One Dollar Mate
Features & safety

Dates, mates, and double dates — one login, clearer intent.

A$1 a month when we launch. Rolling out across Australia — discover people, hang with friends, or go out as a duo — with check-ins, consent, and an escape hatch when a meetup gets weird.

Friends, groups, and hangouts — pick people or activities every time you open Discover.

Pretend you’re already in the app

Open the full demo in your browser — pick Dates or Mates, swipe Discover, fill in the compatibility quiz, browse hangouts, or try the fake call escape. No account, no sign-in. Sample data only.

Demo discover preview

A separate friends profile — not a dating leftover.

First time you open Mates, you create a mates profile — unique username, relationship status, bio. Name and contact can carry over from Dates; dating details don’t. Switch anytime from Profile.

  • Find friends by username + search your list
  • Unfriend anytime · no 3-chat cap
  • Pools don’t mix — you won’t see Dates people in Mates discover

Every visit, pick: people or hangouts.

Open Discover in Mates and you choose — look for mates, or look for activities nearby. It’s the side we want you coming back to: friends, groups, and things to do.

  • Look for mates uses the same swipe as Dates, for friends
  • Look for activities opens the hangouts wall
  • Create an activity anytime from the top

Host something. Invite friends. Join nearby.

Post a hangout with a suburb (searchable, defaults to home), 1–5 tags, and friends-only or on the wall. Invite people by name. Groups sit under the activities search — public suburb hangouts or private invite-only crews.

  • Show or hide the host profile on the post
  • Each hangout gets its own group chat
  • Public groups need a verified creator; private is invite only

Blur other people’s photos until you tap.

Account settings has two toggles, both off until you turn them on: profile photos (Discover, profiles, feeds, groups) and chat photos. Disappearing photos stay tap-to-view-once. Fake call lets you set the caller name, photo, and a ringtone file you own.

  • Tap to unblur for that viewing
  • Chat blur never replaces disappearing-photo rules
  • iOS won’t let apps read the Settings ringtone library

Verify with ID + a quick hand-reveal video

Members can submit a selfie with government ID and a short hand-reveal clip for review — so profiles feel more real before you invest time.

  • Photo + video verification flow
  • Human review before approval
  • Verified badge on profiles that pass
Verify identity screen in One Dollar Date

Report & block with chat context saved

If something feels wrong, report it fast. We keep a chat snapshot for moderation so you’re not stuck explaining a deleted thread from memory.

  • Clear report reasons
  • Block in the same flow
  • Group reports land with the group’s lead and admins
Report and block screen in One Dollar Date
More built-in protections

Intimate consent

Sensitive content can require mutual consent — with clear revoke flows and safety prompts if things change.

Disappearing photos

View-once style media so private pics don’t sit in the chat forever by default.

18+ only

Date of birth checks on preregister and in-app. Underage reports are treated as urgent.

No data selling

We don’t sell your personal information. Read the full Privacy Policy.

Partner offers

Example national partner deals for first dates and mates hangouts until real venues go live.

Who’s here

Optional venue check-in to see people at the same place — without always-on GPS.

Launching across Australia.

Preregister free now. When we launch in your city, it’s A$1 a month — no gold, no boosts, no paywalls on messages.