Best for: 50+ singles looking for a loving companion
Free features: Viewing matches
Recommended ages: Over 50
Perk: Simple signup process
Testimonials
Rich & Donna: “At 67 and 61, Rich and Donna weren’t strangers to love. Rich, a widower, had only known his wife, whereas Donna, a Divorcée had some experience dating. ‘I had two weeks left on my subscription when Rich reached out’ Donna shares. The first date wasn’t what she would describe as fairytale romance, but after the second date, Rich and Donna’s new courtship began to build steam. By the third date, they were holding hands and feeling much more at ease with each other and now, three months later, are happy as can be.”
Roberta & Steve: “Both in their 60s, Roberta had never been married and Steve had been a widower for 14 years. But that difference didn’t matter because they both decided to get back out there and ended up connecting on OurTime in October of 2016. They’ve been together for seven months now and they’re really enjoying each other’s company.‘We’re enjoying our time together. We are both looking for a serious relationship but marriage isn’t something we talk about. I think that’s the benefit of being older. We’re enjoying our time together and we don’t try to get ahead of ourselves.’”
Cathy & Allen: At 53, Cathy never thought she would meet someone “A month before I joined OurTime, I had said to a friend ‘I guess I’m going to be single for the rest of my life’” she recalls. Allen had been single for six years. Cathey and Allen immediately hit it off. Not only did they share so many values and interests, they learned that they were born a day apart in the same year! And add to that, they lived only ten minutes apart. This past year, Cathy had her first actual wedding at the age 54. This was also Allen’s second marriage.”
Matchmaking Features
The site’s algorithm produces roughly 10 suggested matches per user each day, which you can view in the “Today’s Matches” section. If you’d like to find a match yourself, you can use the “I’m Interested” feature to browse filtered profiles, or the “Who Do You Like” section to flip through photos and saving the ones you like for later.
You can also conduct a detailed search using a variety of filters, including age, location, religion, zodiac sign, height, ethnicity, and even blood type. If you’d like your profile to be more visible, you can use tokens to purchase “Promote Me,” which will put your profile at the top of other users’ search results for 60 minutes.
OurTime offers users a set of interactive communication tools. You can open up the chat window to see who is online and available to chat. If you’re interested in someone, you can send them a cheeky flirt or virtual gift to spark conversation. Alternatively, you can use one of the 4 pre-written “Message Ideas.” If you’d like to go offline and still be able to chat with other singles without revealing your phone number, use “ConnectMe”—a feature that lets you do just that.
Signup
OurTime has a 6-step signup process, which is friendly to all—especially people with no online dating experience. After selecting your gender and the gender you’re looking to meet, you can build your profile, add a photo and write a short note about yourself. You will then be asked to answer 3 questions:
- What’s your favorite kind of date?
- Which do you prefer - morning or night?
- Which do you prefer - sweet or savory
To provide a system with a sense of your taste and type, you will be asked to mark people you could be interested in from a suggested list. After that, you can purchase a subscription plan, although you will be able to browse between profiles and people’s photos without paying. If you’d like to reach out to someone, you will have to upgrade to a paid subscription.
Pricing
There are multiple ways for members to pay for premium membership. Keep in mind that OurTime automatically renews your subscription once you’ve provided your credit card information—make sure to keep track of that.
OurTime’s 3- and 6-month plans include:
- Messaging and instant messaging
- See members interest in you
- Full mobile access
- Message read notification
- Profile highlight
- Message highlight
OurTime’s 1-month plan includes:
- Messaging and instant messaging
- See members interested in you
- Full mobile access
User Experience
OurTime certainly developed its user experience with its target demographic in mind. With a simple and visually appealing main dashboard, you can clearly view user updates such as news and photos. When it comes to communication, the site provides you with various ways to reach out to other users—chat, email, and message boards are all available for you to pick the most convenient option. And lastly, with OurTime you can be sure you’ll never forget anyone you interact with, as the site tracks and displays all of your previous encounters.
Safety
OurTime provides members with extensive tips on dating safety, like making sure your first date is in a public place, and that you let a friend or loved on know where you’re going. In addition, OurTime advises to never give out sensitive, personal information to people you meet online.
The site’s privacy policy says that it collects and stores any and all personal information you enter on the website or mobile app, such as name, email, and telephone number, as well as your financial information like payment methods. It can also collect information from your social media profile if you access the site through your Facebook account. The company says it does not provide any information to third party advertisers who post on its site, but that it can retain your data even if you close your account.
Support
OurTime operates an extensive FAQ section that should be enough to answer most questions. If not, you can use the site’s online form, and you should get an answer within 48 hours. There is also a toll free number that is answered from 8am-5pm central time Monday-Friday.
Is OurTime Right for Me?
If you’re over 50 and looking for anything from a travel buddy, to a dinner companion and even marriage material, OurTime could be right for you. Whether you’ve had love story before or you haven’t found that person just yet, OurTime brings together like-minded individuals looking to spend time with a loving companion, and most importantly, never compromise on their happiness.
