Is Thursday safe?

What is Thursday?

London-founded app built around scarcity — originally usable only on Thursdays, to push toward real-world meetups; also runs ticketed in-person singles events across UK, US, Canada (Toronto), Australia, Ireland, Sweden (60+ cities). Genuinely small (~10,000 members per independent review) next to mainstream apps; went through a rocky patch (2025 closure reports) before recovering.

Category: "Anti-swipe" app + in-person singles events (UK-founded) · Most popular in: US/UK/Canada/Australia

Safety rating: Moderate

Mandatory government-ID verification is a genuinely stronger baseline than most casual apps, and a one-strike report-to-ban policy is aggressive — but an independent review scored its real-world user-reported "Safety Score" at only 39.1/100, a real gap between stated policy and lived experience worth flagging directly.

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.

Thursday safety features

• Mandatory government ID/passport/driving-licence verification at signup
• One-report-and-you're-banned policy
• Full precise location never revealed to other users
• Stated encryption; states it does not sell user data
• Dedicated "Issue at an Event" incident channel for in-person events (harassment, assault, discrimination)
• ID required at door for age-restricted (30+) events
• ⚠ Independent review: 39.1/100 user-reported safety score, well below the app's own stated protections

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

Features and pricing

• Weekly-cadence release model (historically Thursday-only, since expanded); ticketed in-person events layered onto the app

How to report a scammer or harassment on Thursday

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

• thursday.com/issue-at-an-event (routes to [email protected] per third-party reporting, not independently page-confirmed)

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 Thursday

• Use Thursday’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.
• 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

Pig butchering

A friendly or flirtatious contact – often on a dating app, social media or a 'wrong number' text – builds a relationship and casually mentions success trading crypto, gold or forex as a 'side job'.

Romance scams

A scammer builds an online relationship using a fake or borrowed identity, often over weeks or months, and invests heavily in attention and affection.

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.

“Send me the code” account takeovers

A match says they want to 'make sure you are real' and asks for your phone number, then sends you a six-digit code and asks you to read it back.

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