Roast Dating started as a profile review service that tells you what is holding your dating profile back, and it now also sells AI photos: 40 a month for $39, according to its AI photos page. TrueLook does only photos, from 4 selfies, for a one-time price with no subscription, using a method that keeps your face exactly as it is. Choose Roast if you mainly want a diagnosis and coaching; choose TrueLook if you already know your photos need replacing and want more of them for the money, or use Roast's free score to find the problem and TrueLook to fix the photos.
This page covers what Roast is, its prices across web, app and photo products, its refund rules, what its privacy policy and terms say, what users report, and a side-by-side comparison with TrueLook. Facts about Roast come from its own sites, its App Store listing, Trustpilot and a published third-party review, all opened in November 2026. We have not tested Roast's reviews or photos ourselves and make no claims about match results for either product.
What Roast Dating is and how it works
Roast's footer reads "© 2022-2026 Roast", so it has been running since 2022. Its terms say the company is registered in France with an office in Paris, and that French law governs disputes. Its homepage describes "AI-powered dating optimization" with the headline "Better photos. Better profile. More dates." and claims that more than 724,000 people have used it. The sign-up flow runs on a second domain, roastdating.com, and there is a newer iPhone app, listed as "Roast: AI Dating Photos & Bio" on the App Store, whose version history starts in May.
The profile review
Roast's core product is a diagnosis. According to its profile review page, you upload screenshots of your Tinder, Bumble, Hinge or other profile, and get back:
- an overall score with the reasons behind it;
- photo-by-photo feedback on which pictures to lead with, remove or replace;
- notes on your bio and prompt answers;
- a prioritised list of what to change first.
The page says the analysis combines AI with "expert review", without saying who the experts are or how much of the report they write. On the sign-up site, the first score is free, takes about 2 minutes and needs no account. The full action plan sits behind a paywall. The App Store description adds that you choose a target audience and everything is graded against it.
The AI photos
Roast's AI photos page describes a simple flow: upload 4 to 10 selfies ("normal photos from your phone"), and you "usually receive 40 photos in about 30 minutes". The set mixes settings, outfits and crops, photos are generated "up to 4K quality", and the comparison table lists "Multiple Styles" and "Unlimited Retakes". The page's comparison table also says "Profile Optimization Included" with the photo plan, while the homepage table mentions "1hr Delivery", so allow up to an hour. The page's "Get my AI photos" button leads to a separate site, photoshoot.dating. Its FAQ says people use AI photos on dating apps "when the images represent them accurately".
Notably, the profile review page itself points out that a review shows you what kind of photos you need and that photos are a separate service. That is the honest gap in any review product: it can tell you to add a full-body shot, but it can't take one.
How TrueLook works, for contrast
TrueLook checks only your photos, and there is no subscription: you buy a pack once. A free photo check scores your current dating photos, with feedback on each and suggested styles. Then you upload 4 clear selfies, TrueLook builds your character once, and then you choose a place, outfit and mood for each new photo, about a minute each. Both packs have all 43 styles, and each style gives you 4 different shots.
Roast pricing in detail
Roast's prices depend on where you buy and which product you want, and they have changed over time. At the time of writing (November 2026), its own pages and the App Store list the following:
| Product | Price | Where it is listed |
|---|---|---|
| Profile score | Free | roastdating.com (about 2 minutes, no account) |
| Full action plan and coaching | $3.99 for a 7-day trial, then $29 a month | roastdating.com checkout ("Then {price}/month after 7-day trial") |
| AI photos | $39 a month for 40 photos | roast.dating/ai-photos |
| App subscription, weekly | $9.99 | App Store |
| App subscription, monthly | $29.99 | App Store |
| Coins (for in-app features) | $9.99 for 500, $34.99 for 2,000, $99.99 for 10,000 | App Store |
The App Store description says the Pro tier includes unlimited expert reviews, 2,000 coins a month, priority processing and full profile rescoring; it does not say how many coins a photo costs. Earlier third-party reviews describe different tiers, including a $6.99 starter plan, so treat any price, including these, as something to confirm at checkout. The sign-up flow also shows a "Discount ends in" timer.
The maths
- Roast AI photos: $39 ÷ 40 photos = about $0.98 a photo.
- TrueLook Fix Pack: $29 ÷ 30 photos = about $0.97 a photo.
- TrueLook Pro Pack: $49 ÷ 140 photos = about $0.35 a photo.
- Roast's trial: $3.99 for 7 days, then $29 a month, so a month that starts with the trial costs about $33 if you don't cancel in time.
- Review plus photos on Roast: $29 + $39 = $68 a month if you take both on the web.
On price per photo, Roast's photo plan and TrueLook's Fix Pack are almost identical, and Roast gives 10 more photos for $10 more. The difference is that Roast's $39 renews every month until you cancel, while TrueLook's packs are paid once. TrueLook's Pro Pack works out at roughly a third of the price per photo of either.
Refunds
Roast's refund rules are strict, and its pages don't fully agree:
- Its refund page offers a money-back guarantee only if all conditions are met: you email within 7 days of purchase and before the subscription period ends, you applied the review's feedback within the first 7 days, you were active and swiping daily, and you received no likes or matches at all. It also says AI photoshoots are not eligible, citing "high variance on user inputs".
- The terms say the AI Photoshoot service "is not refundable", that subscriptions are not refundable once a billing cycle has started, and that coaching sessions are not refundable, though a voluntary refund may apply where a money-back option was shown at checkout.
- The AI photos page FAQ, however, says that if photos don't feel usable, support can "help generate a better set or refund you".
If a refund on photos matters to you, ask support in writing before buying. Cancelling is simpler: the terms say you can cancel at any time from your account, effective at the end of the billing cycle. App Store subscriptions are cancelled in your iPhone's settings.
TrueLook has no subscription: the Fix Pack is $29, one-time, for up to 30 photos, and the Pro Pack is $49, one-time, for up to 140. Nothing renews, so there is nothing to cancel, and there's a 14-day refund under conditions that include using less than 20% of your credits and testing the photos on a live profile for at least 7 days.
Output and realism
What Roast's reviews give you
A Roast review is text and scores. Its value depends on how specific the feedback is. A review published on Photofeeler's blog (last updated July 2026) found the report arrived about 24 hours after purchase, judged its "expert" text likely AI-written and the photo-by-photo notes vague, and described frequent upsells. Photofeeler sells a competing photo-rating service, so weigh that view accordingly, but it is one of the few detailed outside accounts.
You can also get some of this kind of feedback for free inside the apps. Hinge's Prompt Feedback suggests how to improve your prompt answers, with "no auto-rewrites"; Hinge says nearly 40% of its users find answering prompts very difficult.
What Roast's photos look like
Roast describes its photos as designed to look like "polished, natural photos of you". Its sample images show lifestyle scenes in mixed settings and outfits, and the homepage labels them "100% AI GENERATED". Recent Trustpilot reviews (see below) are mostly positive about realism, though some say certain photos still look AI-made. The privacy policy says generation runs through Fal AI, Google's Gemini via Vertex AI and Roast's own models.
TrueLook's approach
TrueLook's HyperReal™ method keeps your face fixed and generates only the place, outfit and light. The aim is a photo that could plausibly be from your own camera roll on a good day, rather than a polished portrait.
Dating-app risks
Whatever tool you use, two risks matter. First, verification: Tinder's Face Check FAQ says a video selfie is compared with your profile photos to see whether you "appear to be the same person", so photos must look like you today. Second, honesty: an App Store reviewer in October called AI-generated dating photos misleading, and the developer replied that generated photos are meant to resemble the user. That is the right standard. Pick photos a match would recognise you from in person, and keep at least one recent, unedited photo in the mix. Neither Roast nor TrueLook can promise how an app will treat your photos. For each app's rules, see our guide to whether AI photos are allowed on dating apps.
Privacy and data
What Roast's policy says
Roast's privacy policy, last updated 26 April 2026, is detailed about photos used for AI generation, which it calls "Face Data":
- Deletion: Face Data is "automatically and permanently deleted" after 90 days, including from its AWS S3 storage. You can also request deletion at any time, withdraw consent through "Manage AI Consent" in the app's settings, or delete your account.
- Suppliers: generation uses Fal AI (US), Google Gemini via Vertex AI, and Roast's own models hosted in the EU. Payments are handled by Stripe.
- Training: Roast says it prohibits its providers from using your Face Data "to train general public models", and quotes Google's commitment that Vertex AI prediction data is not used to train Google's models. The policy does not say explicitly whether Roast trains its own models on your photos.
- Other data: general account data is kept for up to 12 months after your account ends, and Roast says it does not sell personal information.
The terms add two points worth reading. For "Contributions" you submit to the site, you keep ownership but grant Roast an "unrestricted, unlimited, irrevocable, perpetual" licence, including for commercial and advertising use. For AI Photoshoot face images specifically, the terms say Roast does not use them "for advertising, marketing, user profiling". If you upload screenshots that include other people's profiles, the policy doesn't address their data, so crop to your own.
What TrueLook's policy says
TrueLook's privacy policy says your uploads and the photos made for you are never used to train, fine-tune or evaluate any AI model, TrueLook's own or a third party's, and are not sold, shared with other users or used for advertising. You can delete your data from your account or by contacting us.
What Roast users say
| Source | Rating | Volume | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustpilot (roast.dating) | 4.3 / 5, "Excellent" | 248 reviews, 129 in the last 12 months | 2 November 2026 |
| Apple App Store (US) | 4.2 / 5 | 5 ratings | 2 November 2026 |
| Roast's own homepage | 4.8 / 5 | "500+ verified reviews" | Source not stated |
On Trustpilot, the profile was claimed by the company in August 2023; 62% of reviews are five-star and 8% one-star. Recent reviews from October 2026 mostly praise the photos as realistic and the process as quick and easy. Some find it good value while others say it is expensive, some note that certain photos still look AI-generated, and many reviews are short with little detail. The App Store sample is too small to mean much; the one written review we saw, from October, objected to most features being behind a paywall.
Outside reviews are more critical of the review product than of the photos. Besides the report quality, the Photofeeler reviewer complained about pop-up upsells, a 10-minute countdown timer and being charged twice in one week after picking two tiers. The FTC's advice on free trials and auto-renewals fits here: before you start a trial, find out how and when to cancel, put the date in your calendar, keep proof of cancellation, and dispute any charge that continues afterwards.
TrueLook vs Roast, dimension by dimension
| Dimension | TrueLook | Roast Dating |
|---|---|---|
| Purpose | Dating photos only | Profile review and coaching first, AI photos as a separate product |
| Input for photos | 4 selfies | 4 to 10 selfies |
| Output count | Up to 30 (Fix) or 140 (Pro) photos per one-time pack | 40 photos a month on the photo plan |
| Styles | 43 on both packs, 4 shots per style | "Multiple styles" across settings, outfits and crops, with unlimited retakes |
| Realism approach | HyperReal™: your face stays the same; place, outfit and light change | "Polished, natural photos of you", up to 4K |
| Speed | About a minute per photo | About 30 minutes for 40 photos (up to an hour per its homepage) |
| Price per photo | About $0.97 (Fix) or $0.35 (Pro) | About $0.98 ($39 ÷ 40) |
| Billing | One-time, no subscription | Monthly on the web, weekly or monthly in the app, plus coins; trial converts to a subscription |
| Refunds | 14 days, under the conditions on /refund | Conditional 7-day guarantee for reviews (no likes or matches at all); AI photos non-refundable under its terms |
| Privacy | Photos never used to train any AI model | Face Data deleted after 90 days; providers barred from training public models; own-model training not addressed |
| Profile feedback | None | Score, photo-by-photo notes, bio and prompt feedback |
| Dating-app fit | Replacing and adding photos | Finding out what to fix, then optionally new photos |
Where Roast is the better choice
Roast does something TrueLook doesn't: it reviews your whole profile, not just the photos. If you have no idea why your profile isn't working, a score and a prioritised fix list is a sensible first step, and Roast's first score costs nothing. It also has an iPhone app, delivers its photos as a single batch of 40, and offers unlimited retakes on the photo plan.
Where TrueLook is the better choice
For the photos themselves, TrueLook's Pro Pack gives up to 140 photos for $49, paid once, roughly a third of Roast's price per photo, with 43 styles and no subscription to cancel. Its pricing is the same wherever you see it, its refund window is 14 days rather than conditional on getting no matches at all, and its privacy policy rules out training on your photos in plain terms.
Who should choose which
- If you don't know what is wrong with your profile, start with Roast's free score, or ask honest friends. Don't pay for anything until you know whether photos, prompts or your bio are the weak spot.
- If the feedback says your photos are the problem, TrueLook gives you more replacement photos for the money, especially on the Pro Pack, and you pay once.
- If you want a coach's voice and lessons as well, Roast's subscription includes them; TrueLook doesn't offer coaching.
- If you want exactly 40 photos in one batch and are happy with Roast's styles, its photo plan is priced almost the same per photo as TrueLook's Fix Pack, though it bills $39 every month until you cancel.
- If you want several shots of each scene, each TrueLook style gives you 4: a smile at the camera, a candid laugh, a wider scene and a close-up.
- If refund terms matter to you, compare them closely: Roast's photo product is non-refundable under its terms, while TrueLook's 14-day refund has its own conditions.
If you're not sure which stage of your profile is failing, our guides to getting no matches on Hinge and the best photos for Tinder walk through the usual causes.
Using Roast and TrueLook together
The two products fit together because one diagnoses and the other supplies photos:
- Take the free score. Upload your current profile to Roast's free check and note what it flags.
- Decide whether to pay for the full plan. If the free score already tells you the photos are the problem, you may not need it. If you start the $3.99 trial, set a reminder before day 7.
- Replace the weak photos with TrueLook. Make a varied set of six: a clear headshot first, then full body, activity, social or travel, and something dressed up.
- Update your words to match. Use the feedback on your bio and prompts, and refer to what your new photos show.
- Re-test after two weeks. A second score, or simply your match numbers, will show whether the changes worked.
Cost: TrueLook's Fix Pack ($29, one-time) plus Roast's trial ($3.99) comes to $32.99 if you cancel the trial in time, or $61.99 if the trial rolls into Roast's $29 monthly plan. You don't need Roast's $39 photo plan as well if you use TrueLook for photos.
For other coaching-style products, see TrueLook vs Ablaze Dating and TrueLook vs YourMove AI, or browse all comparisons.
Sources
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- AI Dating Photos, Roast (accessed November 2026). https://roast.dating/ai-photos
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- Refund Policy, Roast (accessed November 2026). https://roast.dating/refund
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