“The madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings.”~ Plato said it right! Love is divine, ethereal and transcendent. But it’s humane too! That’s the reason we commemorate love, here in this world. We codify our love in worldly manner, no matter how celestial feeling it is. That’s the reason we have to instill hard efforts to find a good match for ourselves and this methodology changes with time. In this era of digitalization and social networking, finding true love gets a bit easy, as accessible at your finger tips. All thanks to the new era of dating apps developed to suit the sensibility of today’s youth in search of love.
Ever thought technology could be used as a medium to find love? Well, that’s the rage of the season. The web has witnessed a whole new web of match-making portals and dating apps to satiate our search for that elusive ‘True Love’. Recently I’ve come across a dating site of this sort, Woo – Dating for Singles. It curates like-minded individuals together on a platform to help them discover their desirable match. Launched in July 2014 by Co-founders Mr. Sumesh Menon and Mr Ankit Nautiyal, Woo has proved to be the best dating app in India which has been downloaded more than 3.5 million times.
Having begun its journey from India, Woo has now spread its wings across other countries of South East Asia including Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines and Indonesia. One of India’s leading match-making apps by now, Woo has been designed for the urban youth with single professionals looking for their prospective life partners. The best aspect about Woo is that it bridges the gap between casual fleeting fantasy applications and matrimonial portals.
Here’s a peep-a-boo with Woo, how this creep free dating app is able to build meaningful connections among interesting singles in the real world.
Setup:
It’s a hassle-free setup which just needs a Facebook authorization. This will help in keeping fake profiles at bay as it will automatically add your Facebook name and profile image to your Woo account. Woo only permits image uploads associated with your Facebook account, which thereby minimizes the presence of fake images on the app. Well, this certainly provides Woo a level of refreshing authenticity.
During the setup, the app will ask you to select some tags that best describe your interests and preferences to make your profile look more genuine. Based on your choices, age and location, Woo will automatically curate suitable profiles for your match. Another cool feature is that you can go to the settings of the app to indicate whether you are looking for friendship, dating or more serious relationship. This is another aspect taken into consideration by Woo for delivering you appropriate recommendations.
User interface:
The interface is quite convenient and user-friendly. The app shows profile pictures of suitable matches which can just be flipped across and browsed. In case you accidentally skip some one, you can view the profile again by going to Skipped Profiles section (Paid feature) in Settings. Under each profile photo in your Discover section, shown full screen to you, there are buttons using which you can Like or Skip a photo or send a Crush.
This dating app also allows users to post questions to other users and answer question posted to them by other users. The app suggests that Sending Crushes and using question and answers helps in boosting your profile for more visibility and you are likely to find your match sooner. If you Like a user and the user likes you back, it’s a Match and henceforth you can chat with the person. Another cool attribute is that the app also allows users to do a Tag Search to find people matching their interests.
Special features of WOO App:
The key features of Woo App have been designed very thoughtfully keeping in mind the security and accessibility of their women users. Moreover, it works on the fundamental theory of ‘Women on control’, as it empowers women to decide while providing information and interactions.
WOO PHONE: This special feature allows women to place internet-calls directly from the app. Woo Phone is provided only for women, where their numbers remain hidden and private.
WOO SECRET: Women’s Woo profile is kept quite confidential, so that their details, such as name, number, location aren’t visible to others except users.
WOO SAME: This feature enables you to find people with common interests, when you use pre-filter tags. In case you like someone other than that, you can simply send a ‘Crush’ and direct message them to make the things faster.
WOO ASK: The app allows women to ask a ‘bonus’ question in their profile which enhances their chances to dig out ‘Mr. Right’ from the lot.
WOO PLUS: Woo plus is a bouquet of premium features enabling you for getting better match, quicker and faster. Some such features include,… See who’s visited you, liked you, revisit the profiles you skipped by accident, get unlimited likes, etc.
Security:
Woo has proved itself as a leading dating site among Indian masses, designed to spread awareness keeping in mind the sensitivity of your personal space. It ensures your safety from miscreants bestowing you with the safest online dating.
· All the interactions between possible future matches are kept safe, strictly under the app domain with their functionality smart chat engines.
· The best thing of this app I could find was, that it shows only a woman’s initials instead of her full name unlike other social media channels. It’s up to you to share your details, whom and when you are comfortable with. While, there shows a man’s first name only according to their facebook profile.
· It’s not at all an easy task to befool Woo App, as you have to undergo a strict scrutiny and a multi-level screening, before you could even set up a woo-profile. This app is smart enough to analyze its users’ digital footprints to find out their relationship status as well as other relevant information. It can also access one’s professional details easily, no matter if it’s hidden. Woo app scans one’s authenticity through a three level screening, which comprises…Technical screening, Manual Screening and Community feedback.
· One of the most important aspects of this app which makes it trust worthy is Curation. It emphasizes on the woo community feedback which helps to dig out all kinds of foul players and people with wrong intentions. It has multiple automated and manual filters that ensure to catch imposters. Woo can even curate your profile manually even if your marital status is changed or falsely put on facebook.
· In case of any kind of discomfort with a particular user, you can immediately flag the person. The moment a user is flagged, the curators of the app are notified, resulting in a re-screening and further permanent deletion of the account.
Free app but with in-app purchases:
The app is free to install and use. But it does have in-app purchases without which the app is very limited in functionality. Although people generally do not prefer using paid apps for being too restrained otherwise, when it comes to dating apps, you wouldn’t like to entertain casual flirts in your way. So, it’s logical, that only those people who are serious about exploring a good relationship through this app find it worth spending money on. And this will prevent users with the motive of casual fun from making full use of the app, which in turn will keep them away from unnecessarily bothering other users. The paid in-app features allow users to send Crushes and see who has viewed and liked your profile.
TSS’s take on WOO – Dating for Singles:
Being jointly owned by two ladies themselves, what we, at The Style Symphony, loved the most about Woo is that, this app is tailor-made for women that puts women’s priorities first. The app connects you with like-minded people, by creating the right environment to inspire trust. If you’re the girl on-the-move, all-the-way, on-the-go looking to use your smartphone to help you find friends, dates or romantic relationships, Woo seems to be quite a good matchmaking app for you.
The app initiates some great security and privacy measures which, if combined with good sense, can help ward off the dangers and repercussions associated with such dating apps. The user interface is clean and can’t be used without Facebook login. Users can check it out for free, but the free features are quite restricted. However, if you are keen on shelling out some extra bucks in the urge of meeting new people, then this app is definitely worth a try. The curated community of ‘Verified Profiles’ match you to the right people. All in one, Woo is aimed to empower you to choose those who you feel just right for you. 🙂
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