Is Woo safe?

What is Woo?

Operated by DoubleYou Technologies (Gurugram); differentiates on privacy-by-design for women — withholds full name/number/location from other users by default and offers anonymous in-app calling, explicitly marketed as a response to stalking concerns on other apps. Distinct from the unrelated "WooPlus" plus-size app.

Category: Women-first dating app, India-specific (Asia) · Most popular in: Rest of World

Safety rating: Strong

The "keep women's identity concealed unless they choose to reveal it" design is a structurally stronger default than most apps that only offer optional privacy toggles.

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.

Woo safety features

• Woo Phone: in-app calling without revealing real phone number
• Woo Secret: name/number/location hidden from other users by default
• Woo Hide: incognito browsing mode
• Women's names shown only as initials to prevent social-media stalking

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

Features and pricing

• Swipe/match, chat, verified profile badges, 24/7 in-app chat support

How to report a scammer or harassment on Woo

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

• getwooapp.com/contact-us.html
• [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 Woo

• Our research did not find a photo-verification feature on Woo, so reverse-image-search a match’s photos before you invest time in them.
• 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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