Comparison
Pure App vs No Strings Dating: Casual on Your Terms
What the Pure app does, how its expiring chats work and where a casual-first site fits you better.
The Pure app suits people who like chats that expire after 24 hours, and No Strings Dating suits adults who would rather put casual first. Pure adds vanishing photos and a Safety Signal for a trusted contact; we add interest tags like Ready Now and an optional ID check at no charge. Both ask you to pay to chat.
No Strings Dating
Interest tags and daily suggestions, in any browser.
Pure
Write an ad, match, then talk before the 24-hour timer ends.
What happens when the chat disappears?
Picture a Friday night. You match on Pure, trade a few messages and agree to meet on Sunday.
By default, that chat expires after 24 hours with everything shared in it, unless both of you switch the timer off. Photos and videos can vanish after viewing, and a screenshot triggers an alert, though Pure says itself that a second device can still photograph a screen.
For some people that is the whole appeal. For others it means writing down the time and place before Saturday ends.
Where Pure is the better fit
Ads before profiles
You post a personal ad about what you want before seeing anyone else's, and the feed follows your filters and location.
Safety Signal
Pure's terms describe a passcode-protected, time-limited link to your map location for a trusted contact.
A quick badge
The optional Photo Verification badge is a short liveness photo check, under 30 seconds, with no ID needed.
UK age checks
Global Dating Insights reported that Pure began age checks for UK users on 14 October 2025: a face scan, then ID and a selfie if needed.
Pure and No Strings Dating, row by row
| No Strings Dating | Pure | |
|---|---|---|
| Made for | Adults who want casual sex, no strings attached. | Open, honest dating for curious people, in its own words. |
| How a chat starts | Browse members and daily suggestions, then message on a paid plan. | Post your own ad, browse others, then like and match to chat. |
| How you pay | Paid plans, listed on the pricing page. Chatting comes with a subscription. | Downloading costs nothing; weekly, monthly or annual subscriptions let you chat. |
| Where you use it | Any browser, or your home screen. | iPhone and Android apps, plus a browser version, per its own pages. |
| Safety and privacy | Usernames, nearest-town location, optional ID check at no charge, blocking and reporting. | Photo Verification badge, Safety Signal, blurred explicit images, block and report. |
| What to know first | Everyone starts on Classic; chatting comes with a paid subscription. | Chats expire after 24 hours unless both people turn the timer off. |
Where we fit
Where No Strings Dating suits you better
On our site, casual is the starting point rather than a special request.
- Interest tags such as Ready Now, Local Only and Available This Weekend.
- It opens in any browser and can sit on your home screen: see the no strings dating app.
- An optional ID check at no charge, instant blocking, easy reporting and a warning if someone tries to move the chat to another app.
- Human support by chat and messaging, with the safety tools explained.
Make a vanishing chat work for you
Do
- Agree the time and place before the timer ends.
- Give a trusted friend your Safety Signal link.
- Check the store price on the day you subscribe.
Skip
- Trusting vanishing photos completely: a second device can still photograph a screen.
- Reading the badge as proof of identity: it needs no ID.
- Moving to another app because someone insists.
Four checks before you pay any app
- The price
- Pure says prices vary by country and change, so read the store listing on the day.
- Renewal
- Pure's store text describes auto-renewing weekly, monthly and annual plans, so know how to cancel.
- Your data
- Pure's privacy policy says badge holders' biometric data is kept for up to 12 months.
- Support
- Find where you report a problem and whether a person replies.
The Tinder comparison asks similar questions of another app.
The Pure app, answered
What is the Pure app?
Pure is a dating app, on the App Store since 2013, that describes itself as open, honest dating for curious people. You write a personal ad about what you want, browse others' ads, and like and match to open a chat. Downloading costs nothing, but a subscription is needed to chat.
Do Pure chats really disappear?
By default, yes: a chat expires after 24 hours with everything shared in it, unless both people switch the timer off. We found nothing on how long chats stay on Pure's servers, so check its privacy policy if that matters to you.
Does Pure work for hookups?
Pure's own pages do not say either way. Its store text never uses the word hookup, members write ads about the experience they want, and its guidelines ban buying or selling sexual services. If casual is what you want, No Strings Dating's interest tags, such as Short-term Fun, say so for you.
Are Pure app reviews worth reading?
Yes, as one person's experience on one day. Read recent ones and look for comments on billing, cancelling and whether the chat was what the reviewer wanted. We do not quote scores because they change, so check the store listing for current ones.
Put casual first from day one
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