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Independent review · Adults 18+
WantMatures review: legitimate business, contested member base
It is a real dating site for the over-40s, not a payment scam. Whether you can actually meet anyone on it is a different question, and independent reviewers have been unusually harsh.
The short version
WantMatures is a real, functioning dating site aimed at the over-40s. It is not a payment scam and it will not disappear with your card details. But it is one of several near-identical sites run by the same operator, and independent reviewers have been consistently critical about how many of the profiles are genuine.
If you are an older man specifically looking for a much younger woman, this is also the wrong shape of platform. Its published demographics skew toward men in their forties and women from their mid-thirties to their fifties, which is a moderate gap rather than a wide one. We would not spend money here before trying a dedicated age gap site.
How this review was put together. It draws on WantMatures’ own published material and on published independent reviews and user feedback. It is not based on our own paid account. Where reviewers disagree, we have said so rather than picking a side.
The profile authenticity question
This is the reason most people search for a WantMatures review, so it goes first.
Independent reviewers have been unusually blunt. One long-running dating review site reported finding no genuine women to talk to at all during its testing. Another described fake profiles as a real and frustrating problem alongside persistent pressure to upgrade. These are not isolated forum complaints; they come from reviewers who test dozens of platforms and normally hedge.
Against that, the site does operate a real service, and some reviewers report finding genuine members in well-populated areas. The fair summary is that WantMatures is legitimate as a business but contested as a place to actually meet people, and the weight of published opinion leans negative.
Who is actually on it
Published demographics put the bulk of the membership as men in their mid-forties and women from their mid-thirties to their upper fifties. Traffic concentrates in the United States and the United Kingdom, with a secondary following across Spain, Italy, Hungary and Romania.
Read that age spread carefully, because it is the practical answer for anyone reading this site. WantMatures is a mature dating platform, not an age gap platform. A ten-year gap is realistic here. Twenty-five is not, and no amount of filter-setting will change the underlying pool.
Many members are parents or previously married, and most are looking for something lasting even where they are open to casual dating first.
What works
- Free registration, quick and undemanding.
- Straightforward interface that suits people who are not confident online.
- Age verification by ID upload during signup.
- Genuine presence in the US, UK and Canada.
- Profiles are hidden from non-members, which is better for privacy than open browsing.
What doesn’t
- Repeated, specific fake-profile findings from independent reviewers.
- One of several near-identical sites from the same operator, sharing the same features.
- No mobile app at all, a browser session you keep getting logged out of.
- Persistent upselling on top of the base subscription.
- Auto-renewal, plus a possible one-time activation fee at checkout.
- Age spread is too narrow for a genuinely wide gap.
Cost, the activation fee, and cancelling
Registration is free but you must be logged in to search at all, and most features sit behind a subscription. Pricing varies by profile type, location and whatever promotion is running, and reviewers have noted that a one-time activation fee may be added on top of the advertised subscription.
Read the final checkout screen before paying. The number you were shown earlier in the funnel is not always the number you are charged. Memberships renew automatically unless cancelled before the next billing date.
To cancel: log in, open My Settings, go to Your Billing History and select Deactivate Subscription. Do this as soon as you subscribe if you only want one month.
Should you use it?
If you are in your forties or fifties and looking for someone within roughly a decade of your own age, WantMatures is a functioning option and the free registration costs you nothing to test. Build a profile, look at how many active members sit within your radius, and judge it on what you see rather than on any review.
If you are an older man specifically looking for a substantially younger woman, which is what most people reading this site are after, we would not start here. The age spread is wrong for it and the profile-quality reporting is poor enough that your first month is likely to be spent filtering rather than talking. AgeMatch is the better starting point for a wide gap.
Sources
Compiled from WantMatures’ published material and from published independent reviews and aggregated user feedback, including reviewers who tested both free and paid accounts. Pricing, features and demographics change, so verify current terms on the platform before subscribing.
Compare with the others
We reviewed five age gap dating sites in total. See our AgeMatch review and our Gaper review, or start with the full ranking of age gap dating sites.
Judy, and the Dating App Critic team
Founder and editor
I started this site after watching my father go quiet. He was in his sixties, still walking five miles most mornings, still the first one up, still curious about everything. The women he was introduced to were at a different stage of life, settled in ways he was not, and the conversations rarely went anywhere. He was not looking for a bridge partner. He wanted someone with the same appetite for the day that he had.
He tried three dating sites and gave up on all three, having paid for two of them. That is the part I could not let go. Not that it was hard, but that nobody had told him which ones were worth his money before he spent it.
So we write the reviews I wish he had been able to read. We say when a platform is thin, when the pricing is misleading, and when a site is simply the wrong tool for a wide age gap, even when saying so costs us a commission.
Questions people ask
Is WantMatures a scam?
Not in the payment sense. It is run by an established operator, it processes payments properly and it will not disappear with your card details.
The serious criticism is about profile authenticity rather than fraud. Multiple independent reviewers have reported difficulty finding genuine members during testing, with one stating it found no legitimate women to talk to at all. Treat it as a real business with a contested member base.
Is WantMatures free?
Registration is free, but you have to be registered and logged in even to run a search, and most meaningful features require a subscription.
The free account is useful for one thing: checking how many active members are actually near you before you spend anything.
How much does WantMatures cost?
Pricing varies by profile type, location and current promotion, and a one-time activation fee may be added at checkout on top of the subscription itself.
Check the final checkout screen before paying rather than relying on the price shown earlier in the signup flow. Subscriptions renew automatically.
How do I cancel WantMatures?
Log in and open My Settings, go to Your Billing History, and choose Deactivate Subscription. Do it before your next billing date.
If you only want one month, cancel immediately after subscribing. The membership runs to the end of the paid period either way.
Is WantMatures good for age gap dating?
Not particularly. Its published demographics put most men in their mid-forties and most women between their mid-thirties and fifties, which supports a moderate gap rather than a wide one.
If you want a substantial age difference, a dedicated age gap platform will serve you better. Filters cannot create members who are not there.