Cougar Life Review

Editor’s Summary

CougarLife has been around a while in the crowded market of cougar-related dating sites. It was founded in 2006, and the age of the site will be reassuring for some who are worried about scamming on niche dating sites. However, it’s also why CougarLife can charge a fair amount for their site. Although you can get a free membership, it really only enables you to browse, not to use it in a functional way. You do get three free messages when you upload a site, however, so you can get a brief taste of what’s going on.

If you like what you see, you can buy yearly, three-month, or one-month memberships. But rather than giving you unlimited access, payment nets you credits, which are used for most services on the site -- messaging and sending fictional gifts and so on. And once you’re out, you’re out. There’s also a $7 fee if you’d like to use a mobile app. Also, it’s worth noting that the site’s policies dictate that CougarLife doesn’t verify the accuracy of information provided by members -- in other words, it’s possible to get scammed. So, users of CougarLife have to be discerning, to some extent. If a gorgeous woman who looks like she’s taken from stock photography messages you with a canned-seeming message saying that she wants to meet up tonight, she might not be real. Browse accordingly.

While there definitely is an emphasis on older women, CougarLife also has a smaller user group of women aged 18-30. Also, according to CrunchBase, the site has over 7 million active users, which means that there’s a little something for everyone. Another nice feature is that as you’re browsing the site, you get small notifications anytime someone looks at your profile. It helps you see who might be interested in you and can help make breaking the ice a little bit easier. If you’re looking for something immediate and don’t want to spend days or weeks searching for the perfect match, you can also click on the “Find A Date Tonight” button along the right nav. The updated search results will show you who else is nearby and also interested in meeting up as soon as possible.

The site has a clean, updated design and is easy to navigate.

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IN-DEPTH

Sign-Up & Login Process

Signing up for Cougarlife is very easy, and really only requires an email address -- you don’t even need to upload pictures at first. Unlike some other dating sites, there’s no personality questionnaire that you have to fill out. If you wish, your profile can consist only of a short blurb. Logging on is also very simple. There’s no two-step verification, or anything like that. That also means that you shouldn’t use a password like “password,” although you shouldn’t on any site, anyway.

Once you’re on, you can see profiles and browse them by location, although you can only really interact with those profiles once you sign up with the paid membership. If you don’t, your only options are to send “flirts” -- the equivalent of that old Facebook poke -- or send one of the three free messages you get when you upload a profile picture.

Members/Interactions

The users on CougarLife, although there are many older women, really fall into a fairly diverse range of ages -- perhaps this is because of dubious societal definitions of what an “older woman” is. But, as previously mentioned, there are a few scammers on CougarLife who can fall through the cracks of the Terms of Service, and there’s no way to get a real sense of what percentage of the user base they compose. This, combined with the fact that every message costs you credits, means that browsing the site actively requires either using caution or spending a significant amount of money.

Key Features

• Chat
• Send gifts
• Send flirts
• See new members
• See recently online
• Browse by location
• Private photos
• See who’s viewed your profile recently

Safety & Security

The site offers some advanced functions even for basic users. You can prevent your profile from appearing in searches, you can upload private photos and you can block profiles. You must, however, opt out of third-party data-sharing.

ID verification is not available.

Main Competitors

• Milf-Date.com
• DateACougar.com
• Milfberry.com

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