NEU.DE – Find singles in the area

NEU.DE – Singles exchange tested and compared

Overall impression: [Rating:80/100]

The dating portal NEU.DE has one of the contact exchanges with the greatest brand awareness in Germany - driven by various media campaigns - and continues to enjoy great popularity among a wide audience.

By merging with Lovescout24 under the common umbrella of the Meetic Group, members now have access to over 28 million singles across Europe. Of these, over 5 million probably come from Germany.

The contact exchange NEU.DE is therefore an absolute top dog in the scene and benefits from the many years of experience of the meetic group in the background.

In addition to the very impressive number of members, it is particularly impressive due to its clear design and easy usability. Usability and a smooth user experience are high on the providers’ priority list.

This makes it very easy for new members to quickly get an overview of all the partner search functions and quickly start hunting for a suitable partner. This is also confirmed by numerous test victories for this platform.

In the evening hours it is estimated that up to 700,000 members are active at the same time within German borders alone. This is an enormous number compared to many other dating sites.

A member is shown how many members of each gender are currently online. During my visits there were an average of around 3,000 women and 3,500 men, which speaks for a balanced gender ratio.

A so-called flirt barometer shows how high the chances of flirting are. To round off their self-presentation with a comprehensive profile, a member then has the opportunity to post 5 photos online.

The profile is the pivotal point for contacting another member. There are four different contact options:

1. write a message
2. Send SMS (be careful, there are additional costs lurking here)
3. Invitation to chat (Premium members)
4. Send gift/smiley

By the way, all profiles are checked by customer service before they are released. At the same time, file corpses are identified and removed relatively reliably.

Registration, profile creation and limited contact options are included in the free registration. However, to make optimal use of the offer, you need a premium membership.

Free services (basic membership):

• Registration and profile creation
• Complete search functions including filters
• Ask flirty questions
• Contact via “Smiley”
• Contacting PREMIUM members

Paid Services (Premium Membership):

• Send, read and reply to unlimited messages
• Online Chat
• View visitor list
• See who “smiled” at you
• Contact options for basic members
• Unlimited functionality via mobile app
• Profile in top search results (higher visibility for other members)

Special features:

• Heart-pounding blog with lots of advice and tips
• Singles events and singles parties Guide for events in your area

TOP:

• Attractive website design, clear design, good usability
• Easy to use mobile app
• Extensive singles exchange with many features
• Very high membership numbers – around 28 million across Europe
• Hardly any fake profiles are recognizable, the members are very authentic
• High activity level of members, few file corpses
• Well-functioning online chat
• German data protection standards

FLOP:

• Not exactly cheap in the premium version
• Lots of advertisements in the free version

Costs and prices:

• The minimum tariff: 48.00 euros annual fee
• The solidarity tariff (voluntary): 74.00 euros annual fee
• The special tariff (“Until Success”): 124.00 euros for a total of 3 years of membership + 10.00 euros for each additional year
• The social tariff: 6.00 euros annual fee (proof of need required)