In brief
Meetic is a mainstream dating site, operated by the French company Meetic SAS, with a Swiss version in French (fr.meetic.ch). You search freely through profiles, with a daily selection on top. Signing up lets you create a profile and browse others, but sending messages requires a subscription.
Strengths
- +Swiss site in French, with pages for each Romandy region
- +Detailed search by criteria plus a daily selection
- +Incognito and Zen modes, the latter a paid option
- +Profile descriptions and photos are moderated
- +iPhone and Android app
Weaknesses
- −Sending messages requires a subscription
- −Automatic renewal for the same length of time
- −Paid options on top of the subscription
- −No identity verification mentioned on the site
Meetic in Switzerland: who the site is for
In Switzerland, meetic.ch takes you to fr.meetic.ch, a French-language site billed as a "Swiss dating site". It has pages dedicated to dating in Geneva, Lausanne, Fribourg and the canton of Valais.
The service is run by Meetic, a simplified joint-stock company (SAS) entered in the Paris trade register. It is a mainstream site, aimed at singles looking for a relationship, whether straight, gay or lesbian.
How Meetic works
Meetic sums up signing up in three steps: introduce yourself, search, chat. You write a few lines about yourself, add photos, then say who you are looking for and in which age range.
From there, two ways of discovering profiles sit side by side:
- Search by criteria: quick or advanced; you browse the profiles, which are often detailed, yourself.
- The daily selection: profiles suggested according to your criteria, also sent by email and by notification.
You can "like" a profile, see who has visited yours and start a conversation by message. Two modes help you stay in control: Incognito mode lets you view profiles without the people you visit seeing it, and Zen mode limits contact to profiles that meet your essential criteria. According to the services page, this contact filter is part of the paid Zen option.
On safety, Meetic says that every profile description and photo is moderated. We did not find any identity verification of members on its public pages. Finally, if you switch it on, your profile can also be shown on group services aimed at the over-50s and single parents.
What is free and what you pay for
Meetic's services page clearly separates the two levels.
Open to anyone who signs up: creating a profile, viewing profiles and photo albums, running quick and advanced searches, liking profiles, and replying to messages from members who have the Premium option.
For subscribers only: choosing from the daily selection, sending messages and replying to everyone, seeing your lists of likes and visits, and browsing without adverts.
In practice, signing up is enough to get a feel for the profiles in your area. To write first, you need a subscription.
How much Meetic costs in Switzerland
On its services page, Meetic shows the following prices (checked on 12 November 2026):
- 1-month pass: CHF 59.99
- 3-month pass: CHF 39.99 a month
- 6-month pass: CHF 23.99 a month
Options can be added, for subscribers only: the Premium option (CHF 9.99 a month) lets every member contact you and reply to you without a subscription, and shows your profile first; the Zen option (CHF 6.99 a month) tells you whether your messages have been read and turns on a contact filter; both together cost CHF 14.99 a month.
One important point: under Meetic's terms of use, the subscription renews automatically for an equivalent period at the end of the term you chose. To avoid this, you must switch off renewal from 24 hours after purchase and no later than 48 hours before it expires. Some discounted offers go back to the standard price on renewal. If you pay in the app, Apple or Google handles the renewal. Always check the price shown at the moment you pay.
Meetic or Velvet
A word before comparing: Velvet is our own site. The two services take different approaches. Meetic is a large mainstream site where you do the searching yourself. Velvet, dedicated to French-speaking Switzerland, introduces you to a few profiles every day chosen to match your criteria, and a conversation only opens when the interest is mutual.
| Meetic | Velvet | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience | Switzerland, site in French (fr.meetic.ch) | French-speaking Switzerland |
| Discovering profiles | Open search by criteria plus a daily selection | A few profiles chosen every day, with affinity |
| First contact | Messaging for subscribers, Zen mode as an option | Only when the interest is mutual |
| Profile checks | Descriptions and photos moderated | Verified identity badge (optional) |
| Without paying | Profile, search, likes, replies to Premium members | 15 days on us for pre-registered members |
| Duration | 1, 3 or 6 months, options extra | 1, 3 or 12 months, same full access |
| Starting price | CHF 59.99 for 1 month | 89 CHF a month, charged in euros by CCBill |
Meetic information taken from fr.meetic.ch on 12 November 2026. Prices and terms may change.
Another difference: on Velvet, only logged-in members see your profile, never search engines, and you can hide it whenever you like. No options to add on: all three plans give the same access; only the length changes.
Our verdict
Meetic is a good fit if you like searching for yourself through a large number of profiles, with detailed filters, and are comfortable with a subscription that renews automatically. The Swiss site in French and the regional pages make it easy to use in French-speaking Switzerland.
If you would rather receive a few profiles chosen for you, and only be contacted when the interest is shared, Velvet offers a different way of doing things, designed for French-speaking Switzerland.
The Velvet teamVelvet is our own site. We say so openly and describe each service against the same criteria, based on its official pages.