Majestic is worth it for a man whose free account already brings him connections, which is Feeld's word for matches, and who wants more say over who he sends messages to. It is not worth it as a repair for a page nobody likes. Forum answers run both ways because each man's city and page are different, so the only answer that counts is the one you get from your own four weeks.
What you are really buying
Majestic is Feeld's single paid tier, so there is no plan to compare. You are paying for three things: more control over who you pick, more reach, and more privacy. Only the first two change your results.
The full list of extras is in our guide to what Majestic includes. Here we only ask which of them earn their keep.
The three features that matter
Seeing who liked you. This is the one most men end up paying for. Instead of liking people and waiting, you read a list of members who have already said yes and choose among them. Each one you like back becomes a connection straight away.
The filter for people online recently. A connection with someone who has not opened the app in weeks is a connection in name only. This filter points your likes at people who are around now.
The daily Ping. A Ping lets you speak first and tells her at once. One a day is enough to aim at the single member you would most like to meet. Because you have singled her out before she said a word, the note you attach has to be good.
Unlimited likes sound better than they are. a dating coach believes an app treats a man who likes almost everyone as less attractive and shows him to fewer of the women he wants. Room to like without limit is only useful if you stay choosy.
When it pays for itself
Paid features multiply a result you already have. They multiply zero as faithfully as they multiply ten.
So Majestic makes sense when the free version gives you a steady trickle of connections and a few conversations, and you find yourself guessing about who to pick. It makes sense when you live somewhere Feeld has enough members that the filter has people to find. And it makes sense when you know what you want, because the extra filters are only useful to a man who can say what he is looking for.
When to skip it
Skip it if the free account gives you nothing. My view is that men often underspend on dating, and he is not against paying. His point is that a paid feature on a weak page buys you a bigger pile of nothing.
Skip it if your photos are poor, since nobody writes to anyone before a connection and the pictures do the whole job. Skip it if you have not decided what you want, because you will spend likes on members who want something else.
A four-week test
Run two weeks on the free account with good daylight photos and honest labels. Count three numbers: connections, conversations that turned into a plan, and plans that turned into a date.
Then pay for Majestic for two weeks and count the same three things. Change nothing else, or you will not know what caused any difference. If the numbers move, keep paying. If they do not, the membership was never your bottleneck, and your photos and your first line are the things to fix.
What to do with the extra control
Seeing who liked you only helps if you act on it. Open each page before you like back. Look for the Verified badge, since it means the person in the photo is the person using the account. Read the labels and make sure they match what you want.
Then write soon, while the connection is fresh. a dating coach's habit is to turn one detail on her page into a short line with a little play in it, and to move toward a plan within about four to seven exchanges. A list of people who already said yes is wasted on a man who lets the chats drift.
The private photos catch
If you cancel, private photos become visible to every member once the membership ends, and incognito stops working. So put nothing in private photos that you would hate to see public, or remove it before you cancel.
Majestic is bought through the App Store or Google Play, so read the plan screen there on the day you pay. Set a reminder for the renewal date and check what it says.
The short version
Pay for Majestic only when the free app already works and you can name the feature that will make it work better. Test it for two weeks against two weeks without it. If the count does not move, drop it and spend the effort on your page.
Written by Matthew Stevens, Co-Founder & Head Coach. More than half a decade coaching men across the US and worldwide.
Everything here comes out of real coaching work: the approaches, dates, texts and profiles we go through with the men we coach.