It’s Like Having Your Own Personal Swiper

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Turbo Talk for Tinder.

The new possibly controversial Irish-made app for chapps.

Rob O’Rourke writes:

‘I am a young Irish man working in the oil industry based out of Canada. Earlier this year I took some time off work to go traveling. I was using Tinder a lot but decided it was too much work to be on the phone for over an hour everyday setting up dates. I decided to build an app that would do all the work for me on Tinder. It ended up working really well…

‘The app sends group messages to all your matches, auto likes new people and can send auto greetings when you first match. It means you get a lot of results for very little effort. I ended up with over 4,000 matches and went on a lot of dates!

I originally didn’t even plan on selling it but a lot of people I met traveling were really interested in it and I could see the demand would be high.’

As such I put it up for sale and Tuesday was it’s first day on the Apple App store.
I got a lot of initial interest from Ireland with several hundred downloads right away. I really think this is a story and a product that Irish guys in particular will love. Its like having a personal assistant for Tinder.

This is my first ever app (and maybe my last) and I have already returned to my regular job as a drilling engineer and now have a girlfriend so the fun is over for me. Hopefully some of your readers enjoy it as much as the people who have tried it already.’

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45 thoughts on “It’s Like Having Your Own Personal Swiper”

    2. Caroline

      Thank you for your interest in my feelings! I’ll be unlocking more of them over the next [time period], so be sure to stay in contact!

          1. Mikeyfex

            Ssssh, mi amore, don’t worry that you’re not *runs hand through your hair* up to date with *blows in ear* technology. I could have had a date with any number of real ladies today and the programme randomly chose you. You, mi amore.

    1. Spaghetti Hoop

      +1
      What amazes me is why, if you’re travelling – exploring a new country – would you be intent on setting up a load of dates? For de nooky? That’s even more creepy.

  5. Ms Piggy

    I don’t understand why this app is just for men? I mean, if you’re going to do it, why wouldn’t you make it for anyone?

    1. rotide

      Because women take the time to read the descriptions and look at all the pictures of each profile while men generally swipe yes on as many as they can get through in the same time frame.

          1. Mikeyfex

            Haha. Yes, sorry I didn’t bother reading the question you were answering thereby jumping down your throat on the back of making an out-of-context assumption on your overall point. A first for Broadsheet, I believe.

  6. Colin

    Fun and games until Tinder change their API, which I don’t believe is Public. They also take this type of thing fairly seriously.

      1. Colin

        Its the basis of creating Bots which cause unnecessary network load and potential security issues. Reverse engineering an API you don’t own nor have been granted access to is risky business.

  10. Gers

    “I really think this is a story” – We’ll be the judge of that TYVM. Tinder will not like this one bit and so I suspect it wont live long. The app is also adding a new layer of WTF to Tinder WTF but what do I know?

  11. pissedasanewt

    Looks like his app finds all women ending in ana or a. He must have it on Hot Eastern Eurpean setting.

  14. Turbo Talk

    Hey guys and girls,

    I am the person who created this app so let me answer a few questions and clear a few things up…

    The app came about while traveling and seeing people sending hours on their phone using different apps instead of just enjoying a country. People would complain about wasting a lot time on Tinder talking to bots, people that had no interest in ever meeting up and/or people just looking for Instagram followers or attention. I created the app so you could quickly see who actually wants to talk for real and who might be interested in meeting up at X time for X event. It was quite cool to invite groups of people out to a bar, party or event with only a few clicks of a button. No different from making a Facebook or Twitter post really although yes with a romantic theme. I introduced lots of girls to friends, groups and events that they would have never otherwise experienced and formed a large social group in a country that I originally knew no one in.

    Can people use this to be ‘creepy’? sure but that’s more a reflection on the person then any one app. This app gives you choice, people can do with that what they choose. Me personally I had a lot of fun meeting up with girls to show me around some great countries and places. Lots of people I am still in touch with. Not everything is about hooking up although I did meet some great girls that things got more serious with. Many dates though were normal stuff like coffee, shopping or outdoor activities.

    You don’t have to auto like, you can also group swipe and still see quickly who you are matching with. Auto greeting is intended for a friendly ‘hello’ and auto message for seeing who is available to talk/meet up instead of spending time glued to a screen all day. Life is short and I think time is best spent meeting people in person rather then long online conversations. I don’t control how others will use my app but if giving people more options is a bad thing that is more about peoples general approach towards online dating then anything this app does.

    If you have any more feedback please get in touch as this is an app for people who enjoy Tinder.

    Thanks,

    Rob
    info@turbotalkfortinder.com

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