Upload and staging
You choose screenshots of your profile. The intake experience is designed around the material you control: photos, prompts, bio, and visible profile context.
Process proof
How the Profile Audit Works
Upload dating profile screenshots in a private flow, review the quote before run, and receive a correction order for photo sequence, prompts, bio, and trust signals—not a public score.
Direct answer
Yes, you can upload dating profile screenshots through a private gated intake. The optional lead-photo check gives one bounded signal before sign-in; it is not a free full-profile audit. The full audit still shows a quote before run, does not use public threads, is not crowdsourced, and stays behind the paid flow.
How profile feedback options compare
Different surfaces answer different questions. Use this comparison to see when a private Profile Signal Audit fits your intent.
Public Reddit thread
Fast opinions from strangers. Public, subjective, and not built around your full card sequence, prompts, bio, or a private correction order.
Photofeeler-style photo rating
Useful for isolated photo reads and crowd votes. It does not audit gallery order, prompts, bio specificity, or trust leaks as one evidence set.
Generic AI prompt
Cheap text feedback without screenshot evidence, quote-before-run boundaries, or a structured private report tied to your uploads.
The Citadel private audit process
Private gated intake, staged screenshots, quote before run, paid-flow execution, and a forensic-style report with prioritized corrections—not public threads or crowdsourced ratings.
If you need upload intent with boundaries, start at the profile audit overview, review this workflow, then continue to private intake only when you are ready to stage screenshots.
Authority details
Privacy and AI processing
The Citadel is private in the public-exposure sense: your screenshots are not posted to public threads, crowdsourced, or shown to partners by default. The audit may use AI infrastructure to process the report. Do not upload material you do not have the right to share.
Lead-photo check boundary
The optional lead-photo check returns one bounded visible signal before sign-in. It does not run the full audit, use credits, or replace the remaining screenshots. If you continue, the checked photo is carried into private intake; the full audit still requires the remaining evidence and quote confirmation.
Quote before processing
The product displays the audit cost before the paid run. Sign-in and credits are required before audit processing and report delivery.
Report delivery
The output is a private report with evidence-linked findings and a correction order. Optional follow-up products stay separate from the main audit.
Coaches, photographers, and shared intake
The audit report is client-owned. Coaches and photographers do not see screenshots or reports by default. If a client works with a dating coach, a Profile Signal Audit can serve as structured profile intake—it supports coach judgment and does not replace coaching. See /dating-coach-intake for coach-safe framing and /dating-profile-shoot-brief if the client is preparing a photo shoot.
- Client owns the report; sharing any summary or brief is user-initiated.
- No public partner signup or coach dashboard on the audit product.
- The audit may use AI infrastructure; The Citadel does not guarantee matches or dates.
Failure handling
If a paid AI processing failure occurs on an eligible route before delivery, The Citadel attempts the scoped credit refund described in the terms.
What the audit checks on the profile card
Searchers asking for a dating-website or profile audit usually mean the first screen a stranger sees. The public checklist on /dating-profile-audit#what-the-audit-checks lists the visible signals: lead photo, photo order, bio vs photo proof, prompts, trust leaks, and mobile first screen. This page is the upload workflow; that section is the job list.
Upload dating profile screenshots: private bridge
If your intent is to upload dating profile screenshots, use the private gated intake flow. You can optionally check one lead photo first for a bounded signal. The full profile remains staged and reviewed before you continue; the product shows a quote before run, does not use public threads, is not crowdsourced, and keeps audit execution behind the paid flow.
- Dedicated upload-intent page: /upload-dating-profile-screenshots for boundaries and deliverables before intake.
- Social evidence intake: /upload-social-dating-screenshots for Instagram, Facebook Dating, or related screenshots.
- Private gated intake starts at /dating-profile-audit/start when upload intent is explicit.
- Use /dating-profile-audit first if you need scope, sample proof, or correction-order context.
- Use /methodology to review how evidence, inference, and limits are handled before continuing.
Operating sequence
01
Review the public audit page
Read what the audit covers, view the sample report, and decide whether the scope fits your problem.
02
Upload screenshots
Add the profile screenshots you want reviewed. You remain in control of what evidence is included.
03
Confirm account and quote
Sign in and confirm the credit quote before the audit run starts.
04
Run the audit
The product analyzes the visible profile evidence and assembles the private report.
05
Apply the correction order
Start with the highest-priority fixes before spending on boosts, new photos, or downstream image work.
How photo order and sequence are diagnosed
The audit does not treat photos as isolated scores. It reads your gallery as a sequence: lead photo stop-power, variety vs repetition, group-shot trust, and whether the order supports the story your prompts and bio claim. Dating apps do not silently promote your best frame to slot one—you choose the order. Weak sequence shows up in the correction order before spend on boosts or new shoots.
- Lead photo clarity at card size
- Order logic (variety, redundancy, trust leaks)
- Alignment between photos and prompt/bio claims
- Priority rank in correction order—not a single "best photo" grade
Ready to upload profile screenshots?
Continue only if your intent is explicit upload for a private audit run. If not, use the overview first.
- Upload intent: continue to private intake.
- Still comparing options: review the product overview first.
- Need trust/process detail: review methodology.
Related topics
Direct answers
Do I get a free personalized preview before payment?
No free full-profile personalized audit is returned before payment. An optional lead-photo check gives one bounded signal only; the full correction order is returned after the paid audit run.
Do I need to connect a dating app account?
No. The Profile Signal Audit works from screenshots you choose to upload. It does not require access to your dating app account.
What happens to my screenshots?
Screenshots are used for the audit workflow under the privacy policy—including AI infrastructure on our behalf. They are not posted to public threads, crowd-rated, or shown to partners by default. Do not upload material you do not have the right to share.
Can I upload dating profile screenshots for a private audit?
Yes. Upload starts in a private gated intake flow where screenshots are staged and reviewed before you continue. You may check one lead photo first, but the full audit still requires the remaining screenshots, quote review, and paid run. There are no public threads and the process is not crowdsourced.
Where can I see what the report looks like?
Use the sample report page. It is illustrative and redacted, not a real customer report or performance claim.
How is photo order different from photo rating?
Photo rating scores one image in isolation. The Profile Signal Audit diagnoses how your full sequence reads on the profile card—order, repetition, and trust—and ranks fixes in a correction order.
Does Hinge change the order of your pictures?
No. The photo you place first stays the lead until you move it. A high isolated photo score does not reorder the card; the audit ranks what should sit in slot one versus later.
Ready to review your profile evidence?
Start at the profile audit overview, then continue to private intake when you are ready to stage screenshots.