About - Candor

Our Mission

Dating apps should help you find love, not exploit your loneliness.

The dating app industry is broken. One company controls nearly half the market, and their business model depends on keeping you single and swiping. They've optimized for engagement metrics, not successful relationships.

Candor exists to prove there's another way. I believe a dating app can be profitable while actually helping people find meaningful connections. I believe in transparency over manipulation, fairness over exploitation, and honesty over dark patterns.

The name says it all: candor means the quality of being open, honest, and sincere. That's not just the product philosophy, it's my promise to you.

The Story

Why I started Candor

Here's the thing: I actually met my wife on a dating app. We're happily married. So I know firsthand that these platforms can work, that they can genuinely help people find love.

But I also know how broken the industry has become. The fake messages designed to lure you back. The dynamic pricing that charges some users six times more based on their age. The algorithms deliberately designed to keep you hooked rather than help you connect.

I started reading the lawsuits. The FTC complaints. The investigative journalism. And I realized the apps weren't broken, they were working exactly as designed. They just weren't designed to help you find someone.

Dating apps changed my life for the better. I want to build one that does the same for others, without all the manipulation.

Our Values

What we stand for

Radical Transparency

We publish our algorithm, our pricing, and our success metrics. If we can't explain why we do something, we probably shouldn't be doing it.

User Respect

We will never use psychological manipulation to increase engagement. Your time and emotional energy are valuable, and we treat them that way.

Fair Pricing

One price for everyone. No age-based discrimination. No A/B testing prices on different users. Everyone deserves the same fair deal.

Honest Metrics

We measure success by relationships formed, not daily active users. If our app stops being useful to you, that's a success, not a failure.

The Company

Independent by design

Candor is an independent company. It's not owned by any dating app conglomerate. This independence is crucial to the mission, because I answer to users, not to shareholders demanding ever-increasing engagement metrics.

I'm based in Wyoming, one of the least populated states in the country. Out here, relationships matter. When you might drive an hour to see a friend, you learn to value genuine connection. That perspective shapes everything I build.

I'm one person who got tired of being manipulated by dating apps and decided to build something better. I'm not trying to become a unicorn or dominate the market. I just want to build something I'd actually want to use, and that treats people with the respect they deserve.