Is Lunchclub Worth It?

The short answer: no, unless a login works today

No, if you need to meet people this month. Lunchclub is free, so the question is whether a free service that appears to have stopped is worth your time. Its last app update was in March 2022, and the newest cited user report is from February 2024. ^{[1] [3]}

The good accounts are real. Nine of 25 user reports describe useful meetings from 2020 to 2024, and five describe a no-show or a late cancellation. The service worked for some members when it ran, and it was not reliable for others. ^{[2] [7] [8]}

For a professional looking for career contacts, skip it for now

Not now. A September 2020 Blind poster who wanted career contacts found the matches "hit or miss." A 2022 App Store reviewer with over 50 meetings did meet a leadership coach and close friends. Those are two accounts from two different years, and neither describes the service today. ^{[7] [2]}

The newest Trustpilot review is from February 2024. A Product Hunt reviewer, with a relative date of about two years ago, says the service has stagnated. Start with the alternatives and treat any new contact as a test. ^{[3] [4]}

For a member who still has an account, test it once

Sign in, complete your profile and request one meeting. A login that works and a booked call would change the answer. A failed login, or a request that gets no reply, is the signal to stop.

Know what it reads before you connect anything. The privacy policy says Lunchclub reads calendar data from a connected Google account by default and accesses contacts only with permission. Data may be kept for a "commercially reasonable time" after you close your account, and the policy gives no period. ^[5]

When the answer changes

The answer changes if the company publishes a notice that the service is running, or if your own login works and books a call. Until then, the decision is about where your time goes. The status page lists the dated signals in one table, and the complaints page covers the no-show pattern for anyone who tries it anyway.