Date When
You're Ready
The Transfer Portal is a free dating and community app for singles who want to date with intention. Take the readiness check-in, write through the hard days, and meet verified people when you're ready. A human moderator reviews each member.
Out of a long relationship, divorced, or raising kids on your own, you set the pace here. We're launching in Louisville, Indianapolis and Cincinnati at the same time.
What Other Apps Miss
What other swipe apps do
- Pressure to show up finished
- No understanding of single parents
- Mismatched emotional readiness
- Fake profiles and catfishing
- Shallow, looks-based matching
What The Transfer Portal does instead
- Fresh starts welcome, whatever ended
- A private space to reflect
- Emotional readiness as a signal, never a gate
- Parents list their situation up front
- Pose-verified, human-reviewed profiles
Tools to Heal and Move Forward
Work through the hard days, then connect with people when you're ready.
Expressive Writing
Open the app and you get a short writing prompt. Your writing stays private. No one grades it or replies to it, and you can skip a day when you'd rather not.
A daily practiceEmotional Readiness
Answer 12 questions about where you are in your rebuild, and you'll see people at a similar stage. Your answers shape who you see and never lock you out of anything. How readiness matching works
Reflections
Write what you have learned about yourself. Other members can read your reflections and use them to start a conversation.
Soft Start Mode
Turn on Soft Start when you want fewer swipes. You get 5 swipes a day, plus daily mood check-ins and reflection prompts.
Verified Profiles
Members verify with a pose photo, and a moderator on our team checks it. You know the person in the photos is the person you're talking to.
Parent Profiles
You can say whether you have kids. We use that answer when we pair you, so you can see whether someone has kids before you connect.
Get Started in 3 Steps
Go from your first reflection to your first conversation at your own pace.
Create Your Profile
Add photos and answer a few prompts. Share your parenting situation and what you want from the community.
Get Verified
The pose check takes a minute, and a moderator reviews it.
Heal & Connect
Write when you need to, and connect with people at a similar stage.
Setup takes under 5 minutes
Members You Can Trust
Starting over can leave you feeling exposed. Someone on our team reviews each member before you see them.
Reviewed by Real People
A human moderator reviews each photo and ID submission. Software flags likely fakes, and our team decides.
Pose Verification
Members copy a specific pose on camera so we can confirm their photos are real and recent.
ID Verification
Add government ID verification if you want it.
Report & Block
Block anyone from their profile, and report them if you want our team to look at it.
Privacy Controls
Control who sees your profile and hide your age.
- Pose checkEach member takes a verification photo
- Human reviewA real person reviews each member
- Easy reportingReport anyone from their profile or chat
What Members Say
Excerpts from real reviews on the App Store.
“The app gives you a game plan so you show up confident, not panicking.”
“This seemed like the first app to genuinely get him out of his funk.”
“It asks the kind of questions other apps skip entirely…”
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to the questions people ask us most.
You can take a readiness check-in on The Transfer Portal dating app before you match, and you can write on hard days and keep it to yourself. You get 5 swipes a day in Soft Start, plus daily mood check-ins and reflection prompts. A moderator reviews each profile. You can download the app and use it free.
Divorced and separated members use the app alongside never-married singles and single parents. You can say whether you have kids, and we use that answer when we pair you.
The app's 12-question readiness check-in asks how you're doing emotionally, who supports you, and how clear you feel about what comes next. You see where you stand, and we show you people at a similar stage. You can't fail it, and it never locks you out.
Yes. The free tier includes guided writing, your full profile, photo verification, messaging with matches, and the readiness check-in. A subscription adds unlimited swipes, a list of who liked you, and Spotlight boosts.
You take a selfie copying a specific pose, like a thumbs up. A human moderator reviews it, and your profile gets a verified badge. You can add optional government ID verification too.
Yes. You can see whether a match has kids before you connect, control who sees your profile, and pose verification shows you who you're talking to. You can say you're a parent without posting photos of your kids.
You get a readiness check-in, private guided writing, and Soft Start mode on The Transfer Portal dating app, so you meet people at a similar stage. You can say whether you have kids, and we use that answer when we pair you. It's newer and smaller than the big apps, launching in Louisville, Indianapolis and Cincinnati at the same time.
In the United States for adults 18 and older, on iOS and Android. We're launching in Louisville, Indianapolis and Cincinnati at the same time. Explore Mode lets you widen your radius up to 150 miles.
Local Guides In Your Area
State and city pages cover dating after divorce where you live. The app is for emotionally ready singles: never married, divorced or separated, and single parents.
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Ready to Write Your Next Chapter?
Downloading takes a minute. After that, you set the pace.