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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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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eHarmony has received numerous awards from DatingSitesReviews.com and has many positive user reviews, and it's easy to see why - with a matching model based on 32 foundational relationship dimensions, eHarmony provides one of the most in-depth dating services in existence. On average, 438 couples who met on eHarmony are married every day, so if you're looking for a serious relationship this service might be the place for you.
Regions: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia
Service Type: Android App, Female Friendly, iOS App, Matchmaking, Popular, Smartphone, Website
Membership Type: Free - Basic, Paid • Cost: From $25.00 / month
Looking For: Dating, Long-Term, Marriage • Religions: Any
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WooPlus is one of the largest dating services in the Plus-Size dating niche (for BBW and BHM). With over 5 million members in 5 years, this dating app offers a community of members where it is okay to be yourself. This service makes it easy to enjoy your online dating experience and even lets free members send and receive messages with their mutual matches, with no strings attached!
Regions: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia
Service Type: Android App, BBW & BHM, iOS App
Membership Type: Free - Basic + Contact, Credits, Paid Upgrade • Cost: From $5 / month
Looking For: Dating, Long-Term • Religions: Any
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From Tinder co-founder Whitney Wolfe, Bumble aims to shake up to the antiquated rules of dating and empower women to control the conversation in both their personal and professional lives. Find love on Bumble Honey, where women must initiate the conversation and communication must start within 24 hours or the connection is lost. If you're not in the market for a mate, find your new best friend on Bumble BFF or a business partner on Bumble Bizz.
Regions: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, India, Ireland, International
Service Type: Android App, Female Friendly, iOS App, Lesbian, Smartphone, Website
Membership Type: Free - Basic + Contact, Paid Upgrade • Cost: Free to $39.99 / month
Looking For: Dating, Friends, Long-Term, Marriage • Religions: Any
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Coffee Meets Bagel is a female friendly dating service that strives to make dating efficient, effective, and painless for even the busiest singles. Women receive 5 quality matches of men who have already liked them a day, and men can view 21 matches a day. Users receive the matches (a match is called a “Bagel”) each day at noon, eliminating the need to sink hours into searching profiles and sending messages. Matches are selected from friends-of-friends on Facebook, a proven strategy for increasing compatibility odds and eliminating fake accounts. Best of all, Coffee Meets Bagel's full functionality is free for all users.
Regions: United States, Canada
Service Type: Android App, Female Friendly, iOS App, Matchmaking, Smartphone, Website
Membership Type: Free - Basic + Contact, Credits, Paid Upgrade • Cost: From $44.99 / month
Looking For: Any • Religions: Any
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Happn uses geolocation to match users with other users nearby. Every time you cross paths with someone in real life (knowingly or not), their profile shows up on your Happn timeline. Hit the heart button to indicate interest and if there's a mutual match, the conversation can begin. Your next date could be closer than you think.
Regions: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, International
Service Type: Android App, iOS App, Smartphone, Website
Membership Type: Free - Basic + Contact, Credits • Cost: $22.99 for 100 credits
Looking For: Dating, Friends, Long-Term, Marriage • 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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