APP FEATURES
Everything you need to match safer, meet confidently, and turn real-world moments into real connections.
BENTE AI™
Bente is your evolving digital wingman, designed to understand your social preferences more deeply than you might realize. Unlike static settings, Bente learns from your real-world behavior and interactions to guide your experience through the app's various social layers. Whether he is "flying in" to assist with navigation or offering tailored insights during your journey, Bente is meant to grow alongside you, becoming an intuitive companion that anticipates your needs and helps you navigate the world of Bente with personalized precision.
ICEBREAKERS™
This feature serves as an entry hub that automatically routes users to intent-specific activities based on their current goals, such as Flirtation, Romance, Friendship, or Collaboration. It is designed to facilitate immediate interaction once a valid hotspot check-in is confirmed, ensuring users are placed directly into the most relevant social experience.
PREFERENCES
Users can fine-tune their discovery experience through a comprehensive preference suite that includes adjustable ranges for age and height, as well as specific filters for religion, politics, education, and lifestyle habits. The system allows for "Deal Breaker" toggles, which can enforce hard limits on matching criteria to ensure users only see candidates who meet their strict requirements.
VIBES™
The Vibes system is a gamified achievement feature where users unlock digital badges by meeting specific social or "hunt" conditions within the app. Users can track their collection progress, view rarity levels for each badge (ranging from common to secret "hunt drops"), and interact with unique audio-visual elements associated with each unlocked vibe.
MATCHING &
MESSAGING
When two users match, they are presented with a celebration screen that highlights their shared interests, the venue where they met, and their compatibility percentage. From this screen, users can immediately initiate a secure conversation via the integrated chat helper or manage their connection by unmatching if desired.​​
SHOP
The Bente Shop is the central marketplace for the app's economy, allowing users to purchase "Bente Bucks," shop for multipliers, or subscribe to "Bente Direct". Subscribing provides premium benefits such as the ability to see exactly who is checked in at nearby hotspots, increased daily Bente Buck caps, and monthly reward bonuses.
INSTA-MATCH™
This feature uses a radar-like scanning system to find high-compatibility candidates within a user-defined radius of up to 150 miles. Once a match is found, users can send an "Instant Invite" using Bente Bucks or a daily free skip, and they can even use the "Meet Halfway" tool to automatically find a convenient hotspot located between both parties.
INTENT
Intent is the core engine of the Bente experience, allowing you to define exactly what you are looking for, whether it is Flirtation, Romance, Friendship, or Collaboration. Rather than keeping you in a static pool of users, your chosen intent dynamically routes you into specialized "Icebreaker" hubs and matching ecosystems tailored to that specific goal. Bente respects your time and social energy by ensuring that your interactions are aligned with your current mindset; however, it also offers the flexibility to discover matches "Outside of my Intent" if you choose to broaden your horizons. By bridging the gap between what you want and who you meet, the Intent system ensures every connection on Bente starts with a shared understanding.