When you set up your profile on HER, you’ll see pronoun, gender, and sexual identity labels from which to choose. A plethora of labels like intersex, polygender, bicurious, and sociosexual are all included as options.
Optional steps include sharing your zodiac sign, height, alcohol and smoking preferences, political views, diet, religion, children’s preferences, interests, and more. You also have the option to add a pride pin or question you’d like to use as a conversation starter with someone.
One of the features that makes HER stand out among other apps is its discovery page. This page allows you to view all your favorites at once, almost like a menu. Nadège is a big fan of this feature, sharing, “It’s fun to see who’s viewed my page and who’s been nearby…It’s like being a voyeur on a date and I love it.” I am.
Unfortunately, the discovery page is not available without a premium subscription. However, there is a limit to the number of people who like your profile in a day. This is one of my personal favorite features and is a great feature for people who are a little skeptical or shy.
Similar to dating app FEELD, HER only requires one swipe of “yes” or “no.” Instead, you’ll have to scroll all the way to the bottom and press the heart or x to prevent that person from appearing in your feed again. The classic swipe is so etched in my brain that I have to remind myself of this again and again.
Once you match with someone, you can share photos and gifs in the chat room, but video content is not allowed.
One of my least favorite features of HER is that users looking for friends require a premium subscription to filter out users looking for romantic entanglements. I personally don’t want to pay a premium to find friends, so this is definitely something to keep in mind.