Sparkle is live video speed dating. One evening, thirty minutes, eight 90-second dates. No swiping, no messaging into the void — you just talk to people. We’re running the very first session in Amsterdam, and it’s free. After this one, a place is €10.
24 places. No app to install for the pilot — it runs in your browser.
This is the whole thing. Tap a step to see that moment, or let it play.
Join a Spark Session and meet singles
face-to-face in short video dates.
How Sparkle works
Only mutual Sparks are revealed.
No one ever sees a Pass.
Matches never expire. Contact details stay private
until you both choose to share.
A walkthrough of the real thing, not a video. The pilot runs in your browser.
So you know exactly what you’re saying yes to.
You get an email confirming your place, and a short note on who else is coming — ages and numbers, never names.
The lobby opens. Test your camera and microphone. Headphones and a quiet room make a real difference.
The session starts for everyone at once. Your first date begins automatically — there is nothing to click.
Eight dates of ninety seconds, with a few seconds between each to choose Spark or Pass.
It ends on time. You see your matches straight away and can start talking.
I’ll email you and ask what worked and what didn’t. That feedback is the entire point of a pilot.
The first session is free. I build the room by hand, so the questions below are the ones that actually decide whether an evening works.
Being honest about where this is: one evening, run by hand, to find out whether it’s any good.
If the first night works, sessions become weekly at €10 a place, or three for €25 — split into tighter age brackets so the room makes more sense.
Sparkle is already built for iPhone and Android. The pilot runs in the browser so nobody has to install anything to try it once.
Other cities, and themed evenings. Only once a plain session reliably ends with people wanting to talk again.
It only works if leaving is easy and nothing is public.
Not “hidden in the interface” — there is no query, anywhere, that can reveal who passed on you.
End a date early and you go straight to the next one. Report and block sit on the same screen, one tap away.
Dates are live only. Contact details are never shared automatically — you both decide, afterwards.