Are you sick of being single for pretty long period ? Do you want to get out of this loneliness ? Don’t worry, its a pretty easy solution. We’re going to discuss about some of the best dating apps out there. Some of the them you already know such Tinder, OkCupid, etc and some of them you might not be knowing which we’ll cover in this article. Dating apps are the apps that takes your details and finds your match or a person similar to your likes and dislikes and then you can know more about him/her. You can even text the other person. After some talks, you could probably arrange a date !!

In this article, we are going to share about 15+ dating apps for the users who are looking for a perfect partner.

Best Dating Apps For Android & IOS

Have a look at some of the best dating apps for android and iOS users to find perfect match for them:

Tinder

Tinder a very well known app is a location-based dating app. It shows you profiles of people in your area. It was founded within the startup incubation – Hatch Labs on September 12, 2012. You can link your Facebook, Instagram or Spotify account with Tinder. This way it will show you more accurate profiles. You can also login by providing just your contact number if you don’t want to login via Facebook, Instagram or Spotify. On Tinder, the very first thing you need to do is give in your details such as your name, gender, in which gender are you interested, etc. On the basis of this only Tinder will show you profiles. Then you can swipe right (if liked) or swipe left (if disliked).

If both the people likes each other then its a ‘match’ and in that case both can start chatting. Tinder had introduced its Tinder Gold subscription service in August 2017. It gives you premium features such as it gives you a list of users who have already liked you before you swiped them. Tinder also has a ‘panic button’ which can be used in case of emergencies. It can be used for free on any devices (Android, iOS, Windows) as a mobile application or as a web application.

Pros of Tinder

• Tinder is all about finding someone to date and there is nothing awkward in it as you can meet the person in real life as well if you have interest in dating.
• Gives a way to meet new and interesting people in life.
• Helps create a new circle at least if dating doesn’t work out.
• More likely to come across the person you may like the best as tinder has a greater number of people.
• If you are in a new place and want to get to know somebody, this is the app for you.
• If you are not interested in the person who just liked you, you can just decline the person by a click and there is no drama like in real world.
• That one crush of yours who you are desperate to meet may also likely be on tinder. Like him/her and get connected.

Cons of Tinder

• Not everyone you see or like you may want to share a genuine relationship. Be careful of fraud and fake people.
• Some people may post all lies about their life in it. There is nothing on digital media you can 100% be sure of.
• People also get addicted to the app.
• There maybe cheaters or serial killers trying to meet you. Just be careful.

Bumble

Bumble was founded by Whitney Wolfe Herd in December 2014. Bumble is the second most popular dating app in the US after Tinder with over 55 million users. The company is valued at more than $1 billion. Bumble is basically an app for women. In heterosexual searches, only female users can message first whereas in homosexual searches anyone can approach. You can link your account with Facebook, this will increase the accuracy of search results. You have two options for searches – romantic and BFF.

Romantic search will show you people interested in dating and BFF search will show you people interested in making friends. Bumble believes in kindness and respect and always strives to keep the community safe. You can also connect your Spotify account with Bumble in order to show your music tastes. It is accessed via Play Store or App Store for free.

Pros of Bumble

• Makes sure it allows to form meaningful relationships with respectful behavior.
• Matches can do voice and video call as well.
• This is for people interested in either dating or finding friends or both.
• Free app.
• Bumble verifies its users to eliminate fake account holders or fraud-doers.
• Women are the first one to send message to establish connection which is how they can avoid unnecessary messages.
• Bio is around only 300 words which makes it easy to set up an account.

Cons of Bumble

• Men cannot initiate conversation until the women initiates.
• The deadline to make connection by her is only 24 hours after you both swiped right (liked each other). After that your match is lost.

Hinge

Hinge is a dating app which was founded by Justin McLeod in 2012. The Hinge account can be linked to your Facebook account which will give you more accurate results. It is an app built to be deleted. It is for people who want to get off dating apps. It shows you only the best of the searches based on your interests. Hinge is the fastest growing app in the UK, Australia, US and Canada. It has a feature called ‘Your Turn’ where the app will remind you to text the person back in case if you forget. This reduces situations like ghosting. Hinge can be used on Android, iOS, Windows devices. 

Pros of Hinge

• The profiles in hinge app have good style and matter.
• No need of swiping to notify your interest, just comment or like on their photo that you like.
• It uses Facebook to help you connect with people and avoid exes.

Cons of Hinge

• Not free forever.
• Users have reported of seeing same people again and again in the app.
• People have reported of not able to change their display of Facebook profile in the app.

OkCupid

OkCupid (or OkC) was founded by Harvard alumni Chris Coyne, Christian Rudder, Sam Yagan, and Max Krohn in January 2004. Here, first you need to create your account by giving some personal info such as name, birth-date, etc. and answering some questions. Then you need to upload some of your pictures. On the basis of answers, you’ll be shown the profiles which matches with your answers. The app gives you meaningful results based on the answers given before. It shows who you really are and who you would really like to be with.

There is literally no discrimination here on the basis of gender. Anyone whether male, female or from the LGBTQ community can get their perfect match. You’re given four options to select from whether you want to connect for a hookup or short-term relationship or long-term relationship or just friends. It can be used on Android or iOS or Windows device.

Pros of OkCupid

• Free app.
• Search feature is available to search for people based on certain interests of yours.
• Easy setting up profile in the app.
• Easy to navigate through the app.
• Premium with less cost has some good features to try your hands on.

Cons of OkCupid

• As it is free app, there are many fakers around.
• Safety is an issue from fraud-doers.
• Not a big network like tinder or bumble.

Coffee Meets Bagel

Coffee Meets Bagel was created by three sisters – Arum, Dawoon and Soo Kang in 2012. It is headquartered in San Francisco. It has some various awesome features where in its smart algorithm uniquely finds you matches every afternoon. Here you can skip that small talk and start some meaningful conversations. Here you need to give three permissions in order to start using the features of the app. Firstly you need to give access to your phone gallery in order to keep a profile picture. Secondly you need to give permission to access notifications so that you get notified whenever you have new matches or whenever someone texts you. Thirdly you need to give location access so that you get profiles of people who live in your area.

Pros of Coffee Meets Bagel

• Women get to see those who liked them in their suggested list.
• Free to use.
• Beans are available just like bumble coins.
• More women than men on the app so far.
• It also has certain limit on time by which both parties get to meet out for a date. This is focused towards eliminating long evasiveness expecting each other to initiate the move.

Cons of Coffee Meets Bagel

• Less number of matches that the app gets for you each day.
• Not available for desktops. Only android or IOS.
• Some have also reported that this doesn’t contain big network of people like other popular apps.

Happn

Happn is an online dating app founded by Didier Rapport and was developed by FTW & Co in 2014. Here you can like the profiles of people you like and they won’t know it until they like you back. If you get a like back then you’ve got a crush. You can start a conversation by breaking the ice. You’ll never receive a text from someone you are not really interested in.

Happn prioritizes confidentiality of its users. It has over 80 million users and can be used on Android, iOS and Windows devices. The search results will be local i.e. you will get results of the people in your surrounding area. You can connect your Instagram, Facebook and Spotify account with Happn. In this way, people will get to know you Insta id, music interests, etc.

Pros of Happn

• Happn is a free app.
• Meet the person you just crossed paths with, without needing to know about them.
• No bots and scammers as the app has restrictions for them.
• Easy to break the ice as you can start off saying “hey were you just..”
• There is also an option of saying what you are “up for” that day to easily connect.
• Can send voice messages and any other urls.

Cons of Happn

• Certain perks come only with the premium version.
• People that are far may not show up who may share more common interests with you than those that show up in your app as they are in near proximity.
• Safety is another issue about this app as it connects you with people near you, there are chances you may run into them again after an awkward breakup.

The League

The League is an online dating app founded by Amanda Bradford in January 2015. Here there’s more than just swiping left and right. You can give in your preferences or skills which you would like to have in your partner and then based on this data you’ll be shown profiles. Here, you can connect your account to Facebook or LinkedIn. This way it will show you results based on your Facebook and LinkedIn profiles. Other people on Facebook and LinkedIn will never be able to see that you are using ‘The League’. On ‘The League’, users can also organize events or create groups. Currently, ‘The League’ is operating in few cities like New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, etc.

Pros of The League

• As the CEO clearly mentioned about the app. There are more professional people, and not arrogant like those from tinder, here you can find in the app who value career.
• It gets you matches at 5pm when you are probably enjoying your evening snack.
• Filtering of your matches is also possible based on height, education, religion, distance, etc.
• They also make sure no awkward meet ups with Facebook or LinkedIn friends by removing them.

Cons of The League

• According to its norms, the app gives you lesser number of matches every day.
• Some have reported of being in the waitlist for long time.
• Some also have reported of people on the app not being as chatty as those from popular apps.

Her

Her is a dating platform specially build for lesbian, bisexual and queer community. The app has a great UI and easy to use features. You’ll tire out your thumbs before getting bored on this app. It helps you meet women in your local area. It also informs you about the events organized by ‘Her’ in your area. ‘Her’ app is only for women. There are no men profiles. You can add your relationship status – i.e. whether you’re single and looking for a date or you’re in a relationship and just want to make friends.

Her’s community is safe and largest on the globe. You can discuss almost anything on this community. You can also take advice and give advice on the community. Her comes with three premium memberships – $14.99 per month, $59.99 for 6 months and $89.99 for 12 months. Premium features include filter by sexuality, see who’s online, etc.

Pros of Her

• Messages are free to send.
• You get only messages from your friends and matches which means you will be saved from getting messages from wrong persons.
• The app developers have set extra measures to wipe out fake profiles from the app.
• The app is specially for other genders unlike other popular dating apps which focus on only men and women.
• Also great for making friends.
• It is a free app and can use always for free.

Cons of Her

• You can’t delete a friend request once sent but can remove the person after they accepted your friend request.
• Some of the Perks of the app can only be enjoyed by premium users.
• Filters only based on age and location.
• Some users have reported of the app having lagged many times.

Clover

Clover was founded by Issac Raichyk in 2014. Here you can create your account by connecting to Facebook or just email address. Most of the features are available for free but it also provides some premium features which comes in three plans for one month, 6 months and 12 months. It shows you people based on your preferences i.e. whether you want short-term relationships or long-term relationships or based on your work industry. It also gives you a series of questions based on which you’ll be getting your matches.

No matter if you’re looking for a straight, gay, lesbian, or a bisexual relationship, you’ll get it here. It can be used on Android, iOS or Windows devices.

Pros of Clover

• Setting up a profile is easy and not many questions are there.
• One can also find local events, parties and meet ups to join.
• Available for other genders also.
• One can also filter by relationship intention such as friends or dating or a serious relationship.
• Can control who can see your profile and stuff.
• Has the feature to send photo messages.
• Free app

Cons of Clover

• Frequent prompts for buying coins even if you have showed your disinterest already.
• Although the app has cool filtering features, it is accessible only by paid users.
• Not compatible with desktop systems.
• Any dating app has risks of fraud-doers and fakers. Just beware.

Facebook Dating

Facebook Dating is a product developed by Facebook and operated under Facebook. It helps you find perfect match for date using your Facebook details. The results can be filtered on the basis of gender, age, number of children, height, etc. You can add your likes and dislikes and get results having the same taste as you. You can create your account on Facebook Dating from the Menu → Facebook Dating in your Facebook app. Once you do that, you’ll find yourself in a private chat space. Facebook Dating will work only on Facebook app for Android and iOS devices. You won’t be able to access this feature on your computer.

Pros of Facebook Dating

• Easy set up of profile in the app. Just directly navigate into the app logging into Facebook.
• No need of explicitly writing bio again just import data from your Facebook profile and edit it if you want.
• Instagram photos can also be brought to your dating profile.
• You will not be matched with friends you already know on Facebook.

Cons of Facebook Dating

• Anyone in the app can call you without your mutual communication.
• No relationship status of the person is available in the app which sometimes leads to cheating.
• Facebook’s privacy scandal raises questions on how secure this app again from Facebook is going to be.
• Stalking is another issue faced by some of its users.

Grindr

Grindr is an online dating platform created for gay, bisexual and transgender people. It was founded by Joel Simkhai in March 2009. The app operates in 192 countries. It is a location based dating app that will show you people nearby your area. It has a nice UI where in there’s a grid of pictures along with the name in the bottom of each picture. If you like a picture, you click it and you’ll see a short bio about that person. If you further like the person, you can start chatting right away. Grindr also allows you to create groups. It has its subscription based model known as Grindr XTRA which offers premium features.

Pros of Grindr

• Shows up the matches that are nearby you, so you have more chances of actually having something rather than wasting time in waiting for others.
• Free app.
• Filtering is also there to get matches according to your specifications.
• Also possible for making friends if not dates.

Cons of Grindr

• There are a greater number of fake profiles.
• Interface is not so good like other dating apps.
• There are more men than bi and trans people according to the reports.
• More ads.

Raya

Raya is a private social networking and dating platform launched in March 2015. It has features that promote professionals from the entertainment industry. It can be used only on iOS devices. Its membership comes at $10 per month. You can opt for one month or 6 months purchase. Users can network, date, connect and make new friends on Raya. Some popular artists like Niall Horan, Joe Jonas, Demi Lovato, etc. are notable members of Raya. It has a great UI and you can also connect with members locally.

Pros of Raya

• You get to see all elite people such as celebrities.
• It is a more private app so you won’t come across any fake people who may end up cheating you.
• If you have all the qualities, you may end up dating a celebrity.

Cons of Raya

• It is not free.
• It is only for rich and elite people.
• Only for IOS users.

Match

Match is yet another dating platform launched in 1995. Here, you can find any kind of people i.e. straight, gay, lesbians, bisexual, trans, or queer. Its algorithm gives you search results based on your matching standards. You get to know a person better by starting a conversation. Match shows you the list of people who liked you and who viewed your profile. It has a subscription model that offers various premium features.

Pros of Match

• If you are looking for matches from India, then this can be the best app for you.
• Free app.
• Shows you matches that are nearby you.

Cons of Match

• Some users have reported that it has a lot of fake accounts.
• Only paid users enjoy certain perks of the app.
• Rating of the app is low in the play store.

Plenty Of Fish

Plenty Of Fish is an online dating platform based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada founded in 2003. It was founded by Markus Frind. Plenty Of Fish(POF) was sold to the Match Group (which also operates Match.com, Tinder and OkCupid) for $575 million. It currently serves Australia, USA, UK, Brazil, Ireland, New Zealand, Spain and Canada. It shows you list of people who liked you and it also shows whether a message is read or deleted. It can be used on iOS and Android devices.

Pros of Plenty of Fish

• The app can get you talking to someone in 24 hours from your sign up.
• You can also find locals who live nearby you.
• It requires in-depth bio of its users which means a smaller number of people with fake identity.
• Ranked fourth best dating app according to 2016 online dating survey.
• You can view the number of people who viewed your profile for free.

Cons of Plenty of Fish

• Doesn’t have a simple interface.
• No availability of video chat can sometimes be annoyed.
• Certain features are available only for paid users.

Tastebuds

Tastebuds is a dating app where users can match with others through their music tastes. It scans users music library & then matches with others who has the same music tastes. It works in iOS system. It was launched in 2010 & it was created by Alex Perish and Julian Keenaghan. With thousands of active users, you will never run out of new people to chat, discover new music and a lot more stuff. It has a dazzling slick and intuitive site for finding perfect gig buddies.

Pros of Tastebuds

• Users can register without any cost.
• Users can make friends, date based on their common tastes in music.
• Users can also register with their Facebook account.
• It is available on both Desktop & Mobile phone.

Cons of Tastebuds

• It works only in IOS system & not in Android.
• To respond to messages users must have paid membership.

eharmony

eharmony is another dating app where users can find out their matches with their Compatibility Quiz. Users have to give a compatibility test to become a match for others. This app was launched on 23d September 2010 and has been one of the top dating sites since its launch. They have helped millions of people to find love with compatible matches one are looking for. Also, they assure you complete trust and safety team with no bad players.

Pros of eharmony

• Compatibility test helps users to find a perfect match.
• There are no time wasters & fraudsters because of its paid website.
• It provides excellent facilities for singles to meet their perfect match in a fun way.

Cons of eharmony

• It is quite expensive for some users.
• Sometimes profile may contain lies, so there is no full guarantee of the match, its all upon the users of the app.
• There is no search function as it provides users with daily matches only.

Ship-Dating made Fun Again

Ship-Dating made fun again is a dating app where users have to just select their matches by swiping left or right. It works only in IOS system and was launched in 2019 by Connect LLC. This app is meant for the people of over 17 years of age only. Using this app, even your friends can find the match for you and also can help set you up. Dating has been made easier with Ship and it is definitely making waves in the world of dating apps world.

Pros of Ship

• Users who are already committed can join the “crew” for suggesting good matches for their friends.
• It is easy to find match as users just have to swipe left or right.

Cons of Ship

• Only available in iOS system.
• It just has limited specifications of matches like name, height, distance from you, bio.

MeetMe

MeetMe is a combination of both social networking & online dating app. It allows users to make new friends, date all over the world. It was launched in 2010 and have grown to new heights owing to its amazing features in the world of dating. Using the app, you can meet new people who shares same interest as you and wants to chat with you. Be it match making, messaging, video chatting, and making friends, MeetMe has got you covered. Here you can start as friends and can end up being something more than that.

Pros of MeetMe

• It is free for registering & has a lot of features that can make user experience both useful & interactions.
• It provides lot of games to play with other members which helps to get to know them very well.

Cons of MeetMe

• It has a limited search feature.
• It does not provide detailed information of the person where users may find it useless.

Chappy

Chappy is an online gay dating app. It is designed to help who are seeking for a perfect gay match. It offers both “Mr. Right” for long term relationship & “Mr. Right now” for casual partners. This app was launched in 2017. It later combined with Bumble to take things to the next level by creating a healthy environment across all the LGTQ+ spectrum.

Pros of Chappy

• It is available for both Android & iOS system.
• It is an elegant user-interface & free to use.
• It offers both long term relationship & casual.

Cons of Chappy

• It must sign up through Facebook only.
• The profile doesn’t contain perfect detailed information of the person.

Conclusion

Thus, if you’re single and want to get out of your loneliness or just want to have a short-term relationship or are up just for a hookup or just want to make friends, you can try one of these apps. No matter in whichever gender category you fall in, at least one of the apps in the above mentioned list will meet your preferences. Hope you’ve liked the article about best dating apps. If you have any questions related to the article, you can ask us via the comment section. We’ll try to answer them as soon as possible. Meanwhile you can read about best free movies apps or best Ludo games to pass your time in entertaining way.