80%Would buy again
The sign up fee was lower than I expected and the whole thing took maybe ten minutes on my phone. What I liked most was that I could cancel without ringing anyone, just a couple of taps in settings. I've been on for six weeks now and I've had a few proper conversations, which is more than I got from the paid apps I tried before. Good value for a dating site if you're not after anything fancy.
Read moreHonestly didn't get much out of it. Signed up, paid for the upgrade and got only a handful of matches in the first month, most of whom had stopped logging in. Support took nearly a week to answer my question about a refund.
Read moreCompared to the main dating app I was using, this one feels far less cluttered and the matches seem more serious. The big app had more people on it but half of them never replied. Here I got a proper conversation going within a couple of days and felt more in control of who I talked to, although the free version is quite limited.
Read moreCompared to the big apps this feels calmer and less pushy about upgrades. The matches are a bit slower to come through though, so I'm not getting as many as on the other one. Cancelling my plan was a bit fiddly and I had to ring them.
The photo verification is the feature I'd mention first, as it gave me some reassurance when I was new to all this. I did find the registration process rather longer than I'd expected, and there were a couple of steps I had to repeat. Once I got going the matches were perfectly civil.
The photo verification step was the first thing that made me take it seriously, which I liked. I tried two other apps before this and neither had anything like it. Signing up took a while though, and the price is on the higher side compared to the rest.
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Illicit Encounters is a UK dating website that positions itself as a discreet space for adults seeking casual and adult-oriented connections. The platform is built around member profiles, messaging and search tools aimed at people looking for relationships outside conventional dating norms. It operates entirely online, so members create a profile, browse others and communicate through the site rather than through any physical venue.
The brand is aimed at adults who want a more direct and open approach to meeting people than mainstream dating apps provide. Reviews of the service focus on how profiles are presented and how easily members can make contact with one another.
