- Installs
- 100,000,000+
- Ratings
- 6,647,929
- Price
- Free
- Developer
- Badoo
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Overview
Badoo is a workable free Android dating app if you want to browse nearby profiles and chat after a mutual match; the catch is that seeing who liked you, incognito browsing, unlimited filters and priority messages sit in Premium Plus. Whether that's enough depends on how much you rely on inbound likes versus sending your own.
How Badoo works for local dating on Android
Setup asks for the basics — name, gender, age and reason for joining — plus photos, prompt answers and interests. You can create a fresh login or sign in with Gmail or Facebook. The main browsing view, Encounters, shows nearby profiles with shared interests; swipe right or tap the heart to like, left or X to pass. Nearby is the more direct local browse: tap a photo to open a profile, use the message icon to chat or the heart to like. A mood emoji lets you signal how you feel without writing anything.
When two people swipe on each other, Badoo creates a chat room automatically. Video calls let you screen a date before meeting, and in-chat games can break the ice. Shared intentions tell you whether someone wants something long-term, short-term or friendship, while highlighted interests give you a concrete opener. Badoo advertises “chat before you match,” but its own walkthrough describes chat opening after a mutual swipe, so don't count on pre-match messaging as a reliable free workaround.
What the free version covers and what Premium Plus changes
Free Badoo gives you a profile, photo verification, local browsing, likes and passes, chat after a match, basic filters and safety tools. Free users can filter Encounters by gender, age and distance, with more criteria such as height, religion and education under More options. The practical gap is inbound interest: free users can send likes, but the Likes section that shows who swiped right on you is a Premium feature. If you'd rather be chosen than do the choosing, the free tier will feel thin.
Premium Plus groups its extras around visibility, filtering and messaging. Visibility covers seeing who liked you, seeing who favourited you, sending a Crush, boosting your profile, undoing a pass, going incognito and removing ads. Filtering means unlimited use of filters; messaging means priority placement for your messages. Incognito and unlimited filters matter more than they sound — they change who can find you and how precisely you can shape your local pool, not just how your profile looks. The subscription price appears inside the app rather than in the Play listing, so check the current offer before accepting; Badoo also offers single- and multi-use paid features.
Safety checks before an in-person date
Photo verification is the clearest signal: submit a selfie for review, and approved profiles get a blue check beside the name. Verified profiles you browse also show the check, so look for it before agreeing to meet. A selfie request is the direct way to confirm the person in the chat is the person in the photos. Private detector blurs inappropriate photos, and rude-message detection flags abusive chat; both reduce exposure without requiring you to report first. Block, report and unmatch are the controls to use when a conversation turns bad, and video chat lets you test chemistry before committing to a meeting. Safety Space collects guides, tools and helplines in one place.
Privacy and login details to check first
Badoo is owned by Bumble Inc., and the privacy policy and terms links in the Play listing point to bumble.com. Read them before you accept, particularly if you sign in with Facebook or Gmail, because that choice determines the account you use to access the profile. Settle that before creating the profile rather than after.
