Getting the Most Out of Krush: Profile Tips

A profile is not a self-description exercise. It is the set of instructions that determines who you see and who sees you — and most people fill in about a third of it, then wonder why the recommendations feel random.

This is a walk through each part, what it actually does, and how to fill it in well. Much of it applies to any app; some is specific to how ours works.

Photos: necessary, and not the interesting part

Photos get you looked at. They rarely get you a conversation, because there is nothing in a photo to reply to.

The practical version: a clear shot of your face where you look like yourself, one or two that show you doing something you actually do, and something with other people in it so you read as a person with a life. Avoid heavy filters — they create a gap between the profile and the person that gets noticed immediately on a first date.

Then stop optimising photos and go and fill in the rest, because that is where the leverage is.

The parts most people skip

Cultural background and languages are the two fields that do the most work on Krush, and they are the two most often left half-filled.

Fill them in properly. Not just where your parents are from, but the shape of it — raised where, moved when, which language is spoken at home, what you are fluent in versus what you can just about manage with relatives. That specificity is exactly what lets someone open with something real instead of “hey.”

It also matters for the reverse case. If you would rather not have to explain why a parent’s phone call outranks a plan, this is the field that means you do not have to. Language preferences and cultural background feed into recommendations, so the common ground is visible before anyone messages.

Religion can be added to your profile if it is part of your life, though members cannot filter by it — so treat it as context you are offering rather than a matching criterion.

Dating goals: just say it

You can set your goal to Serious Relationship, Casual Dating, Friendship, or Open to all.

Set it honestly. The instinct to pick something vague to keep options open costs more than it saves: it produces conversations with people who want something different, which wastes weeks for both of you. Someone stating a clear intention is also easier to take seriously.

If you genuinely do not know, Open to all is a real answer, not a cop-out. It is only a problem when it is a disguise.

Working out the answer first is worth an hour on its own — we wrote a guide to setting your dating goals as a global Asian for exactly that.

Personality, including MBTI

The personality profile gives someone a sense of how you actually operate, and MBTI is part of it.

Treat it as a conversation opener, not a compatibility verdict. The value is that it prompts a specific exchange — plenty of good first conversations have started from someone disputing their own type. Do not overthink the result.

Interests: specific beats broad

“Travel” tells nobody anything. “I go back to Taipei every year and eat the same three things” is a conversation.

Pick things that are true and particular. The point of an interest is not to demonstrate that you are interesting — it is to give someone a handle to grab. Specific handles get grabbed; generic ones do not.

Our fuller guide on writing a bio that sounds like you goes deeper on this.

Verification happens before you start

Photo verification is required during onboarding rather than being an optional badge, so it is not something you need to go back and add. Everyone appearing in your recommendations has completed the same check.

That is worth knowing because it changes how you read a profile. Where verification is optional, an unverified profile tells you almost nothing — the person may be exactly who they claim and simply never got round to it. Without that ambiguity, photos matching the person becomes the baseline rather than a signal you have to look for.

What it means is still specific, though. It shows that a member resembles the photos on their profile. It does not prove who someone is, and it says nothing about intentions. A required check raises the floor; it does not replace your own read on how someone behaves over time. Identity verification is a separate, additional feature.

We explain the mechanics in profile verification explained, and the full set of safety tools is on the safety and trust page.

Preferences: the local versus international decision

This is the setting that most changes what you see, and it is genuinely a decision rather than a default.

You can point your preferences toward people near you, internationally, or both. For a lot of our members the answer is both — someone in the same city would be simpler, and someone in Seoul or Manila might be a better fit. Cross-border matching is a core part of how Krush works rather than an afterthought, so the international setting is not a novelty mode.

If your recommendations feel thin, widen one preference at a time. Distance is usually the most effective single change. If they feel irrelevant instead, the fix is normally upstream in your own profile rather than in the filters.

Krush Plus opens up a more detailed set of preferences if you want finer control over who appears — useful if you have specific requirements, though the core preferences serve most people well.

Sparks, and using them sparingly

A Spark is our equivalent of a super like. It signals stronger interest than an ordinary like and makes you more visible to the person receiving it.

The useful discipline is to send them rarely. The signal works because it is not routine — someone who Sparks everyone has communicated nothing. Save it for a profile that genuinely stands out.

Non-subscribers spend Hearts to send one; Krush Plus makes Sparks unlimited. Hearts are one-time purchases, so you can pick one up for a single moment that matters without any ongoing plan — which suits people who date in bursts rather than continuously.

Events

In some cities there are in-app events and meetups. These are worth watching for, because meeting people in person repeatedly is a genuinely different mechanism from matching — and often an easier one. You can see what is running on the events page.

What is free, plainly

Creating a profile, browsing recommendations, liking people, matching, and chatting with your matches are all part of the free experience. Plenty of members use Krush this way and never pay for anything.

Krush Plus adds room and visibility — unlimited Sparks and chats with matches, your full list of received likes, double the recommendations, sorting likes, Undo, advanced preferences, an ad-free experience, and going in right away if you would rather not wait. Hearts and Boost stay separate as one-time purchases, so Boost in particular is something you buy when you want a bigger moment rather than something bundled into a subscription.

Prices vary by country, so the app and the store listings are the accurate source. The pricing page lays out how the three options relate.

One thing worth knowing: new members are sometimes placed on a waitlist after signing up, so access is not always immediate once your profile is ready. The waitlist is free and your profile is kept exactly as you built it.

The short version

Fill in culture and languages properly. Set your dating goal honestly. Make interests specific. Decide deliberately between local and international. Send Sparks rarely. Verification is not on the list — onboarding covers it.

That is most of it, and it takes about fifteen minutes. If you want the flow end to end before you start, how it works walks through it, and the features page lists what is actually in the app.