The League Review December 2024

Dive into The League this Christmas for elite dating opportunities worldwide.
236,000 Members
 52 % ♀ 
 48 % ♂ 
Good For:
4 / 5
3 / 5
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Success Rate:
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38 / 10
33 / 10
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Age Distribution:
18-24
25-34
35-49
50+

The League in 10 seconds

  • Designed for successful individuals who value traits like ambition and intelligence above anything else
  • Promises to provide compatible and efficient prospects without jeopardizing the users' dating standards
  • Has an advanced screening and monitoring system that keeps the app's community well-balanced and highly-engaged
  • All profiles are real and authenticated
  • The League expanded their age requirement to include singles over the age of 40
  • Has a growing number of population across the globe
  • Has a tedious verification process that lasts for days and even months
  • The League has expensive premium membership - Learn more here
  • You can use The League for free
  • Pricing starts at £89.99 / Credit - More Information
Chris Pleines, Author at Datingscout.co.uk
Chris Pleines
Founder of Datingscout and Author of the book "Online Dating for Dummies"
The League does not project itself as a dating app for the common folk. No, it is targeted for the higher tier of society with a huge emphasis on education and profession.

Who is The League for and not for?

  • If you're looking for singles with heavily academic backgrounds
  • For people looking for serious relationships and deep commitments
  • For singles who want to find their intellectually compatible partners in life
  • If you're searching for erotic adventures and casual encounters
  • Singles who are into casual flirting
  • Not for singles who don't earn enough
  • Not for people who don't have strong academic backgrounds and achievements
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The League Pros & Cons

  • Users get to attend exclusive networking events hosted by the app
  • Facebook and LinkedIn connections are automatically filtered out, reducing the chances of meeting familiar people
  • All members are real and heavily vetted with great academic backgrounds and achievements
  • Has higher rates compared to other dating apps
  • Because the app is too exclusive, the user pool tends to be much smaller than more mainstream dating apps
  • Profile verification takes time

How does The League work?

how it works
  • Users can download the app for free from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store
  • Registration is free but new users are placed on a waitlist while the app's team verifies their account
  • The waitlist can take up to 24 hours or even weeks, some don't even get in
  • Users can have their account approval expedited by availing of premium membership or by referring a friend
  • Members get potential matches based on dating information or they can search for possible profiles based on their dating preferences

The League is available for both iOs and Android users for free. Users can register by linking their Facebook accounts or LinkedIn profiles. 

The Registration is free but new members are placed on a global waitlist while the app's moderators manually filter and verify their accounts. Since The League only accepts members with excellent academic and professional backgrounds, the pool of members is smaller than other dating apps. 

The approval can take up to 24 hours or weeks, some don't even get in at all. However, users can have their profiles expedited by availing of the app's premium plans or by referring a friend. 

Approved members get limited matches per day or they can search for other profiles based on their interests. 

How much does The League cost?

Can you try The League for free?

  • You can use or try the service for free.
  • All members can send messages for free
  • You can read the first messages in your inbox for free

Is The League expensive or cheap?

In comparison to other providers The League is in the upper midfield.

Duration / Credits / CoinsCostsTotal
League Tickets
5 Credits4.40 GBP / Credit21.99 GBP
Monthly Dues
1 Month89.99 GBP / Month89.99 GBP
cost
Free Features
  • Search and browse profiles
  • Create a photo profile
  • Send friend requests
  • Create a photo profile
Premium Features
  • League Tickets
    ?
    League Tickets speed up the matching process.
  • Expedited entry
  • VIP Passes
  • Profile customisation
  • Priority help and support
  • Advanced matching and searching

Additional In-App Purchases:

  • Extra Prospects: 5.99 GBP
  • Additional Prospects: 8.99 GBP
  • League Time Out: 0.89 GBP
  • Profile Boost: 21.99 GBP
  • 15 League Tickets: 54.99 GBP
  • 15 League Tickets: 59.99 GBP
  • Extra Batch of Prospects: 34.99 GBP
  • 5 League Tickets: 18.99 GBP

Take note: 

Members who get successful matches can start messaging each other. Paying members receive League tickets to boost their profiles, expedited profile approval, VIP passes to group events, customize their profiles, get priority help and support, and advances matching and search options.

How can I delete my The League account and cancel my subscription?

Please find more information here

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Who is signed up on The League?

Members
236,000 from United Kingdom
Members activity
100,000 active weekly
Gender Proportion
52 %
48 %
  • There is slightly more women than men
  • Most of the members come from the younger age groups
  • Most members are from the United States
  • Most members are straight singles
  • Members mostly have distinguished careers and educational background

Members are quite particular about their career and education backgrounds at The League. Mostly, a member's popularity will depend on these information.

Most of the members are from the United States, but there are also significant membership coming from the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, France, Germany, and Austrial 

The population is mostly on the younger side, but there is membership across all age groups. There is only a slight  difference between the number of females to males as women make up 52 percent of the site membership.

Females
Males

The League Age Range and Age Distribution

  • 18-24
  • 25-34
  • 35-44
  • 45-54
  • 55+

New members at The League in December 2024 in comparison

Here you can see how membership figures at The League are developing compared to others

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The League in Detail

  • Reading time 16 minutes
  • Lots of insider information for more success

How to Sign Up for The League

signup
  • You must be at least 18 years old to sign up
  • You can sign up using your username and password
  • You can sign up with your phone number
  • You can sign up with Facebook
  • You must sign up to browse The League

To sign up, download the The League app. The app is available on iOS and Android. To complete the registration, provide all required information.

Required Information on Signup
  • Name
  • Date Of Birth
  • Location
  • Your Relationship Status
  • Ideal Partner's Gender
  • Ideal Partner's Appearance
  • Your Gender
  • Your Physical Traits
  • Questionnaire about you
  • Questionnaire about your ideal partner
  • Profile Picture
Optional Information on Signup
  • Your Ethnicity
  • Greeting/Profile Bio

The League does not offer an account verification process.

Making Contact on The League

contacting
  • You will only get a limited number of matches per day
  • Use search filters to narrow down your matches to your preference
  • There are League Groups where you can meet friends you can hang out with in real life
  • You can purchase League Tickets to get more matches and speed up the process
  • Female members outnumber men with 2:1 ratio
  • You can turn on mobile notifications for new matches & messages
  • All members can send messages for free
  • There is a chatroom

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 optimize 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 organized 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. 

The League Profile Quality

profile quality
  • HD photos increase your chances of getting approved
  • The app automatically syncs in employment and education information from linked social media accounts
  • Editing or hiding your job is only available for League Members
  • You can upload up to six photos
  • Tight security is enforced in the app to avoid fake accounts and scams
  • Profile pictures are visible to everyone for free

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 backwards, rather than forward. But more on that tight spot later. 

To protect its members from fakes and scams, the app enforces 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.

The League App

The League Mobile App
  • Available on iOS and Android
  • Has a neat, sleek, and organized design layout
  • Targeted for young professionals
  • Over 100,000 downloads worldwide

The app with its high price point definitely does not disappoint. It looks clean, pristine, and expensive. Looking like the MVP of all dating apps out there, The League blows out its competition out the water with its sleek, minimalist design and usage of turquoise, black, white, and gold tones. The fonts used are elegant but still neat. Every button is streamlined to be organized and make the user experience far simpler and intuitive. With over 100,000 downloads, the mobile app is available in both Android and iOS. It is free to download. 

Special Features

League Tickets

With the limited number of members, prospective matches can also be scarce. To fully maximise the matching services this site offers, you may purchase League Tickets to broaden your selections amongst the cream of the crop, the brightest among the brightest. Although this feature also comes with a steep price tag, the tickets can really help you find and select a suitable partner for yourself. 

Of course, after the careful vetting of its members--nothing but the best and the brightest for The League--the tearful parting of ways between your wallet and your money, unfortunately, does not end there. You still have to pay to become a member. Upgrading to League Membership entitles you to perks such as being granted free League Tickets, VIP passes, and read receipts.

League Owner

If after all that, you still have enough cash to burn and invest in this exclusive app, you can even upgrade to League Ownership. What does that entitle you to? For a higher price, you get to have access to all membership perks plus expedited entry, daily stats, read receipts, access to groups, and VIP passes.

The League's business model runs on the premium model where they create awesome features. The only catch is, these features will cost you. In a way, these features further strengthen the "eliteness" of this app. Only if you are willing to pay and have the right credentials will you be let in The League. 

League Groups

Aiming to foster the feeling of community within this very small circle, The League had created groups wherein their members can form "clubs," talk about their interests, or join in on the conversation about topical things such as stocks, hobbies, and other indulgences.

How can I delete my The League account and cancel my subscription?

Uninstalling the app will not cancel your subscription.

How can you cancel your Subscription?

  • You can cancel with customer support
  • You can cancel by managing your app store subscription

Will your subscription automatically renew?

  • Yes, your The League subscription will automatically renew. The notice period for opting out of automatic renewal is 1 Day.

Is there a money back guarantee and do you get refunded the full amount?

  • Usually you will not get back the full amount, it will be reduced by the time or credits you used for The League.

The League FAQ

Facts

Who founded The League?

Amanda Bradford founded the mobile app. Launched in 2015, The League was born due to Bradford's frustrations over her own online dating experience.

Is my Facebook username and password safe with this app?

Facebook does not give The League access to your username and password so there is no risk to you. Facebook has a feature called Facebook Connect that lets you use your Facebook profile to login/logout of the dating app without it ever knowing your user credentials. Thus, the app does not have access nor does it store your username and password.

Why is my LinkedIn login also needed?

The League uses LinkedIn to block you from your coworkers (as self-identified on LinkedIn as ‘currently’ working for the same company). They also use it to show your mutual connections, build your profile, and check if the users are who they claim they are. The app doesn’t have access to any of your contacts nor their email addresses. The app won't email or notify any of your coworkers that you’ve signed up for the dating app.

Will my Facebook friends be notified that I'm using The League?

No, your friends will not be notified. The League is designed to cater to people who want privacy and control over who can view their dating profiles. The app won't notify your friends or post on your timeline.

Where can I download The League app?

It is available on Google Play and Apple's App Store. You can download it for free.

What are the perks of League Ownership?

League Ownership entitles you to access to more special features currently being offered by The League. For a higher price, you get to have access to all membership perks plus expedited entry, daily stats, read receipts, groups, and VIP passes.

Does the app have access to my LinkedIn contacts' information?

No. The League only stores your contacts’ names and unique IDs so that they can show them as mutual friends and also block them from you in their matching algorithm. The app does not collect any email address nor can it notify your contacts in any way.

What is the average age of users on The League?

The average age of The League users is between 30-38 years. You can find more information here

Usability

Is my Facebook username and password safe with this app?

Facebook does not give The League access to your username and password so there is no risk to you. Facebook has a feature called Facebook Connect that lets you use your Facebook profile to login/logout of the dating app without it ever knowing your user credentials. Thus, the app does not have access nor does it store your username and password.

Is my LinkedIn username and password safe with The League?

LinkedIn does not give the app access to your username and password so there is no risk to you. LinkedIn provides a portal that allows you to link your profile without the app ever knowing your user credentials. Thus, The League does not have access to your username and password.

Is my Facebook and LinkedIn data safe with the app?

Yes, The League's servers are securely hosted by a top database provider that large Fortune-100 companies trust with their customers’ data. 

Why do I only have two matches a day?

To increase the number of potential matches per day, you can opt to buy League Tickets. These tickets will give you more matches and options to choose from. 

How can I upgrade my account?

To upgrade to a member, open The League app and go to Settings > Account Type > Upgrade.

Why does it need so many Facebook permissions?

The League needs photos to create your profile. Other information like current city, hometown, likes, interests, and education are things the app uses to match you more effectively but it can only get this information if you grant the permissions on Facebook. 

Can I browse The League without an account?

No, you cannot browse profiles on The League without signing up.

What is needed to open a The League account?

To open a The League account, download the The League App on your iOS or Android device. To complete the registration, provide all required information:
  • Name
  • Date of Birth
  • Location
  • User's Relationship Status
  • Partner's Gender
  • Partner's Appearance
  • User's Gender
  • User's Physical Appearance
  • Personal Questionnaire required on signup
  • Ideal Partner Questionnaire
  • Profile picture upload

Security

Can I skip Facebook verification?

Yes, you can skip Facebook verification in The League but you must upgrade to become a member in order to do so. Depending on your membership type, your profile can still be placed on the long waiting list. You must spend on higher membership plans to have your account reviewed on the same day.

Can people on LinkedIn see that I'm using The League?

No. As mentioned above, the app does not have access to your contacts. The League's core tenet is helping their users keep their work life and personal life separate.

Does The League sell your data?

No, The League does not sell your data.

Was The League hacked in the past?

No, The League was never hacked.

How accurately does The League track your location?

The League tracks your approximate location.

Do your The League profile pictures or profile information appear in Google Search Results?

No, your The League photos and personal information will not appear in Google Search Results.

Who can view your pictures on The League?

All The League users can view your pictures.

Is your phone number required for signing up at The League?

No, you don't need a phone number to sign up on The League.

Can you erase your personal data on The League?

Yes, The League provides an option for users to erase their data.

How can I delete my The League account and cancel my subscription?

Costs

Can you try The League for free?

How much does The League cost?

The League typically costs between 21.99 GBP and 89.99 GBP. Compared to other dating services, The League's membership costs is in the upper midfield. You can find more information here

How much does it cost to sign up on The League?

You can sign up for The League for free, but to use its premium features you must upgrade. You can find more information here

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Final Results table

Signing Up: 3.0 / 5
Making Contact: 3.0 / 5
Profile Quality: 3.0 / 5
App: 3.0 / 5

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