Frequently asked questions

Upload a profile photo and take a selfie. We check that the photo is really you and estimate your age. Between 18 and 21 we also require an ID, which we don't store. We never publish the selfie or the ID. Verification is done by Didit, a European company that verifies people for banks too. Men and women are verified the same way.

You won't show up on Google. Profiles live only inside the app — they're not public and search engines don't index them. Your full profile is visible only to verified members; accounts that haven't verified yet see just an anonymous blurred card — no name, no exact age, no photo. And the photo is your call: either all verified men see it, or it stays hidden and only the man you pick gets to see it. You can use a nickname, and we never show surnames.

Aperko is new. We started in Prague and Bratislava and are opening more cities step by step. The easiest thing is to look for yourself: sign up, get verified and see who's there. Whoever is free today has a green tag. Once you say “I'm free today” too, you can pick from them. At 10:00 and 16:00 we'll message you on WhatsApp with how many men are free today. And if you know in advance when you're free, you can plan the whole week.

Aperko is operated by Skyward Capital s. r. o., company ID 52214923. We're not an anonymous project: our terms and privacy policy are public. You can write to info@aperko.com — a human answers.

During the day you say you have time to meet today. You see men in your city; whoever is free today has a green tag. You pick and ask him one question. If he wants to meet you, he answers with a short video and asks you something in it. You reply with your own video. Then he suggests up to three times, day, time and venue, and you pick one or suggest your own. He books the table. You can meet today. No weeks of texting.

Nothing is lost. If she picked you, you agree on a time on another day. You have a week.

Yes. Aperko costs you nothing — not to sign up, not to choose, not to arrange the meeting. The service is paid for by men, through credits. What you order once you're at the table is between the two of you; that part isn't ours.

No. It only means "I'd be up for meeting someone today". Whether you pick anyone is entirely up to you, and picking nobody is a perfectly normal outcome. You can cancel it at any time.

You choose. Men can show interest, but the first move is always yours; a man can't approach you. Before you decide, you ask him a question, he answers with a video and you reply with yours. So you don't decide by a photo and two sentences, but by who you see and hear.

That's your call. Either your photo is visible to all verified men, or you keep it hidden — then they see everything else (age, neighbourhood, interests, a few lines about you) and only the man you choose gets to see the photo. You can switch this any time in your profile.

Then you leave. You owe nobody an explanation and nothing happens afterwards. Meeting in a public place is partly so that you can get up and go whenever you want. During the meeting you'll get an "are you OK?" message — if you don't reply, we notify the contact you chose beforehand. In an emergency, always call 112.

You report him directly in the app from his profile and we look into it. After every meeting both sides also briefly rate how it went; we read those ratings and restrict or close accounts based on them. Not respecting a "no", or offering money for sex, means the account is gone without a warning.

Always in a public place, in cafés and bars in the city centre that are in our catalogue. Never at someone's home. The man suggests up to three times from our list, you pick one or suggest your own. He books the table under his name. One tap sends the time and place to a friend. The full list of venues is on the Venues page.

Because we'd go on a date there ourselves. It isn't a list pulled off a map — we've been to every one of them in person, and we judge them all by the same things: you can actually talk without shouting over the music, you sit at a table rather than at the bar, you can arrive on your own without feeling odd, the place is visible from the street, you can get there by public transport, and nothing surprises you on the bill. No cellars, no private rooms, no clubs. If a place stops fitting, we drop it — and if you didn't feel good somewhere, write to info@aperko.com. The full list, including a map, is on the Venues page.

Your profile is visible to men inside the app — and only to them; women never see other women's profiles. Men who haven't verified yet see just an anonymous blurred card, with no name, no exact age and no photo. Verified men see your profile, but your photo only if you decide so — otherwise it stays hidden until the man you pick. Your profile isn't on the public internet and search engines can't find it.

Only the man you're replying to. Nobody else, not even other men in the app. The video isn't public, can't be downloaded, and after the meeting, or when the request ends, we delete it within 24 hours. It's seen by the one person you picked yourself and who was verified the same way as you.

You top up credits in advance: first meeting for 7.90 €, then 1 credit for 27.90 €, 3 credits for 64.90 € and 5 credits for 99.90 €. A credit is deducted once the meeting is set, i.e. when she has picked a time. If you don't have one at that moment, you can buy it within 3 hours for a today's time, otherwise within 12 hours. You get the credit back if she doesn't show or cancels the meeting. If you cancel a set meeting, the credit is forfeited; you have 15 minutes to undo a mistake. You don't pay for browsing, for interest or for the video. Credits never expire.

At a speed dating event you get ten four-minute conversations. Here you get one evening with someone who chose you — and the meeting is confirmed, not just possible. On top of that, the credit is only deducted once you've agreed to meet — and it comes back if she cancels or doesn't show.

24 hours for each step: the video, the time suggestions and her pick. Then the request ends and you can both keep looking. She has to pick a today's time at least 2 hours before it starts, a time on another day by 21:00 the evening before.

A credit is access to the Aperko service — matching, coordination and the safety layer. It is not a payment for a particular person, and no money ever moves between users.

It depends on whose side it failed. If she cancels or doesn't turn up, the credit goes straight back into your wallet and you can use it again. If you cancel a confirmed meeting yourself, the credit is forfeited — you have 15 minutes to undo a mistake.

A photo and a few sentences about yourself. When a woman picks you, she asks you one question and you answer with a short video in which you ask her something. She replies with her own video. Everyone goes through this, which is why you won't run into people who only came to swipe.

You pay nothing; a credit is deducted only once a meeting is set. The woman chooses, and sometimes she picks nobody; that's part of it. What helps most is a current photo, a few honest sentences about yourself, and saying “I'm free today” only on days you can really go out.

Credits never expire, so there is nothing to chase. We refund unused paid credits when you close your account. If you're excluded for a serious breach of the rules, we may reasonably reduce the refund. The terms of service are binding; you'll find them in the footer.

Your profile is visible to women inside the app, including those who haven't verified yet. Men never see other men's profiles, your profile isn't on the public internet, and search engines can't find it. And if you'd rather not be visible to women who haven't verified yet, you can switch that off in settings — we point the option out the first time you log in.

The venue is chosen only from the list we publish on the Venues page, where we've been in person. You suggest it, she picks. You book the table yourself, under your name, so you talk to the venue before you even get there. Both sides went through the same photo and selfie verification, so there's no anonymous account on the other side, and no payment flows between users here. If you move somewhere else during the meeting, you're beyond what we can influence; the same caution applies there as anywhere.

Only the woman you're replying to. The video isn't public, can't be downloaded, and after the meeting, or when the request ends, we delete it within 24 hours.

We keep only what's necessary: location at neighbourhood level, no surnames, no IDs. Videos are deleted within 24 hours after the meeting or after the request ends. You can delete your account and your data at any time directly in the app. The Privacy Policy describes it in detail.

Your selfie goes to the verification provider (Didit), who compares it with your profile photo and estimates your age. On our side only the Aperko team sees it, during a manual check; it never goes into your profile and we delete it with your account. The provider deletes it within a month. How they handle it is described in their privacy policy. What we store is described in our Privacy Policy.

With your phone number and a one-time code sent to WhatsApp. No password. Other users never see your number.

You leave — that's exactly why you meet in a public place. If you turn on sharing with a friend before the meeting, she knows where and with whom you are during the evening, and you have an SOS button: one tap alerts her and us. After the meeting starts we also ask "are you OK?" — if you don't reply, your friend gets a prompt. In an emergency, always call 112.