Tinder Owes 268,000 Californians Money for Charging Over-30s Double. The Payments Are Automatic — Making Sure Yours Arrives Is Not

In 2015, Tinder priced its premium tiers in California at roughly $9.99 a month for users under 30 and $19.99 for everyone older, according to the court filings — same app, same swipes, double the price. Allan Candelore sued that May (Candelore v. Tinder, Inc., No. BC583162, Los Angeles Superior Court), arguing the age-based pricing violated California's Unruh Civil Rights Act and Unfair Competition Law.

The case outlived most of its coverage: a class certified in July 2024, an arbitration push denied in January 2025, a mediated deal in September 2025, preliminary approval in mid-January 2026 — and now the sentence that ends it, posted in red on the official settlement site: 'The Settlement was finally approved on June 4, 2026.' (The hearing had been moved from May 20; some coverage still shows the old date.) The fund: $60.5 million, before fees and costs, for roughly 268,000 class members per court documents.

The class covers people who bought Tinder Plus or Tinder Gold in California between March 2, 2015 and February 10, 2019 while over age 29 (or over 28 for purchases from March 2, 2016 onward). Tinder's own subscription records identify the class — which is why, unusually, there is nothing to file. If you received a notice by email, text or postcard, you are in, and a payment will be sent to you automatically.

If you believe you qualify but never got a notice, you are not out of luck — you have until August 18, 2026 to submit a Verification Form on the settlement site (tindercalclassaction.com) with your purchase window, your age at the time, and an estimate of what you paid.

Court documents describe a two-component formula. 70 percent of the net fund is tied to the Unruh Act claim and distributed pro rata across class members. The other 30 percent, tied to the Unfair Competition Law claim, is weighted by how much you actually paid Tinder — longer subscriptions and pricier tiers earn a larger slice.

What no one has published is a per-person dollar figure, and we will not invent one: the amount depends on fees, on how many verification-form members join, and on what you paid. The structure simply means someone who paid the over-30 price for three years should receive meaningfully more than someone who subscribed for one month in 2016.

Because payments are automatic, the real to-do is delivery. By August 18, 2026, you can choose PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, ACH deposit or a mailed check on the settlement site. If you do nothing, the administrator (Verita) will attempt to pay you electronically using the contact information in Tinder's records — which, for a subscription you bought in 2016, may be a phone number or email address you have not used in years. That is the quiet way settlement money goes unclaimed.

Payments go out after any appeals are resolved. The administrator will never charge a fee, and no legitimate caller needs your Social Security number or bank password to 'release' a Tinder payment — the only place to enter anything is tindercalclassaction.com, or the administrator's line at (888) 808-8994.