AdultMatchMaker review

Is AdultMatchMaker Legit or Just Loud?

Here's what actually earns AdultMatchMaker some respect from me. It was one of the first sites in this game to verify profiles, and it's had years to sharpen the process. Anyone who has spent time on sex dating sites knows the drill: a gorgeous blonde messages you within a minute, her photos were lifted from some influencer's Instagram, and two messages later she needs gift cards. Verification doesn't kill that racket completely, but it makes the scammers work a lot harder.

The contact filters are the quiet hero. During setup you pick who's allowed to message you, so you can limit it to women, to couples, or only to verified members. Flip that last switch and most of the junk that floods fresh accounts on crappier sites never reaches you.

Is it safe in the bigger sense? As safe as a hookup site gets, which means use your head. Meet in public, never send money, and save the face pics for people you've actually chatted with. And if you landed here after typing "adult match maker", "adultmatchmacker" or "adult matchmaker au" into Google at 1am, relax, you found the right place and nobody's judging.

Signing Up: Size, Condoms and a Weird Drugs Menu

A basic account costs nothing and takes a few minutes. You say what you are, what you're after, pick a username and a password, and you're rolling. I went with dude seeking women and groups, ticking Casual Sex, Threesomes, Swinging and Something Kinky, because I wasn't there for friendship bracelets. Those tamer options do exist, along with relationships, parties and events, and video chats.

Page two gets personal. Body type, the size of your equipment, your condom habits and a pile of lifestyle checkboxes. It sounds nosy, but it's info you'd want from the other side too, and it beats discovering a dealbreaker after driving across town.

My favorite bit was the drugs question, where the choices boil down to "I don't take drugs" or "I don't smoke weed." So apparently Australia only has saints and saints who skip the bong. I picked one, uploaded a photo where I look taller than I am, and set my contact preferences.

Once inside, the site threw a grid of local profiles at me. Some older folks, some bigger folks, the usual mix, plus a redhead pulling a proper bedroom face and a woman with a smile that should be illegal in three states. I wanted to message about four of them immediately. That's when the walls started appearing.

The Free Stuff Nobody Expected

Before you even register, there's a surprising amount of free material sitting in the open. You get a directory of swingers clubs and local events, which is handy if you'd rather meet people in a room full of consenting adults than through a chat box. There's a blog too, with pieces on full body orgasms and celebrating Masturbation Month, which is apparently a thing I've been training for my whole life.

The real sleeper is the erotic stories section. It runs to 140 pages, split into categories like Swinging, Exhibitionism, Voyeurism, and Kink and BDSM. Some of it is clunky, some of it is genuinely hot, and all of it costs zero. If your spank bank runs on words rather than pixels, you can lose an evening in there.

Obviously it's bait, built to get couples curious and singles horny enough to hit join. Still, bait you can enjoy for free beats a blank login screen.

AdultMatchMaker Premium: Where the Toll Booths Live

Now for the part that made me sigh out loud. By default you're not in Adult Mode, so pics are supposed to stay clothed. (A few stray nipples slipped through anyway, so the filter isn't exactly airtight.) To switch Adult Mode on you either go premium or verify your account by uploading ID, and I'll give them credit for offering that second route.

Then there's Postage Paid. Turn it on and other members can contact you without paying, which sounds lovely until you see it's an extra $10 on top of a premium membership. A surcharge on a subscription. Somewhere an accountant got a bonus for that idea.

Premium is tiered, and more money means more features. The entry plan is $25 a month and gets you messages to four new members, 50 amateur videos, private galleries and a bigger wink allowance. Four fresh conversations a month is thin when you're firing messages at strangers, so active players will feel the pull to climb. I couldn't pin down the higher tier prices, so check the upgrade page before committing.

The site also leans hard on ads and upgrade nags, and plenty of clicks end in a reminder that premium would make life better. To be fair, the free account isn't dead. Search mostly works, you can browse locals properly, and you get a real feel for who's around before spending a cent, which is more than many rivals allow.

Cams, Amateur Clips and the Mobile Question

The headline toy is the built-in live video chat. Plenty of apps do video calls now, but on a hookup site it's genuinely useful: a quick cam session tells you whether someone matches their photos and whether there's any spark, before you shave and dig out the good shirt. Evenings get spicier, with free webcam chats and explicit adult cams that feel closer to a cam site than a dating site.

I only discovered the amateur porn on the pricing page, which is a weird way to learn a site has porn. Member clips sit behind premium, with that 50 video allowance on the starter plan. It's homemade, unpolished wank material, and that's the appeal if you like knowing the couple on screen might live a few suburbs over.

I couldn't find a proper app, just the mobile site, and it did the job fine in my phone's browser. If the site is not working for you, try the boring fixes first: clear your cache, switch browsers, and make sure you're on the real .com.au address rather than some lookalike.

My Bottom Line on AdultMatchMaker

AdultMatchMaker gets the important stuff right. It's honest about what it's for, the Aussie member pool is huge, verification and contact filters cut the scammer noise, and the free extras are better than they need to be. Where it loses me is the toll booth approach: Adult Mode, Postage Paid, message caps, tiers on tiers. You will pay, and if you're active, probably more than that $25 sticker.

My advice is simple. Make the free account, browse your area properly, and only pay once you've spotted a few people worth the money. If your local scene looks dead, don't throw cash at it hoping it wakes up.

Outside Australia or just shopping around, my list of the best hookup sites is the place to start. My Fling.com review covers a broader casual scene, couples should check out SwingersDateClub, and the kinkier crowd will feel at home on FetLife, which is more community than hookup machine. For Aussie swingers and singles who want a real shot at getting laid, this one's worth a go, card in hand and eyes open.