How it works
Meet someone one layer at a time.
Layers is a free dating app. Instead of a whole profile at once, you see one part of a person at a time, with no name and no face, and react to what they actually say.
- Free
- iPhone and Android
- 18 and over
- Beta in Canada
Your profile
Six layers make a profile.
Each layer is one part of who you are. People meet each one on its own, so every part gets a fair hearing.
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Direction
The Compass
Where you’re headed in life, and how you get there.
“I know my path. I want someone to walk it with me.”
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Outlook
The Lens
How you see the world, and how you hold your beliefs.
“We can differ. I just want us to talk.”
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Free time
The Palette
What you love doing when your time is your own.
“Sunday markets, then a film.”
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Work
The Well
Your work, or life beyond it, and what it makes possible.
“I work for the life it builds, not the title.”
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Personality
The Presence
How you are with people, and how you show you care.
“Quiet at first. Then all of me.”
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Photos and basics
The Portrait
Your photos and the basics, like what you’re looking for.
“The long way around the lake.”
Answer each layer with guided choices or in your own words. Quotes are examples.
Step by step
From first layer to first message.
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Build your profile
Fill in all six layers, with guided choices or your own words. Add three to six photos to your Portrait, then publish to start meeting people.
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Explore one layer at a time
In Discovery, you see a single layer from one person, with no name and no face. Photos only ever appear in the Portrait.
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React to what speaks to you
Choose Love, Like, Dislike or Prefer not. Each adds points: Love +2, Like +1, Dislike 0 and Prefer not −1. Love is saved for the five layers beyond the Portrait.
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Meet in Resonance
A person’s layers reach you separately, so you never know which ones belong together. When you’ve each given the other 3 points or more, you meet in Resonance and see who’s behind the layers.
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Explore at your own pace
Resonance shows the layers of theirs you’ve reacted to, and the ones you haven’t met yet. Show interest right away, or explore the rest first. Unmet layers still reach you anonymously in Discovery, even after you show interest, until you match.
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Show interest, then talk
When you’re ready, show interest. It stays private unless they show interest too. Then a chat opens for the two of you.
Why it works this way
There’s more to you than a first glance.
When a whole profile arrives at once, photos tend to decide everything in a second. Here, each layer is met on its own, so a reaction is about what someone says, not whose it is.
And no layer has one right answer. Someone who loves quiet trails and someone who lives for concerts will each find people drawn to them. Layers learns what you respond to in each layer separately, and never gives anyone an overall score.
Read the full storyLooks are one layer of six. They still count, but they can’t make a connection on their own.
Good to know
The short version.
Free
Layers is free to use. No subscriptions.
Private
Your exact location and distance are never shown. Photos appear only in your Portrait, in Resonance and in chats.
Looked after
Photos and answers are checked before they go live. You can report or block anyone, anywhere in the app.
Starting in Toronto
Layers is in an invite-only beta in Canada. Somewhere else in Canada or the US? Join the waitlist.
See it for yourself.
Explore the demo with sample profiles, or join the waitlist for the beta. Layers is free.