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As of 30 August 2026, Raya starts at $9.99/month. Raya is a highly exclusive, members-only dating and networking app popular among celebrities, artists, and creative professionals. Softwr lists it under Dating. Raya is launched in 2015, available on iOS.
Overview
What Raya does
Raya is a highly exclusive, members-only dating and networking app popular among celebrities, artists, and creative professionals. Entry requires an application, referrals from existing members, and approval by a committee. The app maintains strict privacy policies and prohibits screenshots.
What people use it for
- Private membership network for dating, networking and friendship
- Meeting vetted members while controlling your visibility
- Application-gated social access rather than open sign-up
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Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Raya.
- Access requires submitting an application that is queued and reviewed, and an applicant can remain waitlisted indefinitely
- Full functionality of the service is only available while a paid membership is active
- Memberships are sold only as 1, 6 or 12 month auto-renewing terms
- Auto-renewals are charged within 24 hours before the end of the period
- Cancelling a subscription only takes effect at the end of the current period, with no mid-term exit
- Accounts can be suspended or terminated for conduct judged not to reflect the community guidelines
- The iOS app requires iOS 17.0 or later
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What people choose instead of Raya
Each pairing was judged by two reviewers asking whether a buyer would genuinely weigh the two against each other. The ones that failed were deleted rather than published.
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Pricing
What Raya costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Membership
$9.99 /mo
- Access to Community
- Dating Mode
- Social Mode
- Work Mode
Capabilities
Features
Exclusive Membership
Committee Review
Privacy Protection
Social Networking
Work Networking
Cultural Events
Instagram
Integration with Instagram
Ios support
Available on ios
Behind it
Who makes Raya
- Company
- Raya
- Based in
- West Hollywood, California
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- Match.com
- Quora
- OkCupid
- Tinder
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