🚨 Very misleading and extremely…
🚨 Very misleading and extremely disappointing dating app – BE CAREFUL before spending your money I joined Once because I was genuinely looking for a real connection and thought I was using a legitimate dating platform. Unfortunately, my experience completely changed my opinion. What made me extremely suspicious was the pattern I experienced with several members. I would start a conversation, and instead of the conversation naturally moving toward exchanging contact information or actually meeting, I was repeatedly encouraged to continue chatting inside the app. I even offered my phone number because I wanted to take the conversation outside the app and communicate normally. Instead, I was encouraged to keep chatting on Once. This happened more than once, which made me seriously question the purpose of these conversations. At the same time, continuing these conversations requires Gems, so the longer you chat, the more money you are encouraged to spend. Even after paying for the service, you can still be asked to purchase additional Gems to continue certain conversations. I cannot personally prove whether every profile is real or whether every person I interacted with was genuine, so I will not make that accusation as a fact. But based on my own experience, the whole system felt extremely suspicious and financially designed to keep users paying for conversations rather than helping them actually meet. I also found it very concerning that several people seemed to be available and responding at almost the same time, yet when I tried to move the conversation toward a normal phone/text conversation or meeting in real life, the conversation stayed inside the app. I have completely lost trust in this platform. My advice: PLEASE do your research and read the independent reviews before spending money on Once. I personally would not recommend paying for this service. I am leaving this review because I don't want other people to have the same experience or lose money before realizing how the system works.