Introduction

Happn is a dating app and site for starry-eyed dreamers who want their lives to be like the movies. In romantic comedies, people go to their favorite coffee shop or bar and lock eyes with someone across the room, and it's the start of their love story.

In those movies, of course, they only cross paths again a few weeks later when they happen to bump into each other out on the street. With the Happn dating app, all they'd need to do is go home that evening and open the app. They'd go to the location where they saw each other, find the picture of their crush, send them a like, and see if they were connected.

Happn can either be a great way to connect with your crushes, or it could be a stalker's dream. This Happn dating app review will explore safety concerns, dating features, and premium costs. The registration and login process, as well as the pros and cons of using Happn, will be explained, with our final recommendation in the conclusion. Finally, find answers to your frequently asked questions at the end of the review.

Pros & Cons

Pros

• You can use most features with a free profile.

• Fun, romantic premise – find the person you fell in love with at first sight.

• Short profiles – quick and easy to set up (could also be a con if you like to know a lot about your potential matches before chatting).

Cons

• The desktop site is very limited.

• Strangers could figure out your schedule and where you live.

• Not very commonly used outside of France.

Login Process

Joining the Happn dating site is easily done by clicking the "Sign In" button on the homepage. You can download the Happn app from Google Play or the App Store and then click "Sign up" on your phone. On the desktop site, you are only given the option to join by connecting with your Google account, while on the app, you can connect with either your Google or Facebook account.

The site will ask for your name and date of birth. It also asks whether you identify as a woman or a man, how tall you are, your star sign, and if you'd like to meet women, men, or both. You're asked what you're seeking (a relationship, nothing serious, or still deciding), and finally, you're prompted to add a photo before your account is created.

Next, you'll enter your city name so that you can start finding crushes, and Happn will ask some questions to start completing your profile. These questions include your exercise and smoking habits as well as your stance on kids. You'll then be able to start browsing.

If you want to complete your profile fully, you will only need to spend a little bit of time, as Happn's profiles are shorter. The remaining fields include your work and school information, cooking skill level, travel preferences, partying preferences, and eating habits. Logging in is as easy as clicking sign-in on the desktop site and entering your Happn login details, which are your email address and password, or on the mobile app, you'll remain logged in.

Dating Features

Likes, Crushes, and Messaging

Like many modern dating apps, you express interest in others on the Happn dating site and app by liking their profile. If you don't like the person, you can click the X, which will hide their profile, and you won't find each other on the map anymore. If both you and the other person like each other, it's called a "Crush". You can only message someone that you've Crushed with. This is a great feature to ensure that you're only communicating if there's mutual interest.

Naturally, this means the site and the app have a messaging platform allowing folks to chat in real-time. You can also send emojis and share photos, which is a nice way to get to know each other before you're comfortable sharing your personal contact information.

SuperCrush

You can send a SuperCrush to someone to show them that you're really interested in them. This is a great way to stand out from the crowd, and hopefully, they'll be interested in you, too. When sending a SuperCrush, you can also include a short message. This is the only way to send someone a message before "Crushing" with them.

If you don't know what to say, you can click on the dice icon to get a prewritten message to use as an icebreaker. You can also send a SuperCrush with no message if you choose to. You can send one SuperCrush per day with a free membership and 10 per day with a premium membership. You can also buy extra SuperCrushes.

Map

The feature at the core of the Happn app is the map. This is where you can find a map of the places you've been and the people you crossed paths with over the last while. They'll appear as little pins on the map with their profile pictures. The idea is that if you see someone attractive at the park or beach or on the street, you can check your Happn dating apps when you get home, and if they are also on the app, you can send them a like. If you Crush, you can start a conversation and see where it takes you.

People will be visible on the map for 30 days after you've crossed paths with them, after which they'll disappear. This is a useful feature because otherwise, your map would fill up with people that you won't even remember seeing. The map is only available on the mobile dating app.

You might be wondering, with Happn, how close do you have to be? Just being at the same location at the same time is enough. You don't need to get physically close to the person; that could become a bit creepy, and that's not how Happn works. Just being in the same room or venue will be sufficient for you to find that person again on the app, provided they also use Happn.

CrushTime

CrushTime is a game where you'll be shown four people's profile pictures and need to guess which of them have already liked your profile. Selecting a profile sends them a like, so if you've chosen correctly, you'll Crush.

This is an interesting experiment to see if you can identify who likes you; it can even be a little challenging. If you win, you get a crush and a new connection. If you lose, you can play again at a limit of 3 times per day.

Browse

The app has a tab called Browse, where you can search for profiles based on certain information. For example, you can find people who are also looking for a serious relationship, or if you're looking for something casual, you can find others looking for the same. You can search for someone who's also into intense exercise, or if you're a party animal, find someone who loves that lifestyle.

Similarly, based on the Travel section of the profile, this can help you find someone who prefers hiking and backpacking if that's what you're into. You might also look for someone different from you – if you've indicated that cooking isn't your thing, you can search for someone who lives spending time in the kitchen.

Prices & Costs

Happn Premium is available and comes with a few perks. These include:

• Access to the list of who's liked you

• Rewind function

• 5 video calls per month

• Unlimited Likes

• No ads

There are no Happn credits available anymore, there's only the premium subscription. Premium membership has different costs for men and women. For a 1-month subscription, men will pay $24.99, while women pay $16 for the same period. The 6-month subscription costs $89.99 ($15 /month) for men and only $50 ($8.50/month) for women.

You can also purchase extra SuperCrushes, which cost anything from $5.50 for 5 to $30 for 50. Since you can get access to these for free each day, it seems uneconomical to purchase extra, but this depends on your budget and preferences.

Finally, you can also Boost your profile, which puts you at the top of the stack for 24 hours, increasing your likes and getting you more crushes.

1 Boost - $4.99

3 Boosts - $12.99

10 Boosts - $35.99

Boosts are expensive and will likely make little difference to your dating experience.

How Safe Is Happn Dating?

Location Sharing

A site or app that is based on location the way Happn is can set off alarm bells for some people. For clarity's sake, it does not always show your live location. Rather, a pin is dropped on the map where you and another person cross paths. If you cross paths again in a different place, another pin will be placed on the map, but if you don't, that person can't see any other places you've been.

However, there is still the potential for abuse. A determined person could use this app to find out where you work and even where you live. To avoid this, you can disable the crossing paths feature in your preferences, however, this defeats the whole purpose of the dating website. Or you can also strategically use the Invisible Mode feature.

Invisible Mode

The Happn dating app offers Invisible Mode, which is a feature that disables your geolocation for 8 hours from when you activate it. This means while you'll still go about your day in real life, you won't virtually 'cross paths' with any other Happners during that time, rendering you invisible on the app.

You could use this when you're at work and home to prevent anyone from figuring out your schedule. However, this is cumbersome because you'll need to remember to activate it at least twice a day.

Profile Certification

From your profile, you can get certified. The process is easy; you'll only take a short video of yourself imitating a given head pose. The video will be compared to your photos to make sure that you are the person in the photos. This is an excellent feature to prevent people from using other people's photos or fake photos.

People who have completed profile certification will get a certified badge on their profile. This makes it easy to know at a glance if a person is real, although the absence of the badge doesn't necessarily mean the person is fake.

Conclusion

Happn has an interesting concept that feels romantic. Creating a profile and logging in is streamlined and very simple, and there are several great features to explore and use, including the browse tab, SuperCrushes, and the CrushTime game.

There's a premium membership available, which has some perks but is quite pricey. You can also purchase extra SuperCrushes and Boosts, but these offer minimal benefits for the extra cost. Considering what's already available with a free membership, the extras don't seem worth the price tag.

The biggest pro is that you can use most of the features entirely for free, while the biggest con is that there is a definite potential for abuse of the location features. For all these reasons, Happn is a good dating site, gets 7.5 out of 10, and is certainly worth a try.

Happn FAQ

What Is Happn?

It's a dating app and site that connects you to people you encounter during your day.

How Does Happn Work?

Just download the app and go about your day. If you spot someone you'd like to get to know better, you can open the app, go to the location where you saw them, and see if they have Happn, too. If they do, send them a like. If they like you back, you can start chatting!

Is Happn Free?

Joining, downloading the app, browsing, and messaging is totally free. Some extra features are available at a cost, but using the dating app is free. There's no way to get a free Happn premium subscription at the time of writing.

Is Happn Legit?

It is completely legit. The profiles mostly seem real, and the app works as promised. As long as enough people are using the dating app in your area, this could be a way to make great connections.

How To Delete Happn Account?

You can access the 'My Data' page from your profile and click 'Delete My Account'. It asks you to confirm your choice and password, which will delete the Happn account.