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Is Christian Café Right for You? Let’s see…

When it comes to Christian dating sites, there’s a lot to talk about with Christian Café. Some really nice positives that you won’t get elsewhere, and then some things that could be approved upon. We cover the full details further down the page in our complete Christian Café review, but we’ll hit the highlights here.

On the positive side, Christian Café is one of the few religious dating sites that offers a full trial of the product (linked below and above). Like, we’re not talking a limited free trial. You can use the product as if you paid for it for sometimes upwards of 10 days! This is impressive. Additionally, the biggest standout right off the bat was the almost overload of positive reviews and match stories this site had. Impressive is probably the best word to describe the success rate this site has for getting Christians together. Always nice to see.

When it comes to the actual site, it does have a bit of a dated feel. The functions all work correctly, but it feels kinda’ like going to your grandma’s house that is very nice, but dated. If you can see past that, though, the free trial and the quality of the results are big wins.

Bottom line, we think you’d be silly not to at least give the free trial at Christian Café a try.

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Overall Christian Café Rating

8.30/10.0

Pros and Cons of the Christian Café Dating App

Christian Cafe Accolades and Awards

In This Review

Fast Facts | Testing | Matches | Ease of Use | App Platform | Features | Support | Price

Fast Facts About the Christian Cafe Dating Site

• Site Name: christiancafe.com
• Paid or Free: Full access free trial then paid
• Trial Length: 10 day free (+3 if you add images)
• Average Sign-Up Time: about 5 mins
• Paid Membership Pricing: Rates as low as $8.33 a month.
• Unique Facts About ChristianCafe.com:
  • 60% of users are between the ages of 25 and 44.
  • All uploaded photos are moderated by the Christian Cafe staff.
  • Christian Cafe App is available on Google Play and the App Store.
  • Over 50,000 android users have installed the Christian Cafe App.
  • The app has been features by many credible sources including Focus on the Family.

Testing Results for Christian Cafe

Overall, our testing of Christian Cafe reveals a dating site with a good direction and a lot of heart, but lacking when it comes to modern feel. That said, it functions well and offers a safe environment, but it just might be a turnoff when it comes to younger singles or those who like a feel that doesn’t feel like the early 2000’s.

Here are the overall results from our Christian Cafe testing and a spotlight look at a few of the key categories of testing.

Learn more about how we test and score here.

Strong Safety Test Scores at 8.5

While the site may have a pretty old feel to it, we do think they’ve done a good job over the years at keeping up on safety. It is always hard with testing to tell the whole story without seeing under the hood (granted, it would be a red flag if they let us do that), things do look good here.

Popularity Testing Scores at 7.0

Within Christian circles, there is still some name recognition around Christian Cafe. When it comes to search, though, it’s decent and pretty stable with the occasional spike.

Here’s a look at search trends (from Google) and the results of our popularity testing.

Are there good, quality matches on Christian Cafe?

The number one most important question anyone has about an online dating site is whether or not they have good, quality, current matches. With less mainstream sites (niche sites like this one), it can always be a concern that traffic is non-existent or way too low. After setting up our profile to begin our Christian Cafe review, we began testing searches to see what the match traffic looked like.

With some basic parameters, our first few searches returned about 15 pages of matches which seemed pretty good off the bat. It wasn’t as many matches as you might find on your mega sites, but it was definitely nothing to scoff at. Now, we all know that doesn’t mean anything, though, because they could be old profiles of inactive users. This is where we saw our first big perk of Christian Café.

They remove any account that has not been active within the last three months. This means that everyone you are seeing is current and has been active within the past few months. We can’t tell you how often sites show you thousands of matches, but most of them are years old. This was a big win for The Christian Café.

Another perk of this site is that you are required to complete your profile before you have access to the matches. This might seem like it’s a bit of an annoyance (which we thought at first), but now we realize we were wrong. This actually turned out to be our favorite part of the Christian Cafe review. Because they make everyone complete their profile, every profile on the site is completed. This means that you don’t have a bunch of blank profiles to sort through that are more than worthless.

On top of all of this, Christian Café will add an additional three days onto your full free trial if you upload pictures. What does this mean? This means that almost every profile on there is current, filled out completely, and has a picture. If you’ve been around online dating for a while, then you know this is about as rare as finding a purple unicorn.

The bottom line is this. The site had fewer matches and traffic than your mega-online dating sites, but the matches they had were quality. They were ALL current, ALL with completed profiles, and most had pictures to take advantage of the extra free days. For a niche Christian dating site, this was a huge win.

Is Christian Cafe Easy to Use?

Great matches are a huge win, but you can only take advantage of that win if the site is usable. If an online dating site is clunky, feels like it was made 10 years ago, or just lacks the necessary features to function well, you’re not going to have much success dating. So, how easy is Christian Cafe to use?

The Sign-Up Process

Let’s start by talking about the sign-up process on Christian Cafe. Finding where to sign up was easy as they have a big green free trial button prominently located on the homepage. For some reason, some sites like to hide the sign-up button or make it like a terrible adult scavenger hunt.

After clicking the button, the system prompts you for the following:

• Username
• Email Address
• City
• Country
• Zip Code
• Gender
• Birth Date

Here’s a short video from our time testing Christian Cafe:

It does seem like a little overkill to need city, country and zip code, but it only added a few extra seconds to the sign-up process and we;re just being picky.. Once you put all this information in, you’re taken to the profile section of the site where you are asked to fill in all your general information.

Unlike a lot of sites, you are required to complete the profile information BEFORE you have any access to matches. While this may seem annoying at first for those of you that are trigger happy to get searching, it’s actually a bit of a welcomed sign. This prevents the riff-raff from getting on the site which ups the flakiness factor.

During our Christian Cafe review, we took our time looking through the different profile questions they have for you. The questions are fairly straightforward. We did like the fact that they had an importance ranking attached to faith where you could choose between “It defines me,” “It has a significant place,” “Still trying to figure it out,” and “I have faith in God.” This is great because a lot of Christian dating sites online will scare people off because they feel they have to be a Super-Christian before they can join and have their entire life inline. This shows the site is accepting of all. Big positive.

Christian Cafe also says clearly that if you are legally married, they do not want you to join the site until you have that sorted out.

After completing the basic information, you’re given the option to complete your profile or complete the rest later. If you click to skip, you are prompted to upload photos. If you’re not ready for that yet, you can click a small button to remind you later, and you are through to the matches!

Navigating the Matches

Matches are shown in a grid format that is pretty normal for an online dating site. You have the ability to sort your results by match rank (how much they match with you), if they have a photo or not, username, gender, age, location, and if you’ve viewed them. These seemed to be quick links that you could sort by that didn’t allow you to sort by more than one at once.

Here’s a quick video showing all the different options you can filter your search by (There are a LOT):

It took us a little while to locate it, but there is a search function at the top right of the screen. One perk is the site allows you to search by ALL criteria right off the bat. Some sites will allow you to do basic searches and only after you pay can you do a more advanced search.This means that during your free trial you will be able to quickly figure out if they have what you’re looking for with matches or if you should try somewhere else.

The Mobile App Platform

Let’s be honest most people looking for online dating are looking for something that they can use on the go on their mobile device. So does Christian Cafe have an app? And if so is it any good?

Firstly, yes! There is a Christian Cafe app available for download for both Android and iOS users.

But what do we think of the Christian Cafe dating app? Well, in our opinion, the design of the app is much like the design of the Christian Cafe dating site… dated. It works and it’s simple to understand, but there are definitely some more modern-looking options out there.

That being said, if tech isn’t really your cup of tea, but you want to find Christian singles online then the Christian Cafe dating app could be exactly what you’re looking for! It’s simple, but it does the job and in a user-friendly way.

It is worth noting that not all features available on ChristianCafe.com will be available on the site. Mobile users will not have access to the prayer or forum features when using the Christian Cafe app.

ChristianCafe.com Features Breakdown

The site had a pretty good number of features that did make the experience nice. They have a lot of different matching features that help you to find people in different ways (try their Quick Match function). The one feature we wish they had was the ability to sort matches by more than one criteria. When you search you can use all of the criteria, but we were really hoping to be able to use that while we were just perusing through our matches.

The Removal Feature

Probably the most important feature that we found in our Christian Cafe review was the site has an awesome three-month removal feature. Our BIGGEST pet peeve with online dating sites is the fact that you end up seeing a lot of matches that are no longer active or haven’t been for years. It’s beyond annoying to think you’ve found the perfect person only to find out that they haven’t been on the site in years and are actually already married and settled down. The Christian Cafe doesn’t allow this to happen. They have a feature that removes all old accounts from the searches that haven’t been active in three months.

We know we’ve mentioned this twice now, but it really is that cool. You can rest assured that the matches you’re looking at are not off of the site and married already by the time you find them. If this doesn’t scream match quality, we don’t know what does.

In-Depth Questions

Christian Cafe also has a TON of more in-depth questions you can answer about yourself or what you are looking for in a potential mate. While the main profile questions are mandatory to get to the matches, these are optional and can be filled out at a later time. This is great if you’re looking for a quality mate. It allows you to learn so much more about each other before you choose to invest your time into taking the relationship further.

No Married or Separated Members

We also noticed that the site explicitly says that you cannot join if you are still currently married. While this technically is not a feature, we think it’s awesome especially for a Christian dating site. Obviously, they can’t enforce this in any way, but it should deter a lot of people from getting on the site that is still currently involved or married. Sadly, this is a huge problem with online dating and seeing a site like Christian Cafe try and curtail it is awesome.

Overall, our team was thoroughly pleased with the features they say during our Christian Cafe review especially the ones aimed at quality control

Christian Cafe Customer Support Review

Here are all your options for support at ChristianCafe.com:

• For Billing Questions: [email protected]
• For Site Feedback: [email protected]
• Mailing Address: 128 Banchory Crescent Ottawa, Ontario K2K 2V5 Canada
• On Twitter: @christiancafe
• On Facebook: @christiandatingservice

Regarding customer support, the site wasn’t as accessible as we might have hoped. By no means are we saying they are inadequate; we just had hoped to see a little more. The site has a few email addresses that you can find for offering feedback or billing issues, but no phone support or live chat. While phone and email support aren’t necessarily an industry-standard in the online dating world, it’s still something that we would like to see. Thankfully, from what we saw the platform is very self-explanatory, so there may not be much of a need for customer support. It is still nice to know that it is there.

The site does have social media accounts that are active that you could probably use if you needed to get in touch with someone quickly.

Pricing | How much does Christian Café cost?

Christian Cafe is definitely one of the more affordable options on the market specifically dedicated to Christian singles. As is the case with most online dating sites, the longer term that you buy, the more money you are going to save. The most cost-effective options are the 1 year and the 6 month packages. If you catch a good sale, 1 year may cost under $10/month.

The shorter-term options get much more expensive and for many people are probably not enough time for you to get much out of the site. This is largely due to the site having a smaller user base and fewer features than other Christian dating apps.

When analyzing the Christian Cafe cost structure, we wanted to take a look at what features you would get with which account. All memberships come with all features, and there are no add-ons for purchase. This is nice because the prices in the chart above are all you’re going to spend for your membership.

You’re not going to be a “lesser member” who has to end up spending more money to try and have the same experience as those paying more. Everyone is equal, and we like that.

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What Payment Options Does Christian Cafe Accept?

Christian Cafe makes purchasing a membership easy by offering a good selection of payment options. You’ll be able to chose from:

• major credit or debit cards,
• Paypal,
• Western Union,
• or money orders.

It’s worth nothing that some users have reported having their Christian Cafe Membership purchase denied by their bank. Typically, this is a security measure and can be easily resolved with a quick phone call.

Does Christian Cafe Membership Auto Renew?

Yes. It’s clearly stated in all billing and membership agreement documentation that once you’d paid for Christian Cafe Membership you will automatically be charged at the start of each billing period. It is your responsibility as the user to change your renewal status and make sure that you’re not getting charged when you don’t want to be (See Terms and Conditions screenshot below for more details):

Christian Cafe does not issue partial refunds! So if you’re looking to cancel it’s critical that you make the necessary changes before you’re charged.

That being said, auto renewal is a feature than can be toggled on or off on the renewal status page. If this is something you’re worried about we would recommend that you turn this feature off and just keep end dates in mind. You will still have full access to everything you’ve paid for with this feature off.

Christian Cafe Price Changes Over Time

Over the last year we’ve seen a lot of dating sites changing their prices but for the most part Christian Cafe prices have stayed pretty consistent. That being said, there were a couple things we thought you might want to be aware of:

• No More 2 Week Memberships – In the past Christian Cafe offered a 2 week membership option for $34.97. Honestly we don’t see this as a major loss with as close at this was to the price of a full month of membership.
• Seasonal and Holiday Sales – Christian Cafe has been known to offer a LOT of sales to get people in the door. So, if it’s near a major holiday, season change, or any other occasion you might expect to see sales there’s a good chance they’ll be knocking costs down across the board.
  • For example, rolling into 2023 the cost of all plans were down between $5 and $30 for the New Years and January Blues sales. This is a pretty typical for the type of markdown you can expect to see.

Giving Christian Cafe Membership as a Gift

While we’re discussing payment options and Christian Cafe costs we figured it was worth bringing up this unique feature.

If you have someone in your life that you think would benefit from using Christian Cafe you’re able to pay for their membership as a gift. The pricing is exactly the same, but this does offer a pretty unique way to help those bashful friends and family members put themselves out there in a safe environment.

The Christian Cafe 10 Day Free Trial

Did someone say free? Christian Cafe did…and they said it 10 times.

Yes, for 10 days you get complete access to send and receive unlimited messages from other members on the site. Honestly, this is something you almost never get with a dating site free trial.

Just by signing up with the link we’ve proided, you automatically get seven full days of free access to Christian Cafe. AND if you upload a picture of yourself during those seven days, they’ll tack on an additional three days just for being a more active participant in the dating process. That’s a 10 day free trial just for checking them out.

7 + 3 Days Christian Cafe Free Trial (Clarification)

Your Christian Cafe free trial will start automatically as soon as you complete signup. But wait, what’s this notification you’re seeing? This says 7 days? But, didn’t they say 10 in all the ads?

Don’t freak out! You can (and will) get your 10 free days for Christian Cafe membership, there’s just an extra step. To get the full free trial all you have to do is post one or more photos to your profile and have them approved by the site’s staff.

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