Is Taimi safe?

What is Taimi?

Broad LGBTQ+ dating and social app combining swipe-style dating, a social feed, and community/networking features; positions itself as one of the larger "all-identities-welcome" platforms.

Category: General LGBTQ+ (explicitly inclusive across the full spectrum)

Safety rating: Strong

Only app in this category where every profile is stated to be verified (photo/video) as standard, with a dedicated public safety page and concrete discretion features — default screenshot protection, incognito mode, match-gated photo reveal. Not top tier only because no government-ID verification or named background-check partner is disclosed, and reviews still report some bots getting through.

Ratings are qualitative (Strong, Moderate or Basic) and based only on safety features we could verify from the app’s own help pages and reputable reporting. How we rate apps.

Taimi safety features

• Mandatory photo/video verification ("Taimi Protect") on every profile
• Screenshot protection enabled by default in chats
• Incognito mode
• Photo blur until mutual match
• "Private Cards" — permission-gated media sharing
• Published community standards + "Your Safety Matters" page
• 24/7 live chat support
• No disclosed government ID verification or background-check partnership

A red cross marks a feature that has ended, is missing or could not be confirmed.

Features and pricing

• Free: browsing, basic matching, limited messaging
• Premium (3 tiers, ~$5-42/mo depending on term): unlimited messaging, video chat, boosts, filters, who-liked-you, incognito
• Social feed / community networking alongside dating

How to report a scammer or harassment on Taimi

Report the profile inside the app first, then use Taimi’s own help and safety pages:

• taimi.com/your-safety-matters/
• [email protected]

Screenshot the profile and messages before you block or unmatch, because the conversation may disappear. If you have lost money, contact your bank straight away and report it to the police or national fraud service listed on this page.

Staying safer on Taimi

• Use Taimi’s verification and give more weight to verified matches. Verification confirms a face matches the photos; it says nothing about intentions.
• Keep the conversation in the app until you have met. Scammers push early for WhatsApp, Telegram or text because the app can no longer see or moderate the chat.
• Ask for a live video call before meeting. Repeated excuses, a camera that never works or a face that looks off are all reasons to stop.
• Be alert to meet-up robbery setups: insist on a public first meeting and be wary of a match who will only meet at a private address.
• Never send money, crypto, gift cards or a verification code to someone you have only met online, whatever the story.
• Meet somewhere busy and public, arrange your own travel and tell a friend where you will be.

Scams to watch for

Meet-up robbery setups

Criminals use fake profiles to arrange a date at a private home, quiet park or isolated spot.

Sextortion and image blackmail

The criminal poses as an attractive person (often a young woman) on a dating app, social media or game, flirts quickly, and persuades the target to exchange nude images or join an intimate video call that is secretly recorded.

Fake ‘safety ID’ verification links

Soon after matching, the scammer moves the chat to an encrypted messenger and says that, for their safety, you must 'verify' on a third-party website before meeting.

Catfishing and impersonation

Scammers build profiles from photos stolen from real people – often soldiers, professionals or celebrities – and invent a life that explains why they cannot meet: deployed overseas, working on an oil rig, with an international organisation, or too famous.

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