If you are 50 years of age or older, navigating the world of online dating can be frustrating. Finding and settling on a site that offers you the wealth of features found on modern dating sites while catering to your specific age demographic can be harder than it sounds. SeniorPeopleMeet.com is a dating site that attempts to fill that role.

Relying solely on the claims that it makes in its marketing material, it looks promising. How does it perform in real life, however? The results of our SeniorPeopleMeet review will provide you with the insight you need to determine if it is a dating site worth your time.

SeniorPeopleMeet Review Results Popularity - 68

Value - 65

Features - 62

Quality of Members - 64

Safety - 73

Customer Satisfaction - 71 67 Final Word on SeniorPeopleMeet In our opinion, SeniorPeopleMeet offers the right mix of functionality and ease of use for its target demographic. We believe that most seniors seeking to find a partner for friendship or a long-term relationship will find it useful. Our only concern with the site is that it is top-heavy in the under-65 segment. True seniors, those over 65, may find the number of members in their own age group too lean to make it worth their while. Overall, we rate SeniorPeopleMeet as GOOD.

— Pros and Cons —

Pros

Senior-friendly user interface

300,000 unique visitors per month

Cons

Communication features require a paid membership

The 65+ segment is under-represented

Cost of membership may be too high for limited incomes

— In-Depth SeniorPeopleMeet Review —

Fifty is the new thirty, sixty is the new forty — in our modern society age is becoming less of an issue when it comes to experiencing life to its fullest. This is especially true when it comes to the world of dating — online dating to be exact.

Seniors represent one of the fastest growing groups for the online dating industry. Unfortunately, dating sites focused on a general audience often don’t tend to the specific needs of seniors. Most dating sites believe that by adding an option for “50+” on the “age” section of their registration menu they are being sufficiently accommodating.

If you are fifty years of age or older you know that it requires much more effort than that. SeniorPeopleMeet is a dating site that promotes itself as being in tune with the needs of mature singles. They make it a point to stress how the site’s navigation and features are designed to be easy to use — even for those who are not tech savvy.

Usability, of course, is important. So too, however, are the results that can be realistically obtained on the site. We tested SeniorPeopleMeet from the perspective of mature singles. We wanted to ascertain how useful it would really be to a senior in search of a partner.

— Available Platforms —

SeniorPeopleMeet is available solely for desktop browsers. While for a general audience dating site this would normally be a negative — for a site targeting seniors, it’s not a bad idea.

You must think of it this way. Using a dating site requires constant engagement. A mobile app, while convenient for portability, is not practical to an audience consisting of older adults. The small screen of the device, coupled with potential health conditions associated with the articulation of the fingers, could make using an app inconvenient. In that regard, we do not fault SeniorPeopleMeet for being a desktop-only site.

— Registration Process —

The registration process for SeniorPeopleMeet is highly intuitive. There are no confusing elements during registration. This is especially important when your target audience is not too comfortable with technology.

The basic information required for a new account is the registrant’s name, valid email, eye color, height, ethnicity, body type, marital status, children, smoking and drinking habits, location, and date of birth. All of these questions appear on the registrant’s screen one by one in a large and easy to read font. There is no room for confusion.

There are also three sections titled “A little about me,” “About the one I’m looking for,” and “I’d just like to add.” These sections are intended for the registrant to write freely and descriptively about those topics. The sections are not obligatory. In our opinion, they offer an excellent way for seniors to express their personality and what they are looking for in a style that they are more accustomed to. In other words, they can use their own words to personalize their profile. They don’t have to rely on endless drop-down menus.

We would rate the registration process as having a strong passing grade from a senior’s perspective.

— Membership Base —

SeniorPeopleMeet receives approximately 300,000 unique visitors per month. The majority of these are from the United States and Canada. Nearly three-quarters of the membership is in the 50-65 age range.

— Search —

Using a dating site’s search engine can be one of the most frustrating parts of being on a dating site. They can be needlessly complex or dysfunctionally simplistic.

SeniorPeopleMeet is able to strike a gentle balance between ease of use and robustness in its search engine. Seniors preferring a simple search can do so. These require a minimum amount of parameter input. They can even conduct searches without any filtering parameters. In those cases, the site will utilize the information from their profile to return the best matches.

This does not mean that those seniors wanting to conduct more detailed searches cannot do so. On the left-hand column, there is a section that can be used to customize searches by such parameters as relationship expectations, zodiac sign, children, religion, who’s currently online, who likes your images, and who has liked your profile.

This range of functionality for SeniorPeopleMeet’s search engine makes it ideal for your 50-something recently divorced uncle, as well as for your widowed 70-something grandmother.

— Cost —

While some seniors are financially well-off in their retirement years, others must survive on a limited income. SeniorPeopleMeet offers a free and paid version.

The free version allows members to create a profile, upload images, upload audio greetings, and conduct searches. It, however, does not allow members to respond to email or instant chat communications. It also does not allow members to view videos that others have posted on their profiles.

In order to have access to the full functionality of SeniorPeopleMeet, a paid upgrade is required. This has a cost of $29.99 per month. Users also have the option of paying for a six-month membership for a total of $90.