Pure Dating App Review - A Decent App For Hook Ups.

Pure is accessible from your phone or computer

You can visit the Pure website so you can download the app to your phone. Pure recently released a desktop version giving you more ways to meet women.

You can access Pure at the Google Play Store, iTunes or the desktop version here.

How does Pure work?

Pure is all about the now! Quick conversations and quick meetups. Pure uses your GPS to find women near you.  

Pure works "on demand," meaning you will see, and your photo showed, to women who are online when you are. You photo is never seen by women who are "offline," nor are you able to contact women "offline" as you can on other dating sites.

Once you click the "Post for 1 hour" button on your profile, your photo is presented to women online in your area for 60 minutes. A countdown begins, and once the hour runs out, you are no longer shown to women who are online. 

When you're photo is active, you can see photos of women in your area, online right now. If you’re interested in someone, hit and the woman is notified of your interest, and if it's mutual (she likes you back), a chat window will open up for the two of you.

Once you're "matched" up, you get a 24-hour timer. So, you have 24 hours minutes to arrange a meeting. One day is more than enough time to meet a woman on pure.

When your 24-hour countdown ends, your photo is no longer shown to women online. However, you may continue conversations with women currently you're chatting with, but (and this is important), when you decide to renew your hour so women can see you online, all messages between you and any women are deleted.

How much does Pure cost?

Pure is not a free app; you have to pay to meet women. You can download the app for free, but won't have your photo presented to women without a paid membership.

The cost for a Pure App membership is broken down into different subscriptions. If you access on your phone, you're given the options below:

1. One week subscription: $10.99
2. One month subscription: $21.99
3. Three-month subscription: $43.99
4. One year subscription: $54.99

There is a desktop version of Pure as well. Here's the cost breakdown of the subscription on the desktop version:

1. Three days subscription: $1.95 (This is no longer offered; bring it back please!)
2. One week subscription: $9.99
3. One month subscription: $19.99
4. Six months subscription: $39.99

I was able to access the app while paying the desktop version, so I'm not sure why there are two different pricing structures. I'll update this section if they change this, but for now, your best option is to pay via the web if you plan on using it for a month.

Pure tacks on extra costs.

Every dating app that charges a monthly fee had other features you can use for an additional cost. The Pure dating app is no different.

Pure offers a feature called Instant Chat. Usually, a conversation starts when you like a woman, and she likes you back. However, you can pay a fee to start chatting without waiting for a mutual like (a woman liking you back).

When you do sign up for Instant Chat, the woman receives a notification and can see your message. Note, the fee is per chat, meaning you cannot pay for this feature and use it with all women.

Another feature Pure offers, is King of the Hill. King of the Hill puts your bio ahead of all the other guys, so women see it first.

Of course, you must pay money to use this feature. It's $1.99 and not worth it.

Pure now has a 24 hour time limit on conversations.

Recently, Pure went from giving you 60 minutes to 24 hours to chat with a woman you connect with. This is a much-needed change.

A 60-minute time limit was too slow, so I like the new 24-hour format. All chats disappear when your 24 hours are up or if you start a new session during a current session.

Pay attention because if your timer is winding down. If you decide to start a new session, you lose all open conversations when you restart a new session.

Pure message tip - Immediately turn off the timer.

You can turn off the 24-hour chat timer on Pure by clicking the "self-destruct" timer. It's the icon in the top right-hand corner of your chat screen.

Simply tap the collar icon. If the woman turns it off, you can chat for as long as you like.

Are there women on Pure? The answer is YES!

You will be happy to know there are indeed, women on Pure. I did an overview of Pure in 2018 and found there were a handful of women on it, but now (several months later) there are more female members. It seems more women are discovering Pure.

I had several women start conversations with me. And these are real women who are not bots or hookers (more on that below).

It's a good idea to ask women what they are looking for on Pure which ensures you're on the same page. The women below did not hesitate to tell me what they wanted out of Pure.  And by the way, "fun" means sex.

It was at this point I discovered a huge problem with Pure; there aren't many women near me. I am in San Diego and was routinely matched up with women hundreds of miles away, some as far north as San Francisco.

It appears more of the women on Pure live in Los Angeles. I was able to talk to several women around the LA area, so if you're in Los Angeles, you'll have options. 

Beware of fake profiles and hookers

As with any dating site, there are fakes, bots, and hookers. Whereas on Zoosk or POF, you may encounter an occasional fake bot, on Pure it seems as if every other female is a fake.

Here are a couple of examples of fake female profiles. Any woman who sends you a message containing a URL is not a woman.

And, of course, you will encounter women who are looking for money. Below are examples I quickly found.

In all my experiences on dating sites, Pure has the most hookers, and it's not even close. I find POF has the most fake bots (especially at night), but Pure is hands down #1 for women who will have sex with you for money.  

If you use Pure, be sure to ask women what they are looking for before wasting your time (unless that's what you want). I found women who want money will tell you directly when asked, "what are you looking for?"

Pure offers in-chat scam notifications

Pure has a list of "trigger" words that scammers often use in their chats. If a woman uses one of these words, Pure will send you an alert. You will see a message warning you to be cautious.

The warning message doesn't mean that the woman is a scammer, but you should think twice if you're going to share personal information with her. Scammers typically try and get you off the app quickly.

How far away does Pure match you with women?

Pure searches for women who are up to 1000 km away. That's right, 1000 km, which is over 621 miles. I live in San Diego and was matched up with women in San Francisco, Arizona, Nevada, and once in Cleveland, Ohio. Yep, Ohio which is over 2000 miles away (the map on the app confirmed that's where she lived).

The app has technical issues which drive me bonkers!

A huge issue I have with Pure is that it is very glitchy. The app can hang on you as it's searching for females or accessing your account.

It's more of an issue if I'm not accessing the internet on my WiFi. You better hope and pray you don't have issues if you're not accessing the app through a WiFi connection.

The app kicks me off continuously, forcing me to resubmit my email address to sign back on. The problem happens often, but seemingly more when not connected to WiFi.

Here's the kicker, the app locks you out if you keep logging in due to their "login attempt limit." This issue of locking me out, through no fault of my own, drives me nuts! The app's technical issues can prevent you from accessing it, which is frustrating when you get locked out on a night where women are active.

The app also seems to have an issue with using the desktop version while also on the phone app at the same time. No other dating apps has a problem with accessing it on two different platforms at the same time, as Pure does.

If I log onto Pure through my phone, it kicks me out of the desktop app. I can deal with this; however, as I mentioned above, the app is glitchy, and if it kicks me out on the phone, and I log in on my desktop, I may lock myself out of the app.

I have an android phone, so maybe that's the issue. However, I am constantly testing several dating apps at the same time, and don't have any problem with other apps.

Final Thoughts

Depending on where you live, Pure may be a pure waste of time. I first looked at this app in 2018 and didn't like it. I gave the app a very low score.

There are more and more women using this app these days. It seems the majority of women are under 30 years old. There are women over 30 years old, but not as many.

The app has more women these days than it did in 2018. It seems there are more women in large cities. I'm giving you a heads up that you may find little to no women if you live in a small city.

The app still has issues it needs to work out. My biggest gripe is the women are shows online.

I live in San Diego with thousands of women locally. I am routinely matched up with women in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Fresno, Arizona, New Mexico, and even Cleveland (yep, Cleveland!), all hundreds of miles away.

Pure offers no free membership nor trial membership. If you want to check it out, you need to spend money.

At one time, Pure offered a $1.95 trial run for 3 days but took it away. I'd give this app a higher rating if they still offered it. So, your cheapest option is the $10 rate for a week.

The selling point of Pure is it's a quick way for casual hookups. Full disclosure: I had no intention of meeting anyone but wanted to see if the app does what it advertises, and it does somewhat.

The good news is that there are women on Pure. The bad news is there are a ton of men. There is a lot of competition, so keep that in mind.

Women are most active on the weekends. Your best chances of meeting someone are on a Friday or Saturday night. The later the time, the more women are using the app.

This app is definitely growing in popularity. More and more women are using it, so I recommend checking it out if you're looking for a hookup.

Keep in mind, it's best for men under 35 who live in a large city. If you spend money and there are no women near you, you'll feel ripped off. But that's why this app is high risk, high reward.

Pure Final Rating - 7 out of 10