Here they come in styles and smiles...
HowAboutWe ( iOS, Android)
This app relies on the premise that two people who have the same idea of
what a perfect first date would be like would hit it off on their first date.
HowAboutWe works by letting you broadcast a suggestion for a date and
have other people contact you when they are intrigued. It's a free download
but members will have to pay if they want to receive messages from other
members.
Coffee Meets Bagel ( iOS , Android)
If you don't want to sift through tons of profiles to meet a date, Coffee
Meets Bagel will do it for you. Every day at noontime, this app will match
you up with one person that you can either like or pass and who shares at
least one mutual friend on Facebook. Over time, the app learns what type of
people you'd like to meet and will be able to show you better matches.
Plus, the existence of a mutual friend makes it a bit safer than having to
meet up with random people you meet on the Internet.
Hinge ( iOS, Android)
Hinge is basically Coffee Meets Bagel on steroids. Instead of being
matched to one person every day, you get matched to 15 different people
each day. Like Coffee Meets Bagel, Hinge pulls information from your
Facebook profile and matches you up only with people who are friends with
your friends, therefore taking out the creepiness that normally comes along
with dating people online.
Pure ( iOS )
Pure was developed for one thing and one thing only: to help you get laid
and erase evidence of what happened later. Branding itself the "Uber for
dates," Pure lets you post a request to meet up with someone for a date,
and that request will be sent to everyone within a certain distance from
where you are. If someone accepts, it's hookup city for you. If not, all
traces of your meetup request will be deleted and no one (except probably
the NSA) will know.
Grindr ( iOS , Android)
Grindr is one of the best places for you to meet gay, bi-sexual, and bi-
curious men that are near your location. In fact, Grindr has become pretty
much a part of many gay communities that when people meet others in
person, they ask for their profiles on Grindr instead of Facebook. Grindr is a
free app that makes money off advertisements. If you want an ad-free
environment, you can pay for Grindr Xtra, which comes with additional
features as well.
Dattch ( iOS , Android )
As Grindr is for men, Dattch is for lesbian, bi-sexual, and bi-curious women.
This app offers a fun, fresh vibe for meeting other women to date or just
other women to make friends with when you just moved to a new city.
When you're feeling uncomfortable about chatting up other people, you can
play the app's "Would You Rather" game to break the ice and meet other
women who might suit your preferences.
At First Sight ( Android)
Plenty of pictures and a well-thought-out profile are no match to video
when it comes to telling something about a person. That is what "The
Bachelor" host Chris Harrison had in mind when he developed At First
Sight. With apps such as Vine becoming more and more popular, it won't
be a wonder if At First Sight sets the stage for the future of online dating.
Tastebuds ( iOS )
Research shows the types of music we listen to define the type of people
we want to date. For instance, if you're a Beatles fan, you're likely going to
hit it off with someone who likes the Rolling Stones. On the other hand, if
you listen to Jay-Z and Eminem all day, you're not likely a match with
someone who loves Andrea Bocelli. That's what Tastebuds banks on as it
aims to match people based on their musical preferences.
OkCupid ( iOS, Android)
OkCupid is basically the mobile version of the OkCupid website, one of the
biggest dating websites that has been around for a while. Everything you
can do on the OkCupid website, you can also do on the app, including
create your own profile, check out and rate other people's profiles, chat with
people you're interested in, and answer questionnaires to match up with
someone similar to you.
Plenty of Fish ( iOS, Android)
Plenty of Fish apparently attracts 60,000 new members every week, which
shouldn't be surprise as the app relies on the old saying that dating is a
numbers game. Like OkCupid, Plenty of Fish is a dating site turned mobile
app where you can build your profile, find matches, and message them. It
has also taken a page out of Tinder's easy swiping strategy to allow people
to quickly scan through all the matches they get.
Bumble ( iOS)
If you're sick of the not-so-occasional pervert that turns up on Tinder,
Bumble is the perfect alternative for you. This iOS app is actually the
brainchild of a Tinder co-founder who left Tinder and sued another co-
founder for sexual harassment. This explains why Bumble has a bit of
similarity with Tinder by letting users swipe right when they like someone.
The difference? Bumble lets women take control by being the ones who
have to make the first move. They have to do so in 24 hours, though.
Otherwise, the match disappears and you spend your entire life wondering
what could have been if you just had the courage to chat up that hottie.
Tinder ( iOS , Android )
There's a reason Tinder became extremely popular over the last year. It is
set up in such an addictive way that can have you swiping for hours
looking through profiles of people you might be interested in. Plus, it places
a premium on privacy and minimal emotional investment, as it banks mostly
on physical attraction to get a pair to meet up. Tinder's become a hotbed
for sleazeballs in the recent months, though, so if you can't handle the bad
jokes and even worse pick-up lines, there are plenty of other options.
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