Christian Cafe Review October 2020

When you use Christian Cafe’s mobile app to create an account, your mobile browser will automatically start up as you will be redirected to the app’s mobile website. Christian Cafe’s mobile app is only available to download for iOS users. The version for Android has undergone a redesign and is set to launch next year.

The mobile app does not have the ‘Forum’ and ’Prayer’ features. It only has the search and messaging features. On the home page, you are presented with a membership offer on the very top of the page if you are a free member. Under this section are announcements or unread messages. At the very bottom, ‘Highlighted Members’ are listed in a linear layout.

As a devout Christian, I want my partner to share the same beliefs and faith as me. And in the Land of the Free, it’s kind of hard to find someone who is a devout Christian at a random place. Which is why when my buddy at Church told me about Christian Cafe and how he’d gone on dates with the women he met through the website, I immediately checked it out. I signed up for the free trial and had the pleasure of experiencing premium perks for 10 days. Now I have a 2-week membership and thinking of upgrading to 6-months membership as soon as it ends. I’m truly having an enjoyable time, and the fellowship in the site makes me feel like I belong to a community who I can turn to at any time I need. It’s funny cause I initially signed up for Christian Cafe in the hopes of getting a Christian woman, but I received fellowship instead, and I couldn’t be happier about how it all turned out. Also, I have a date tomorrow night with a woman I met through the site. We’ve been talking for 2 weeks now, and I hope it’ll go well. I have high hopes. I’m thankful for the site because I don’t feel lonely anymore. - Jason, 29

Design and Usability

The design of Christian Cafe is old-fashioned, yet this might be because the website wants to be simple. It is plain and simple maybe because it wants to cater to Christian singles of all ages. It could be designed a whole lot better. The design sticks to the colours of white, gray, and brown. There is no colour play as to put emphasis to some details found on a page.

All the features of the website can be found on the header menu, with tabs having drop-down menus for its more specific feature pages. The ‘Online’ page displays all users who are online in a linear layout, which can make browsing a bit demanding. On the ‘Search’ page, you have to set your query first before you can see suggested members, which will also be shown in a linear display. Even the profile information is presented in a linear arrangement, causing a lot of white spaces on the page.

When it comes to usability, all buttons are somewhat accessible on the page. Navigation needs time in getting used to.

Christian Cafe offers these special features on their site:

This feature provides a platform for members to open and participate in relevant discussions.

This feature allows all members to post a prayer that they wish to share with the community. Members can read all published prayers.

This feature enables you to see if your messages sent to another member was already read.

This feature lists the members who have viewed your profile.

This is Christian Cafe’s personal blog where they publish articles related to Christianity and dating.

This is a page on the website where you can buy another member a premium membership. You just need to put his or her username and proceed with the checkout.

This is a page where Christian Cafe shares bits and pieces of advice about dating.

This is a page where testimonials of people who found love through Christian Cafe are published.