A score you can question, not a verdict you must trust
Compatibility scores are decision aids. They summarize structured answers using a documented rule set; they cannot measure chemistry, character over time, safety, family dynamics, or whether a marriage will succeed.
The score is directional and can be different for each viewer because the importance weights come from the viewing member's own values answers.
Eligibility and preference filters come first
- Only active accounts with an approved profile can be considered for normal discovery.
- Matching direction must be mutual.
- The candidate must fall within the viewer's selected age range.
- Blocks, existing matches, previous likes, and previous passes remove repeat or unwanted suggestions.
- Country, language, marriage timeline, education, ethnicity, and long-distance settings may filter candidates when the member selects them.
Values alignment: up to 60 points
For values questions answered by both people, matching answers receive the importance weight selected by the viewing member (clamped from 1 to 5). The matched weight is divided by all comparable weight and scaled to 60 points.
High-importance matches can appear as shared priorities; high-importance differences can appear as potential friction. A difference is not automatically bad—it is a prompt for a real conversation.
Marriage intention: up to 25 points
- 10 points when marriage timelines are the same.
- 10 points when preferences about having children are the same.
- 5 points when preferred family involvement is the same.
Lifestyle and profile context: up to 15 points
- Up to 4 points for the same stated practice level.
- 3 points for the same prayer-frequency answer when both provide it.
- 3 points for the same work-style preference.
- 3 points for the same relocation preference.
- Up to 2 points for useful completion of bio, education, occupation, and lifestyle notes.
Transparent discovery-order adjustments
After the base compatibility calculation, an approved manual profile trust review can add 3 points and an active monthly profile boost can add 12 points, with the displayed total capped at 100. These are ordering signals, not evidence of greater personal compatibility. Paid-plan placement and paid inbox priority are disabled throughout the free founding-member launch.
What the score does not use or establish
- It does not infer compatibility from race, photos, private messages, income, or engagement tricks.
- It does not establish religious suitability, personal honesty, identity, safety, or consent.
- It does not create a legal or similarly significant decision; members choose every like, pass, match, reveal, and conversation.
- A low score is not a judgment of either person's worth, and a high score is not a reason to ignore red flags.
Your controls
You can update answers and preferences, pass on any suggestion, block another member, and report concerns. If the score appears wrong, inspect the underlying shared priorities and differences rather than treating the total as authoritative.