Doublelist Review 2026: Craigslist-Style Ads, Plans to $149 and No Refunds

Doublelist is a classifieds board where adults post short personal ads by city and category and reply through the site. Its own app listing says it was inspired by Craigslist personals, with location-based browsing and private messaging.

Craigslist took its personals section offline in 2018. Its notice cited the federal FOSTA bill (HR 1865) and said any tool or service can be misused, so the company would not risk its other services.

Doublelist is not part of Craigslist. It is a separate service owned by the company named above, and its rules explicitly ban escorting and prostitution.

For similar boards and apps, see our guide to sites like Doublelist.

The earlier version of this review described Doublelist as free with cheap one-off boosts. That is out of date. The refund page describes recurring charges that can renew monthly until you cancel, and the App Store listing sells subscriptions.

The US App Store lists in-app purchases from about $4 for a Super Message up to a $149 lifetime subscription. Starter is shown at $5 and Ultimate at $10.

Plan lengths and what each tier unlocks are not spelled out in the pages we could read.

App Store reviewers say age filters, photo viewing and some filters sit behind payment, and that the iOS app can require payment to get in. These are reviewer reports, not an official feature list.

Refunds and Cancelling

The refund policy states: "We do not provide refunds for any amounts prepaid by you and you will not receive any refund for any unused days." It says you can cancel from the account Settings page and that cancellation does not undo charges already applied.

The terms add that a subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the renewal date. Apple-billed subscriptions are managed through your Apple account.

You choose a city, then browse or post in a category set by who is seeking whom. Replies go through the site's private messaging, and the guidelines forbid putting addresses, phone numbers or social handles in a post.

The guidelines also set posting limits: one account per person and a cap of two to three posts a day, with excess posting leading to termination. Non-local listings placed in a local section are rejected.

The rules ban selling merchandise or subscriptions in posts, which matches the cam and subscription-redirect pattern described below. The guidelines also say BDSM expressions must avoid degrading language, and ban incest roleplay and anything alluding to minors.

The terms are blunt: the service "does not verify the information provided by users with respect to users' identity, health, physical condition, or otherwise." Users only represent that they are 18 or older.

The anti-trafficking policy says all users confirm they are 18 or older at registration, with phone or email verification to prevent misuse.

It describes automated scanning (keywords and image hashing) plus human review, and says evidence is kept at least seven years and valid legal process is answered on an expedited basis.

The terms allow the operator to remove or reformat any post without notice and to ban accounts at any time. The guidelines claim fewer than 1% of posts are flagged, which is the operator's own figure and not independently checked.

Photo or ID verification of users is not documented in the pages we read.

Verified identity is not part of the model, so screening falls on you. App Store reviewers describe "mostly spam and scammers" and one claims most women's posts are scams. These are individual reviews, not measured rates.

Report abuse through the help center's request form. If you meet anyone, use a public place and tell a friend. The help center also lists a content-removal and complaints procedure.

The official iOS app is listed by Interlaced Social LLC with an 18+ rating and a 4.6 average from about 2.8K ratings as of Oct 2026. Reviewer complaints cover paywalls, freezing when loading photos, and spam.

The App Store privacy labels list identifiers and usage data used to track across apps, with device IDs and advertising data linked to the user. We found no Doublelist app in Google Play search results, so Android users use the website.

The privacy policy says it collects name, email, phone and address where provided, plus IP address and device details.

It says it uses Google Analytics and Adobe Analytics, supports interest-based advertising with opt-outs, and does not share personal data with third parties for their direct marketing.

The terms say deletion requests enter a queue and accounts are permanently deleted after six months if not reactivated. The privacy policy says some data may be kept for transactions, security and legal reasons.

This review rests on documents checked in October 2026: the operator's terms of use, refund policy, privacy policy, community guidelines, anti-trafficking policy, help center, the App Store listing, and Craigslist's FOSTA notice.

No account was created, no subscription was bought, and the site and app were assessed from documents only. The main site returned an access error to our fetch, so free-versus-paid detail on the web comes from the policies and from App Store reviewers.

Quality sub-scores therefore rest on documented features and third-party consensus and carry lower confidence.

Doublelist is closest to plain classifieds. Profile-based apps cost more but give you photos and a larger feature set.

• Sniffies: map-based, web-first platform for men, with a free tier plus a subscription (compare).
• Grindr: location-grid app with a free ad-supported tier and paid XTRA and Unlimited plans (compare).
• Feeld: free tier plus one paid plan, Majestic, with iOS and Android apps.