● Dating, with your eyes open

Dating is emotional.
Basics makes it clearer.

Fun quizzes, human matchmaking and a private dating dashboard—built to help you understand what you want, who you're dating and what actually works for you.

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YOUR DATING NOTEPrivate · Today

“The chemistry is a ten. But do our lives actually fit?”

CHEMISTRY
10
VALUES
5
Worth asking

You've said family is one of your biggest future goals. Have you talked about it yet?

KNOW A CATCH?

Your brilliant single friend is not going to vouch for themselves.

Give them the nudge—and give us the thoughtful character reference. We'll keep it private, kind and significantly less awkward than announcing them at dinner.

Vouch for someone →

Apps are excellent at finding more humans.

Basics helps with the mildly terrifying bit: what happens next.

01Play

Basics Quizzes

Clever, cheeky quizzes that are fun enough for the group chat—and useful enough to teach you something real.

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02Meet

Basics Matchmaking

Curated, human matchmaking for intentional daters in Cape Town. No swiping. No public catalogue.

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03Reflect

Dating Dashboard

A private place to remember what you’re learning, see patterns clearly and ask the conversations that matter.

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● Free · fun · slightly exposing

Self-awareness, but make it shareable.

Cosmopolitan-style quizzes for modern dating—smarter, beautifully designed and genuinely useful.

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CASI

What's your dating type?

Discover the energy you bring to dating, including the good, the questionable and the “oh no, that is definitely me”.

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♡

What's your love language?

Real-life scenarios. No painfully obvious questions.

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What's their love language?

Make your guess. Send the quiz. Compare the plot twist.

● Your private dating dashboard

Remember what happened before chemistry rewrites the story.

Anyone can create a private dashboard for up to five people. Your reflections stay private—even the matchmaker cannot read them.

  • Values in action, intentions and real-life fit
  • Emotional safety, consistency and chemistry
  • Conflict, boundaries and the questions you are avoiding
  • A confidential route for safety concerns
Open your dashboard →
BASICS.PRIVATE SPACE
3 dates

James

CHEMISTRY
9
VALUES ALIGNMENT
5
BASICS NOTICED

You still haven’t discussed whether either of you wants children.

+ Kind+ Curious? Future plans

🔒 Only you can see this

● Currently in Cape Town

Meeting someone shouldn't feel like a second job.

Basics Matchmaking is curated, personal and human. Approved members receive a private member portal and dating dashboard.

Apply for matchmaking →Vouch for someone ↗
  1. 01
    Apply or be vouched for

    Give us real context, values and character—not a dating-app caption.

  2. 02
    We get to know you

    Your values, intentions, life and what a good fit means to you.

  3. 03
    Meet thoughtfully

    A human matchmaker curates the introduction. You both opt in.

● Start where you are

Three ways back to Basics.

Take a quiz, use your dashboard, or let a human do the matchmaking. Your move.

FOR EVERYONE

Free quizzes

R0

Play, learn something about yourself and send the result to the group chat.

UP TO FIVE PEOPLE

Dating Dashboard

Private

Track values, safety, consistency, conflict and compatibility without losing the plot.

Open your dashboard →
CAPE TOWN

Matchmaking

Personal

A thoughtful application, a member portal and human-curated introductions.

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● A simple philosophy

Do they like me?

Does this actually work for me?

That's the question Basics helps you answer.