Tinder Age-Based Pricing Settlement: Approved, Not Yet Paid

At a glance

Status

Approved, awaiting payment

Defendant

Tinder, Inc. (Match Group)

Settlement fund

$60,500,000

Claim deadline

August 18, 2026

No-proof cash option

Yes — pro rata cash; class members choose PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, ACH, or mailed check; no receipts required

Estimated payout

pro rata cash; class members choose PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, ACH, or mailed check; no receipts required

Official site

www.tindercalclassaction.com

Court

Allan Candelore v. Tinder, Inc., Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County

Case number

BC583162

Last verified September 10, 2026

Key dates

Milestone	Date	What it means
Claim deadline	August 18, 2026(passed)	Last day to file for a payment
Opt-out (exclusion) deadline	April 8, 2026(passed)	Last day to leave the settlement and keep the right to sue
Objection deadline	April 8, 2026(passed)	Last day to object to the terms
Final approval hearing	June 4, 2026(passed)	When the judge decides whether to approve the settlement
Expected payout	Not yet scheduled	Payments are not sent until after final approval and any appeals

Where to file

The only place to file is the official settlement website:

Verify on the official site

www.tindercalclassaction.com

Filing is free. No legitimate settlement charges a fee to file a claim.

You cannot file on RecordingLaw.com. We are an independent publisher, not the settlement administrator, and we are not affiliated with any court, agency, or defendant.

If you paid for Tinder Plus or Tinder Gold in California and noticed you were charged more than a friend under 30, you may be part of the class in Candelore v. Tinder, Inc. As of September 9, 2026, the $60.5 million settlement over Tinder's age-based pricing has final court approval, and the August 18, 2026 deadline for class members to choose how they get paid has passed. The settlement record still lists no payout date. Here is what the case was about, who is covered, and what happens next.

What Tinder is accused of doing

The case is Allan Candelore v. Tinder, Inc., filed in the Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, case number BC583162. Candelore's complaint alleged that Tinder charged users age 30 and older more per month for Tinder Plus than it charged younger users for the same subscription, based only on their age, in violation of California's Unruh Civil Rights Act (Civil Code section 51) and Unfair Competition Law (Business and Professions Code section 17200).

Tinder initially won dismissal at the trial court. Candelore appealed, and in a published opinion filed January 29, 2018, the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, reversed. The court held that charging older users more, based on a broad generalization about their finances rather than anything about the individual person, could violate California's Unruh Civil Rights Act, the state law that bars businesses from arbitrary discrimination, including discrimination based on age. That ruling sent the case back for further litigation rather than ending it.

The class that eventually resulted covers people who paid the higher, age-tiered price: California users who bought Tinder Plus or Tinder Gold while older than 29 on or after March 2, 2015, or older than 28 on or after March 2, 2016. Tinder has not admitted wrongdoing; a settlement resolves a case without either side proving its version of events at trial.

Where the case stands right now, as of September 2026

This settlement is further along than most on this tracker: it already has final approval. The court granted final approval on June 4, 2026, and the deadline for class members to exclude themselves from the class or object to the settlement, April 8, 2026, had already passed by then.

What has not happened yet is payment. The verified settlement record does not list an expected payout date, so there is no confirmed date for when payments will actually go out. The step that remained was administrative: class members who received notice had until August 18, 2026 to choose how they wanted to be paid, and that date has now passed. People who never got a notice directly have a separate process for proving they belong in the class, described below.

That August date is worth pausing on, because it is easy to mistake for a standard "file your claim by this date" deadline, and it was not quite that. Tinder's own billing records already show who paid the higher price, so most class members do not need to submit a claim form the way you would for a typical data breach settlement. Instead, August 18, 2026 was the deadline to select a payment method: PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, ACH bank transfer, or a mailed paper check.

Who's actually in the class

You may be part of the class if you purchased Tinder Plus or Tinder Gold in California at the higher, age-based price. Specifically, the class covers people who were older than 29 when they subscribed in California on or after March 2, 2015, and people who were older than 28 when they subscribed in California on or after March 2, 2016.

Simply having used Tinder is not enough on its own. The claim is specifically about the price you were charged for a paid subscription tier because of your age, not about using the free version of the app or any other Tinder feature.

How much you can realistically expect

The fund is $60.5 million, and payouts come from what remains after the court-approved attorneys' fees and costs. The settlement agreement splits that net fund in two. Seventy percent is divided equally among all class members, regardless of how much they paid. The other 30% is divided in proportion to how much each class member paid Tinder for Tinder Plus and Tinder Gold during the class period, so, as the court-approved notice puts it, class members who paid more will receive a higher payment.

For class members Tinder has no payment data for, the settlement uses an average amount paid instead. Your share still depends on how many class members there are in total, and the settlement does not set a documented-loss cap or a guaranteed per-person figure.

That means there is no confirmed "up to $X" figure to cite here, and any specific dollar amount quoted elsewhere for this settlement is not something we can verify against the official record. No receipts or proof of the amount you were overcharged are required to receive a payment; the payment-based portion uses Tinder's own billing records. Choosing a payment method affects how you are paid, not how much.

What class members had to do by August 18, 2026

If Tinder sent you notice of this settlement directly, most likely by email tied to your account, your task was to choose how you wanted to be paid: PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, ACH bank transfer, or a mailed check. A class member who made no selection is still in the class and will still be paid: the court-approved notice says the settlement administrator will attempt to pay them electronically through PayPal, Venmo, or Zelle, using the information in Tinder's records.

Someone who did not receive notice directly but believes they belong in the class follows a different process: contacting the settlement administrator to verify membership, including through a verification form on the official site. The settlement agreement ties that deadline to the final approval hearing date (90 days after it), not to the August 18 payment-method date, so check the official site or contact the administrator before assuming the window has closed. Both steps happen only through the official settlement site, which is also the place to check on a selection you already made.

If you already got a payment, or nothing here matches your situation

Because no payout date has been set, no one should have received a check or deposit from this settlement yet. A payment that claims to be from this case and already arrived is worth checking against the official site before you assume it is legitimate. If you paid for Tinder Plus or Gold outside California, or you were never charged the higher, age-tiered price, the verified record here does not describe you as part of this class.

For other verified, currently open or recently resolved consumer settlements, see RecordingLaw's data breach and privacy settlement tracker.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Candelore v. Tinder settlement about?

Candelore v. Tinder, Inc. is a $60.5 million settlement over Tinder's age-based subscription pricing. The lawsuit, filed in the Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County as case number BC583162, alleged that Tinder charged users a higher monthly price for Tinder Plus once they reached a certain age.

Is this a data breach settlement?

No. This is a pricing-discrimination case, not a data breach. No one alleges that Tinder's systems were hacked or that personal data was exposed; the claim is about the price Tinder charged certain users because of their age.

What law did Tinder allegedly violate?

The lawsuit alleged that Tinder's higher pricing for older users violated two California laws: the Unruh Civil Rights Act (Civil Code section 51) and the Unfair Competition Law (Business and Professions Code section 17200). A California Court of Appeal held in a January 2018 published opinion that charging older users more for the same subscription, based on a generalization about their age rather than anything specific to the individual, could violate California's Unruh Civil Rights Act, the state law barring arbitrary discrimination by businesses, including discrimination based on age.

Who is eligible for the Tinder age-based pricing settlement?

You may be eligible if you purchased Tinder Plus or Tinder Gold in California at the higher, age-tiered price: specifically if you were older than 29 when you subscribed on or after March 2, 2015, or older than 28 when you subscribed on or after March 2, 2016.

Can I still opt out of or object to the settlement?

No. The deadline to exclude yourself from the class or object to the settlement's terms was April 8, 2026, and that window closed before the court's June 4, 2026 final approval hearing.

How much will I get from the Tinder settlement?

There is no guaranteed dollar figure. After court-approved fees and costs, 70% of the net fund is split equally among class members and 30% is split in proportion to how much each member paid for Tinder Plus and Tinder Gold, so people who paid more receive more. The exact amount depends on the total number of class members and the final net fund.

What is the August 18, 2026 deadline for?

August 18, 2026 was not a traditional claim-form deadline. It was the date by which class members could select a payment method (PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, ACH transfer, or mailed check), and it has passed. Class members who did not choose will be paid electronically through PayPal, Venmo, or Zelle based on Tinder's records. People who never received direct notice verify their membership under a separate deadline set by the settlement agreement, so they should check the official site.

When will Tinder settlement payments actually go out?

As of September 9, 2026, the settlement record still lists no payment date. The settlement has final court approval, but the verified record does not list an expected payout date, so there is nothing yet to confirm about when checks or electronic payments will be sent.

Is tindercalclassaction.com the real settlement site?

Yes. Tindercalclassaction.com is the official, court-authorized site for the Candelore v. Tinder settlement. Use it directly rather than a link from an unexpected text, email, or call, especially since the settlement record still lists no payout date as of September 9, 2026.