Above is clean matchmaking. Everyone here is already living substance-free — so the first date starts at the good part, not at the explanation.
Free to download. No bar tabs, no bots, 18+ only. Delete your profile in two taps.
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Substance-free profiles
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Dates that start at a bar
24h
Match window — momentum, not limbo
3.7★
App Store rating
The problem
“Grab a drink?” is the default first date. Which means every match starts with a disclosure, a negotiation, or a night you didn't want. That's not a preference problem. It's a fit problem — and it's exhausting.
Telling a stranger why you don't drink, again, before you've even decided if you like them.
Bars, breweries, wine bars. The whole script assumes a drink is the icebreaker.
Hard-won sobriety shouldn't depend on someone else's idea of a good night out.
Above removes the variable. Everyone here already lives clean, so nobody has to defend it.
How it works
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Recovery, sober by choice, or cutting back — you pick the words. It sits on your profile so it never has to be a conversation.
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Quick-view profiles with intentions up front. Every person you see is substance-free. That's the whole filter.
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Matches open a 24-hour window. Say something now, or it closes. Velocity beats a dead inbox.
Takes about four minutes to set up. No card, no subscription to start.
See it move
Swap the src and poster on #heroVideo — the placeholder removes itself once a source is set.
The offer
$0
Free to join. Optional in-app upgrades if you want more reach — never to unlock messaging.
18+. Report or block anyone, any time. Two taps to delete everything.
Membersclient to supply real quotes
★★★★★
“First app where I didn't have to put ‘sober, hope that's okay' in my bio. It's just the room.”
Placeholder · verified member
★★★★★
“The 24-hour thing sounds stressful. It's the opposite — you either talk or you move on.”
Placeholder · verified member
★★★★★
“Three dates in, all of them daytime, all of them good. That never happened on the other apps.”
Placeholder · verified member
From the founder
“I built Above because I was tired of the same first date — the one where I spend the first ten minutes explaining my drink order. Clean living isn't a limitation. It's a signal about what someone wants out of their life. This app is that signal, made searchable.”
Founder · Clean Connections LLC
Built with recovery-informed product decisions. Safety first, always.
Free on iPhone. Set up in about four minutes. Meet people who already live the way you do.
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