How to Verify a Dating App Without Using Your Personal Phone Number

Most dating apps require phone verification to create an account at all — there's no way to sign up without entering a number and confirming a code sent to it. That's a real problem if you're testing a matching/signup flow, running more than one account, or would simply rather not hand a dating app your personal number.

Steps

1. Rent a number for the dating app you're signing up with — an instant rental covers the one-time signup verification.

2. On the app's signup screen, enter the rented number with its country code.

3. The app sends a verification code by SMS, usually within seconds.

4. Enter the code from your rental's status page to finish creating the account.

Instant or monthly?

An instant rental is enough — most dating apps only verify the number once at signup and don't typically text it again afterward, so there's no need to keep it reachable long-term.