Pdb: Personality & Friends
★ 4.5What it actually doesPdb is a social app for meeting people based on personality types (MBTI, Enneagram, and others), allowing users to find friends by psychological profile and discuss characters, but suffers from frequent chat bugs, slow loading, and aggressive monetization.
Actually does
- ✓Определение типов личности (MBTI, Соционика, Эннеаграмма)15% of reviews
- ✓Social network35% of reviews
- ✓Messaging40% of reviews
- ✓Персонализация профиля8% of reviews
- ✓Проверка фотографий профиля(bonus)4% of reviews
- ✓Subscription35% of reviews
- ✓Реклама для бесплатных пользователей(bonus)20% of reviews
- ✓Translation(bonus)8% of reviews
- ✓Возможность скрыть профиль / отключить видимость(bonus)4% of reviews
- ✓Внутриигровая валюта (коины)(bonus)4% of reviews
- ✓Russian localization(bonus)4% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠База типов персонажей, сел и песен
- ⚠Анализ совместимости типов
- ⚠Изучение когнитивных функций
Common complaints
- ✗Critical chat bugs (chats disappear, messages duplicate, slow loading)32% of mentions
«When the chats tab is open, some of them disappear, and you need to refresh the page for them to appear»
- ✗App doesn't load / crashes on opening20% of mentions
«The app doesn't open at all. The most I could get is loading the notification count»
- ✗Frequent lags, slow performance, especially on mobile networks20% of mentions
«The app doesn't let you stay in your comfort zone and frequently requests personal data, the app takes a long time to load»
- ✗Aggressive monetization: many basic features behind paywall, ads everywhere24% of mentions
«Very many basic features are paid, and there's no way to pay for them»
- ✗Requires VPN to log in (blocking in Russia)12% of mentions
«VPN simulator for all Russian-speaking audience, just block us already»
What people praise
- ★Matches people by personality type, easy to find like-minded people
«Helps you find friends with compatible personalities who are easy to talk to, great chances of finding a soulmate»
- ★Photo verification helps confirm user authenticity
«A badge showing the photo is verified helps confirm that the image shows a real user»
- ★Friendly community with interesting people matched by age
«The people in this app are quite nice and sociable, lots of peers and matching by age»
- ★Convenient and attractive profile design system
«You can design a profile beautifully with good profile personalization options»
- ★Extensive information about personality types with deep exploration options
«You can explore lots of interesting things about your personality type»