How it works
A slower, clearer way to meet.
Velivow is built around two ideas: impressions should stay private until they are mutual, and a conversation should reveal more than a first photo does.
1 · Read and react
Browse real profiles and share an impression across seven separate dimensions. Choose only the ones that feel relevant. Add optional tags or a short private note.
2 · Match when it's mutual
A match requires an impression from both people. You do not need to rate the same dimensions. Once matched, a private chat opens and existing ratings lock.
3 · Let conversation reveal more
Every 20 messages unlocks another scored dimension. You can also ask for specific dimensions; the other person approves each request and can decline.
Privacy model
Private unless there is a reason to share.
Your score, tags and note
Visible to nobody but you until a specific dimension unlocks or the other person approves your request.
Public profile statistics
Only dimension averages with at least 3 different raters. Detailed distributions need at least 10.
Blocks and safety
Always apply, including to paid features, invites and boosts. Membership never overrides them.
The seven dimensions
Separate by design.
Each dimension is scored from 0.0 to 10.0 and stored independently. Slide in half-point steps or fine-tune by 0.1. Only Overall Impression drives the headline average. A person is never reduced to one composite number.
Tags are optional and capped at three per dimension. Written reasons are capped at 300 characters and are never required.
Masked chat
Talk before you show your face.
Enter a pool of people who are online and open to anonymous conversation. You see a temporary alias, not a photo or age. After 20 messages, either person can request a reveal. Each person may initiate at most two requests per room, and both must agree.
Rooms continue asynchronously if one of you logs off. When a room ends, it becomes read-only and frees an active-room slot. Masked relationships never create rating access.
More about masked chat- Names like “Amber Fox” are randomly generated for the room.
- Only public aggregate statistics can be shown while masked.
- Photos sent in masked chat are served without original filenames or identity metadata.
- Free members can keep up to 5 rooms active; Pro up to 30.
Questions people actually ask.
Can I see who rated me?
No. Ratings are anonymous by default. A person can reveal themselves by sending a Special Like, and you both learn each other's identity when you match — but specific scores, tags and notes stay private until you unlock them or the other person explicitly shares them.
Do I have to rate all seven dimensions?
No. Fill in only the dimensions you feel confident about. At least one is required to submit. Each dimension is stored separately, and blanks never count against an average.
What is the overall score on a profile?
It is the average of the Overall Impression dimension only, shown after at least three different people have rated it. The other six dimensions are never averaged together into a single total.
How do scores unlock in chat?
After a mutual match, every 20 user messages unlock one scored dimension by default. If both people agree, a paid member's faster interval can apply. If one person is on Free or does not agree, the interval stays at 20. Requests to see specific dimensions are always optional and can be declined.
Can I rate someone I met in masked chat?
No. Masked chat is deliberately separate from the rating system. Revealing identities does not grant rating access, and a masked connection cannot be used to bypass rating privacy.
Does paying make someone more likely to match with me?
No. Membership changes daily capacity, insight tools and optional extras. It never changes rating weight, discovery order, or access to another person's private scores or identity.