Best Dating Apps
Below is a best of list for all reviewed online dating services which offer dating apps for smart phones. This includes Apple iOS and Google Android devices.
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Hinge has rebranded itself as a “relationship app,” meant to be an alternative to endlessly swiping on Tinder. Rather than looking at a couple of photos to decide “yes” or “pass” on a potential match, Hinge encourages users to take a deep dive into each profile instead. With no swiping feature, users can “like” certain photos or anecdotes that others share in their profiles, and from there, they can choose to strike up conversation. Hinge provides prompts to help users get creative and share things that show off their personalities, so users become more engaged in the process of online dating.
Regions: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, India
Service Type: Android App, Female Friendly, iOS App, Mainstream, Smartphone
Membership Type: Full Trial - Free, Paid • Cost: From $4.99 / month
Looking For: Dating, Long-Term • Religions: Any
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Match is one of the largest and oldest online dating services in existence. It is brimming with unique features and is available on multiple platforms (website, iOS and Android). Match.com launched in 1995 and now serves singles in more than 100 countries and is available in over 15 different languages.
Regions: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia
Service Type: Android App, iOS App, Mainstream, Popular, Smartphone, Website
Membership Type: Free - Basic, Paid • Cost: From $20.99 / month
Looking For: Dating, Long-Term, Marriage • Religions: Any
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Formerly known as MyYearbook, MeetMe.com is a social networking service founded in 2005 to help users connect with new people. MeetMe uses a fun array of social discovery applications to help members meet, including games, a virtual currency, an anonymous question feature called Ask Me, and a real-time live feed of all the most interesting activity on the site.
Regions: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, International
Service Type: Android App, iOS App, Popular, Social Dating, Social Gaming, Video Streaming, Website
Membership Type: Free - Basic + Contact, Credits, Paid Upgrade • Cost: $9.99 for 625 credits
Looking For: Dating, Friends • Religions: Any
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Occasionally, "truth in advertising" is more than just a pipe dream - there really are plenty of fish in the POF.com sea. More than 2.4 billion views of the site every month and over 150 million users are registered, making Plenty of Fish one of the largest free online dating sites and apps in the world.
Regions: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Spain, International
Service Type: Android App, Female Friendly, Free, iOS App, Mainstream, Popular, Single Parent, Website
Membership Type: Free - Basic + Contact, Paid Upgrade • Cost: Free to $6.99 / month
Looking For: Casual, Dating, Long-Term, Marriage • Religions: Any
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Tagged is a social discovery dating service which uses online games and video streaming to get members to interact with each other. Tagged is free to use but does include an upgraded membership called VIP which give members premium features and no ads.
Regions: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia
Service Type: Android App, Free, iOS App, Social Dating, Social Gaming, Video Streaming, Website
Membership Type: Free - Basic + Contact, Credits, Paid Upgrade • Cost: Free to $12.99 / month
Looking For: Casual, Dating, Friends • Religions: Any
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Tinder is a location-based mobile dating app that is “a fun way to meet people” according to its website. Tinder finds out who likes you nearby and connects you with them if you're also interested. You sign in with a Facebook account and create a basic profile comprised of photos, age, location, and a brief summary. The app indicates if you have mutual friends and common interests, too. The company states that every day, there are 400 million profile ratings and 4.5 million matches made with the app. Available for iPhone and Android phones.
Regions: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, International
Service Type: Android App, iOS App, Mainstream, Smartphone, Website
Membership Type: Free - Basic + Contact, Paid Upgrade • Cost: Free to $29.99 / month
Looking For: Casual, Dating • Religions: Any
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What is a Mobile Dating App?
Our definition of a dating app, is an application (or applet) for an online dating service that runs on smart phones and/or tablets. These apps can be downloaded from the Apple App store and/or Google Play (some dating services may not support both). By installing an app of one of these dating services, it will allow you to create and access your dating profile, search for matches, and message or live chat with other online daters anywhere you have cell phone coverage.
Why is a Dating App the Best Option for you?
Most online dating sites allow access to their service via a website. While this is ideal for searching and viewing profiles because of the larger screens, it is not perfect for communicating with your matches. While it is easier to write long messages on your laptop, a mobile dating app allows for instant access to any replies you receive. Everyone these days has a smart phone so more messages are sent throughout the day instead of just on evenings and weekends like when online dating first got started and people used just their computers at home. Once you have logged into your dating app on your phone it will remain active in the background ready to receive any notifications of new messages when they happen. Because of these instant notifications, using a dating app allows you to write a message back right away. This not only shows you are interested but it makes starting an actual conversation easier since you both are on your phone.
Another benefit to dating apps is that your account on most dating apps are tied to your phone number. This means if you are communicating with someone else using a dating app then you have a much higher chance of communicating with a real person and not a fake or a scammer. Unfortunately scammers are part of the online dating world and dating services are fighting a constant battle to remove them. Having your dating membership identified by a phone number is a good way to verify the person is real. It is much easier and cheaper to create a fake email address for a scammer to sign up to a dating service with, than a phone number.
A third benefit of a dating app is the GPS found in phones. With your permission a lot of dating services offer a feature that uses your location throughout the day and those of other members to determine where you like to go. This location data lets dating services see where members cross paths which helps with matching them together.
How does our Best of Lists work for Dating Apps?
Our purpose here is to list only the best dating apps - ones that will work for you on your phone or tablet. For some of the online dating services listed above, using an app may be the only way to access them. Some may offer other ways to access the service as well like a website (and a responsive mobile version of their website). All of these services do offer a well design dating app that makes it easy to search, communicate and meet with other singles. All of these apps passed our minimum criteria set out in this article.
Each of our reviewed dating services also allows for submitted reviews and ratings by our readers. Each user review contains a rating based on a possible total of five stars and a description. With the name of the dating services listed above you will find the Editor rating along with the average user rating.
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