Match with truth.
Connect with purpose.
Candid is the dating app built on proof you can believe — before you ever meet.
- A Verified Authenticity badge on every profile
- You control exactly what gets verified
- A trust score built from honest attestations
Create your free account
Join Candid and get verified in minutes. Free to start — verify up to 3 categories on the free plan.
See how Candid worksThe gap
Authentication anxiety is the #1 unmet need in dating.
Swipe apps optimize for volume. The result is a sea of profiles you can't quite trust — old photos, vague intentions, the quiet worry that someone isn't who they say they are. Candid optimizes for one thing those apps leave wide open: proof you can believe.
What Candid adds that typical swipe apps (Tinder, Bumble, Hinge) leave open:
- A Verified Authenticity badge on every profile
- You control exactly what gets verified
- A trust score built from honest attestations
- Plain-spoken safety — no gimmicks or junk science
How it works
Four simple steps to a profile people actually trust.
Build an honest profile
A short, clear profile — who you are, what you're into, and what you're actually looking for. No endless forms.
Run a Verified Authenticity check
Stand behind specific, checkable claims about your photos, identity, intentions, and lifestyle. You choose what to verify.
Earn trust badges
Each category you verify adds a badge and lifts your authenticity score — a clear signal others can actually trust.
Run a mutual check in chat — anytime
An Authenticity Check is never required to match. Either of you can start one inside the conversation whenever it feels right, and it only begins if you both agree.
What you can verify
Four categories of trust. You choose how far you go.
Identity basics
Confirm the simple facts: your name, age, and where you live.
Photo authenticity
Stand behind your photos being recent and really you.
Honest intentions
Be clear about what you're looking for and that you're free to date.
Real lifestyle
Confirm your interests, activity level, and bio are truly yours.
Trust & safety
Honest by design. No gimmicks, no junk science.
Candid's authenticity checks are consent-based attestations — you publicly stand behind specific claims about your own profile. It's a clear trust signal, plainly labelled. It is not a polygraph, and it never claims to read minds.
Consent first
Nothing is verified without you choosing to. You decide what to share.
Your data stays yours
You can only see and manage your own records. We never expose others' private data to you.
Clear, not creepy
Badges show what you verified — in plain language, never a hidden 'lie score'.
Honest about limits
Verification is self-attestation. It builds trust; it doesn't guarantee perfection.
Pricing
Start free. Go unlimited when you're ready.
Free
Everything you need to get verified.
$0
- Build your full Candid profile
- Verify up to 3 authenticity categories
- Earn trust badges & a verification score
Premium
Full authenticity, no limits.
$24.99/mo
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited Authenticity Check sessions
- Deep Verification — “Verified by partner” badge
- Unlimited profile re-verification
Premium is priced to sit between standard and top-tier plans on other apps. Billing is set up by the Candid team before launch — this preview lets you explore Premium without any charge.