Specific Dating Apps
ALL PURPOSE
Clover – mixed approach, tired of swiping, try a different feature
Hinge – uses an algorithm that pairs people “who are likely to mutually like one another”
Zoosk – ideal for 24 – 36, casual or serious dating or anywhere in between, not sure what you want, start here. 35 million users and affordable premium, free trial, enjoy selected matches sent to you daily via SmartPick technology
ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLES / NON MONOGAMOUS
Ashley Madison – caters to those married or in a relationship but still looking …
BiCupid – bisexual, hookup, threesomes & swingers
Feeld – for exploration, curiosity and pleasure, join solo or with a partner to find like-minded kinky partners
Victoria Milan – relive the passion and find your affair, for the married and attached
ASTROLOGY
Align – matches you with others based on your astrological sign
Nuit – matches based on birth chart compatibility and astrology
Struck – uses your birth chart to match you for dating and friendship
COMPATIBILITY / CONVERSATION FOCUSED
Chorus – lets your friends pay matchmaker and do the swiping for you
eHarmony – very good ratings with extremely active users and success pairing profiles
Inner Circle – quality over quantity, only shows you the people you want to see: those who match your chosen values and interests, so you can more easily find a fellow vegan, hiker, movie buff, gym rat, jazz lover, etc
Elate Date – less swiping, less ghosting, quality over quantity and no endless swiping
Hily – focuses on building quality conversations first
Jigsaw – swap messages and watch the jigsaw pieces fall away (of their profile pic)
Lantern – connecting you through shared entertainment experiences – movies, tv shows, books, music and more
Lolo – icebreaker conversation games
OkCupid – form a deeper connection, personality quiz questions provide a match percentage with would-be partners, weed out people with specific traits or points of view
Once – one quality match per day through their own algorithm
String – based on voice notes
Swoon Me – based on short audio clips and uses avatars instead of photos
CONCIERGE
It’s Just Lunch – guaranteed face-to-face dating matchmaking service
The League – handles all the scouting for you, got high standards? keep them
Tawkify – since 2012, two membership options, $99-a-year option that allows you to be tossed into the dating pool for higher end members, and a multi-thousand dollar service that guarantees you get one single, curated date a month
DATING APP FATIGUE ?
Thursday – cut right to the chase, get matched and date all in one day
DIVORCED
Love Again – for those who have had a long break in dating, widowed, divorced, etc
Next Love – highly acclaimed app for widowed and divorced, single parents, 25-45 (based in Europe but also has a USA following)
EDUCATED & CAREER-FOCUSED PROFESSIONALS
Down To Date – for busy PHYSICIANS only
Elite Singles – almost 400,000 new users every month and 85% of the membership base holding some form of an above-average education. Starting Price: $44.95 per month
Victoria the App – prefer dating within a very particular echelon of society? members pursue their dreams and passions with intensity, pushed to excel, do more, be better in every facet of their career and personal life
ELITE MEMBERSHIP
Elite Partner – successful and highly ambitious, must verify income
Lox Club – got super high standards? Members only application-based
Luxy – millionaires Only
Raya – rich and famous, celebrities and millionaires, 8% of applicants are accepted
The League – ‘best of the best’, your LinkedIn matters, job title and the college you attended are factors, comes with higher premiums
EMOTIONAL CONNECTION
Hily – focused on building conversation first
S’more – experience blurred dating… The longer you chat, the clearer they become
EQUESTRIAN
Equestrian Cupid – community for cowboys & cowgirls and equestrian singles to meet horseback riding enthusiasts
Equestrian Singles – looking to take an equestrian vacation, meet other horse lovers, equine singles, western singles, country singles, cowboy sweethearts, or find that country match, or other single equestrians? This is the site to do it
FIFTY-FIVE PLUS
Date My Age – focuses on communication over dating, so if being social is your goal, this might be a good choice
EHarmony – advanced filters that are useful for emotionally and psychologically-compatible dating over 50
Mature Dating – one of the longest standing sites for mature daters, new verification method to reduce face profiles
Our Time – search for pen-pals, friends, dates, long term relationships and marriage partners
Senior Match – no members under 40, priced $16 month
Zoosk – senior singles offers comprehensive options for dating over 50
FOODIE
Wish I had something to put here, but none of them get good reviews 🤷🏻♀️ if you know any, send them to me!
FITNESS
Fitness-Singles – from the few fitness based sites out there this one is more promising
FREE
Book of Matches – 100% free for dating, friends, hang-out, hookups or long term relationships
Clover – come join the party and make new friends while you find a date
Facebook Dating – meet and start new conversations with people who share your interests, free and focused on helping you find long-term relationships, but you’ll need a FB account
Reddit R4R – reddit personals
FRIENDS & EXPANDING YOUR SOCIAL CIRCLE
Bumble – Bumble BFF, to help you find new colleagues and friends too
Clover – come join the party and make new friends while you find a date
Meet Me – find new people nearby who share your interests and want to chat now!
Profoundly – make friends by chatting over ice breakers before photos are exchanged
GAMERS / VIRTUAL
Kippo – a real time virtual world for meeting friends and dates, metaverse compatible
GOT A BEARD / OR INTO BEARDS
Bristl – connecting those with beards to those who want them
GROUP DATING FIRST
Jungle – start with double dating
HEALTHY LIFESTYLE
Inner Circle – quality over quantity, only shows you the people you want to see: those who match your chosen values and interests, so you can more easily find a fellow match
HOOKUP / CASUAL DATING
Adult Friend Finder – one of the longest running casual discreet dating apps for single hookups and swingers
Chispa – the Latino / Latina version of Tinder
Down – whether they’re looking for a DATE or a HOOKUP
Flirt – no app but a high female user base and lower cost
HUD – strictly a hookup and casual dating app
Pure – find matches based on sexual desires, preferences, and intentions
TapDat – body positive, casual, non-committal fun (UK but also USA based)
HUNTING, AS IN THE SPORT (+ OTHER OUTDOOR SPORTS)
Hunting for Connections – not just for hunters; fishing, hiking, camping, four-wheeling, archery, canoeing, kayaking, motocross, water, winter sports, other outdoor activities
KIDS
Hey Baby – the dating app for people who have or want kids
Single Parent Meet – meet other single parents
Stir – where single parents meet, Match’s single parents dating app
LGBTQIA2S+
Grindr – gay, bi, trans, queer
Her – Lesbian and Queer
Taimi – exclusively LGBTQ+
Hornet – Queer Dating
Scruff – Gay Male Dating
Zoe – queer women seeking queer women
MILITARY
Military Cupid – in the market for a military connection?
MOTORCYCLE ENTHUSIAST
Biker Planet – biker singles
Biker Kiss – biker singles
MUSIC INTERESTS
Tastebuds – meet through music, search for others based on same interests in music
Planet Rock Dating – share interests in rock music
OUTDOOR ENTHUSIAST
Dolfin – community of outdoorsy and conscious people
Outdoor Personals – find activity partners, friendships, dates for those who enjoy outdoor activities
Outdoorsy Friends Date – meet outdoorsy local singles
PERSONALITY FOCUSED
Birdy – Myers Briggs Based
Boo World – meet like-minded by 16-type, zodiac and enneagram
So Synced – Myers Briggs Based
Ur My Type – based on personality type
PLUS-SIZED
BBW Cupid – safe & welcoming community for curvy daters
Large Friends – meet curvy singles and admirers in a safe environment
Woo Plus – plus-sized curvy singles looking to meet
RACE FOCUSED
Amigos – Latino & Latina Dating over 78% of messages sent on Amigos.com will receive a reply
Asian Date – meet Asians
BLK – helping black singles find love
Black People Meet – caters to singles of color who want to meet others that understand their cultural background and way of life
Cherry Blossoms – US single looking for international Asian or Fliipina singles
Chispa – Latin meets Latina
Columbian Cupid – meet Columbian singles
Desi Kiss – meet Indian singles
Dil Mil – South Asian meaningful connections
Dua – Albanian Dating
Ebony Flirt – start black dating for free
Eligible Greeks – Greek dating site
Filipino Cupid – dedicated to Filipino singles from around the world
Hye Singles – Armenian dating
Interracial Dating Central – looking to date someone from a different race then go here
Japan Cupid – meet Japanese singles
Russian Cupid – meet Russian singles
Soul Singles – niche black dating, in a city and looking to date in the black community
Tantan – Asian
RELIGION FOCUSED
Catholic Match – ‘the largest and most trusted catholic dating site in the world’, free trial
Christian Mingle – free trial
Higher Bond – 3 months free, ‘Christ-centered approach that builds real relationships’
JDate – Jewish
JSwipe – Jewish dating app
Muzz – where Muslims meet
Salt – award-winning Christian dating app, as featured by Vogue, GQ, BBC, Church Times and lots of Christian Media
Upward – casual swipe approach to christian dating
SCREENED FOR REAL PEOPLE
Badoo – puts a premium on ensuring users are actual verified people instead of catfish scams
Bumble – selfie verification to prevent catfishing
eHarmony – uses a third-party ID service to verify authenticity of identification
Gleam – screen your dates, go straight to a video date based on your schedule
Hily – high verification to prevent bots and auto-blocker to protect from rude messages
Inner Circle – screened profiles for real connections
SERIOUS RELATIONSHIP
Bumble – 85% of users say they are looking for marriage or a serious relationship
eHarmony – lengthy questionnaire weeds out hookup mentality with a long reputation for forming serious relationships
Hinge – ‘designed to be deleted’, must answer in depth questions, discourages mindless swiping, meaningful conversations immediately
Match – great track record for finding common ground with other users
SOBRIETY
Loosid– offers sober dating, rehab help and an engaging sober community
SPIRITUALITY INCLINED
MeetMindful – a premier dating app for people who keep their lives mindful and high-vibe, if you’re into yoga, meditation, mindful living? this is a good choice
Spiritual Singles – for the spiritually-inclined
STD ?
MPWH – meet people with herpes
Positive Singles – living with an STD?
TRAVEL
MissTravel – ‘Luxury travel dating and travel companion site’
TourBar – ‘Worldwide based’
YourTravelMates – find awesome travel buddies
URBAN / CITY DWELLING
Gleam – founded by a woman, go straight to a video date based on your schedule
happn – only shows people who have recently been in the same general location as you, younger tech savvy demographic
Meet Me – meet people nearby
VIDEOS BASED
Feels – short videos and stories vs swipe
Snack – ticktock of dating, Gen Z focus
The Intro – cut to the chase & video chat to get a vibe before spending a lot of time
The Sauce – The dating app where profiles are made up of videos
VIDEO CHATTING
Bumble – video call and voice chat features
Clover – interaction with live streaming
eHarmony – experience the eHarmony video date
Hinge – video dating made easy
Kippo – hang out in the kippoverse
Match – date like an adult, 25+ years of experience and real-life dating experts
POF – leader in conversations on dating apps
Tinder – face-to-face video chat
Zoosk – try Zoosk live-streaming video feature
WOMEN FOCUSED
Bumble – only women can message matches first
Coffee Meets Bagel – women choose who is allowed to contact them based on their criteria being met
WORLDWIDE
Anastasia Date – Eastern European Men & Women connect with singles across the globe
Dating – international singles from around the globe
International Cupid pond too small? Looking for an international relationship? Start here
Plenty of Fish – many decent free features, massive ocean of fish – 70 million English speaking users worldwide
Skout – global network for meeting people