The League Review April 2024

The League lends itself to be quite the exclusive club with its rigorous registration process. Not everybody can get in, only the chosen ones can. The app's intense screening of its members furthermore cements its reputation as the world's most exclusive dating app. Made by the elite for the elite, being approved by The League can also equate to a status symbol. After all, if you are able to get in the private club full of successful people, doesn't that make you one as well? In an app where credentials is a commodity, just how tough is signing up on this site can be?

For starters, you can't bypass the Facebook or LinkedIn step unless you pay a ton of money to be a member. You must link your social media accounts to verify your identity.

Linking these accounts does not automatically mean that you are in. Oh no, you will still be placed on the waitlist. The League assesses your Facebook and LinkedIn accounts to see if you are the right fit for their circle. The more friends and connections you have, the more chances you have of being approved. Your status such as education, profession, and social circle will be scrutinised as well.

Speaking of the waitlist, have we mentioned that in the United States alone, there are over 100,000 people on the waitlist? Yes, this app has an extremely long line of people vying to get in. It almost feels like a competition, almost. You may have the credentials but so do other people. Everyone must get in line or buy their way in.

The League offers steep membership fees where you can skip linking in social media accounts and have your application processed within the same day. 

However, if somehow, the gods of the online dating community have heard your prayer and a member already behind the velvet rope has given you an endorsement, you can be sure to have a slightly easier time getting in.

Think of it this way, if they can pay an exorbitant amount of money for an elite dating app, maybe The League already trusts them enough to make endorsements fit for the club.

Despite all the jazz and the controversies surrounding The League, the main premise of the app is to create perfect matches for career-driven individuals who have no time to deal with people that are less driven than them. They wanted the perfect partners who would understand their drive, passion, and ambition with the intelligence to match. As Bradford would say, this app is created to match power couples.

With that in mind, the app has been made to be particularly selective in order to provide driven individuals with equally or even more passionate partners. With their rigorous vetting process, only a few are granted access which ultimately leads to a lesser number of members to be matched with.

You will only get a limited number of matches per day. If these few matches do not suit your preference, you can opt to purchase League Tickets. How do these tickets work? These tickets speed up the entire matching process by providing you with an extra batch of prospects to scout. 

To further optimise your League experience, you can opt to become a member by paying the membership fees. To have more daily matches and see read receipts, you must pay the price of being a League Member or a League Owner. Being a member or an owner grants you access to the app's special features such as ticket allotment, VIP passes, etc.

Joining League Groups is also a highlight feature. A League Group is where the elites go to gather and chill out. They can interact within these groups, arrange a hang, and meet in real life. Events are commonly organised within these groups.

One of the famous groups on this site is the one made by the CEO, Bradford, herself. She created a group where women can talk, share opinions, and knowledge on freezing their eggs. Since some of the hot topics usually thrown at successful and ambitious women professionals are choosing between love and career, and outrunning the biological clock,  this is a space where women can comfortably talk about their opinions regarding those matters.

The most common League Groups are named, “Nantucketers,” “Hamptons Crew,” “Brunch Lovers,” “Golf Buddies,” “Yacht Week,” and “World Travelers & Road Warriors,” which more or less says about what kind of people hang around here.

If these features entice you and the accompanying price tags are reasonable enough for your pockets, investing in this app can surely make the League experience all the more enjoyable. 

If against all odds you had been deemed fit to enter The League, it is now time to build your profile. Aside from the photos on your social media accounts, you may upload up to six photos on your profile. Having HD, studio-quality photos is a must in this dating app. Say goodbye to blurry, pixelated selfies and get ready for photos taken by iPhone and DSLR cameras. After all, it poses as the Harvard of dating apps; thus requiring only the best for the best. 

The information a standard League profile asks is the same as that of any dating site. You can fill out basic information such as height, ethnicity, location, religion, and interests. Writing a short bio for a more personal touch is highly recommended, too.

However, one issue this dating app can't seem to shake off is it requiring the members to submit their ethnicity as part of profile information. Yes, you heard that right. Ethnicity must be disclosed. For a dating app that supposedly views the online dating community through a feminist lens, having ethnicity as mandatory information can be a few steps backward, rather than forward. But more on that tight spot later. 

To protect its members from fakes and scams, the app enforces a tight security that's quite difficult to bypass. You must link your Facebook and LinkedIn accounts where your education and profession information will be assessed. This also works as prevention from lying about personal information. To edit or hide your job, you must upgrade to become a League Member and pay a monthly fee.