One introduction at a time, twice a week. Here’s everything that happens between signing up and your first conversation.
Introductions start once most members have at least five people who fit them both ways. Until then, your profile and preferences are saved.
Tell us what matters: Any day, at your own pace.
Sign-up takes about 10 minutes: an identity check with Singpass or your NRIC or Singapore pass, a short profile and two photos.
Then set your preferences. Age range and distance always apply, and you can turn up to three other answers into dealbreakers. A preference changes who fits you best; a dealbreaker rules people out, and Steade shows what it costs before you switch it on. You choose who can see each answer.
Every Tuesday and Friday at 8 pm, Singapore time, the matching looks at everyone at once. Two people can be introduced only if each is inside the other’s age range, each meets the other’s dealbreakers, and both fit each other’s preferences well enough.
It then picks a stable set of introductions: no two people would both rather have been introduced to each other. Among people who fit you about equally well, someone who has waited longer comes first.
You get at most one introduction: their photos, their profile and up to three plain reasons you were introduced, such as “You both want children”. Never a score.
Reasons never reveal an answer either of you kept private. If no one fitted you both ways this round, we tell you, and you’re in the next one.
Jun Hao, 32
Why you were introduced
Accept or pass, in private. Neither of you sees the other’s answer until you’ve both decided or the time runs out, and we remind you 12 hours before it closes.
You both accept
Your conversation opens, and we tell you both.
Either of you passes
The introduction ends. Neither of you is told who passed, or why.
The 48 hours run out
It closes. If you hadn’t decided, your introductions pause until you tap I’m ready.
Either way, you won’t be introduced to each other again for 90 days.
Chat opens in the app, so neither of you has to share a phone number to start talking. For a new account’s first 14 days, links and phone numbers can’t be sent.
Either of you can end, block or report at any time, and moderators review every report. While you’re talking to someone, you won’t get new introductions.
A stable round means no two people would both rather have each other. It can’t tell you whether there’ll be a spark. That part is up to the two of you.
Steade is built and run by Huper Technology, an established Singapore technology company, on servers and infrastructure it already owns and runs for its other work. Keeping Steade going costs little, so free is a long-term decision, not a trial that ends once enough people have joined.
Why only one person at a time? Because a feed rewards volume, not attention. One introduction lets you look properly at one person who already meets your dealbreakers, and lets them do the same. If it isn’t right, you pass and can be introduced again in the next round.
What if I don’t get an introduction? Some rounds won’t have someone who fits what you and another member both asked for. When that happens, Steade tells you plainly and shows when the next round is, instead of filling the gap with a weaker match. Loosening a dealbreaker can widen who you can meet.
What’s the difference between a preference and a dealbreaker? A preference changes who is ranked higher for you but never rules anyone out. A dealbreaker rules people out completely. Your age range always applies, and you can turn up to three other answers into dealbreakers. Before you switch one on, Steade shows how much it narrows your options.
Can I join now? Yes. Sign-up is open to adults living in Singapore. Introductions start once most members have at least five people who fit them both ways. Until then your profile and preferences stay saved, and we’ll tell you when your first introduction arrives.