The only catch is that this site is meant for singles who are 50 years and older. If you fall below this age, you will not be able to sign up for the platform.
Boasting a large userbase, OurTime circumvents the dating challenge that a majority of mature singles face – meeting people with similar cultural references and the same amount of life experiences.
The site focuses on singles looking for committed relationships that will eventually lead to marriage, as well as those who are craving companionship through pen pals and travel partners.
- Large userbase means a high potential for matches
- Easy to use
- An extensive number of options for interacting
- Search features that allow users to browse the site’s entire database
- Custom-matching algorithm that delivers handpicked matches
- Audio and video files can be added to profiles
- Substantial discount for a six-month subscription
- The use of advanced features requires a subscription
- Profiles without profile photos remain invisible
Member Information
OurTime is home to millions of singles, with 1.5 million members from the USA alone. With millions of people signing up to the site every month, you can expect member activity to be high here, with a substantial number of active profiles on the site.
Weekly, there are up to 180,000 active members, which is a decent number. It also means that you have the opportunity to find your perfect match easily.
There is no dull moment. Of course, the site spells out that you must be 50 years or older to sign up. This is the age group that you will meet here.
Sign 
Up Process
First, I needed to identify my gender and whether I was a “man seeking a man”, “a man seeking a woman”, a “woman seeking a woman” or a “woman seeking a man”.
By answering this question, the site is simply asking you to choose your sexual orientation. After that, I filled in my name, password, email address, date of birth and zip code. Next, I filled in my race and the type of relationship I was looking for.
Contacting People
As OurTime has a free search option, it is rather easy to browse through the profiles that you are interested in and get a bird’s eye view of all the profiles on the site. But I wanted to beat the hassle and only find online members. I was able to do this by using the site’s filter options.
You can also filter to contact only new members on the site, if you’d like. Search options are filtered according to:
Regardless of your type of account, you can see all profiles on the site, apart from those that do not have profile pictures because they become invisible. As I searched through the profiles, I came across some interesting information. For instance, a profile with this information piqued my interest:
I was able to message the profile owner and begin a conversation. There are chat rooms like the Ourtime gay dating chat room where members can contact each other and communicate. Whenever I got new messages from my interests, I received an email notification. To encourage you to make contact, the site presents its members with a daily list of curated matches.
Profile
As on any other dating site, profiles on OurTime offer information about the site members. Of course, the information disclosed on the profiles is in the members’ discretion. All profile fields are optional, and you can choose to fill them with information or not.