Dating Apps

Specific Dating Apps

ALL PURPOSE

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

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