we messaged back and forth for some time. I truly believe God had our happiness in mind. She was everything I asked for times 100. I will forever be in debt to Catholic Match. Unfortunately, you need to skim through the people that are untruthful to find the precious gem God has in store for you. GOOD LUCK to all of you.

Date of experience: August 6, 2021
California
2 reviews
24 helpful votes
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No quality
July 7, 2021

I've been a subscriber for years and during that time I only met one quality woman, however it didn't work out. Even then however, I got lucky because she was a diamond in the rough. The quality of women on this site is not good at all. The only people who seemed to be even looking at my profile were from outside the US. Also, truth be told, 99% of the women on the site are not attractive at all. They're not even cute. Stay away from the site

Date of experience: July 7, 2021
Canada
1 review
5 helpful votes
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I live near TO and close proximity profiles were a rarity. It was obvious to me that views were not being updated. Traffic only seemed to improve when membership was expiring or had expired. Profiles can remain after membership. At that time, views increase slightly as well as attempted connections. Don't be fooled! Overall, very disappointing.

Date of experience: May 6, 2023
California
1 review
33 helpful votes
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People on here are far from Catholic. I rejected a Hispanic guy and he turned racist and called me a $#*!ing worthless piece of $#*! who needs to be deported to Asia.' And that America is no country for me. Doesn't sound like a Catholic to me. All men are thoughtless, rude, derogatory with plenty of profanity. Don't sign up unless you want to get chewed up by immature racist men! All the men on the site are Satan's minions. Not a card in the world for people's feelings.

Date of experience: January 12, 2020
Florida
1 review
24 helpful votes
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Would not recommend
September 9, 2018

I would not recommend this dating website to anyone. We have had no results. Several years back my mother tried, the first guy was a total catfish said he was from Italy but lived in Texas but after a month of talking with him found out what a total fake he was. He was trying to get us to send him money and clothing.
This year we decided to try again after moving to Florida. My mother signed up and she sent messages, and she would get little winks but no replies. People would look at the profile but never message. So she decided it was total fake and wanted her money back. But the company would only refund a little bit so my mom transferred it over to me to see if I would have any luck. Two to three months have gone by and absolutely nothing. This site is fake and you can't convince me otherwise.

Date of experience: September 9, 2018
Utah
1 review
32 helpful votes
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Ups and downs
June 12, 2019

CM has good people and bad people. For a Catholic site, there are way too many people who don't attend Mass on a regular basis which, right there, means they don't live by the catechism. That's just the tip of the iceberg. They don't even believe basic tenets of catholicism(nor do they care to learn it because they're not focused on religion). Then to top it off, some of these people try shaming tactics and troll the internet calling people who do live by those tenets "judgemental"(they always have the same rhetoric as well when they don't get what they want). When joining a Catholic site I expect better than that.

There are people who live by the catechism but you have to search for them most of the time. Also, pray a rosary for success.

Date of experience: June 12, 2019
Florida
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Don't Sign Up
February 14, 2023

It's a waste of time and money. Something is wrong with that site. It doesn't work. No one sends likes. You like and no response received. Not even a courtesy response. Shame on the owners for taking people's money and using the words "Catholic Match" to gain someone's trust. Don't trust them.

Date of experience: February 14, 2023
Arizona
1 review
9 helpful votes
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First of all I tried it for six hours with a six month subscription. That was enough for me to see that this was not going to be for me. Should have researched it more thoroughly but was attracted by the many I saw online. Bolster your ego because there are going to be a lot of dead ends and no responses. I am not picky and tried a variety of females there. First, very few online at all, even out of my area. Second, no responses to messages: either you are a dud or these are "dead" profiles or? Me, educated, in shape, widower, financially independent; wide open to women of all walks of life etc. I think the guy I read online had a good point: too much emphasis on profiles in this genre whereas if you meet someone in the flesh the connection happens before all of that profile business even matters.

Date of experience: March 25, 2017
Arizona
1 review
13 helpful votes
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Terrible Site
August 10, 2018

I would not recommend this dating site, as the format of communication is poor for communicating with other members and there are too many limitations that make this site outdated compared to other online sites. Dissatisfied customer. Stick to the "free" sites, as you get more interaction.

Date of experience: August 10, 2018
Virginia
1 review
5 helpful votes
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I'm of the opinion that #catholicmatch.com has more scammers than legit members. I watched new scammers join every day. And when I question one person in the forums, because it was clear to me he was a scammer, the so-called moderator tried to publicly humiliate me for having done that. And then they prevented me from posting. BECAUSE I WAS PROTECTING LEGIT MEMBERS. Catholicmatch.com is junk. And it is my understanding that the owners of that LLC are not Catholic. It's simply a business for them. Guess what? Scammers pay. They're going to keep paying scammers around no matter what harm is done.

Date of experience: June 26, 2021
Canada
1 review
12 helpful votes
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Hello
June 19, 2014

Hello,

The be all and end all for me on this site are the forums. I found it a much better way to meet and communicate with the ladies as compared to just checking out profiles and writing to them directly. I found a good match I met in the forums and am carrying on from there. This one feature gives Catholicmatch a big advantage over other dating sites in my books.

Regards,

Michael Kelly

Date of experience: June 19, 2014

Overview

CatholicMatch has a rating of 1.2 stars from 123 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with CatholicMatch most frequently mention fake profiles, month subscription and customer service. CatholicMatch ranks 12th among Religious Dating sites.

service
27
value
29
shipping
11
returns
12
quality
24
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