Dating Apps: Which Should You Use If You're Looking For Matches?

When it comes to covid, the world of dating apps has changed drastically. Since no one can meet up with potential partners the world of dating has come down to a digital medium. People are flocking to Tinder, Bumble, Hinge, and now even Facebook. With how much time people are spending at home, it can get lonely and people are turning to dating apps as a means to find someone to talk to. Looking at all the apps, which is best for the lonely hearts club? We did a lot of swiping right to try and find the answer.

Tinder:

The worst of the worst when it comes to dating apps. They’ve done a little to improve the user experience but at least they’ve tried to make users “verified” to cut down on the fake profiles. Tinder is nothing more than a money grab to try and convince you to pay for their membership services.

As soon as you “run out of matches” in your area, they expand your search. The problem is, if someone liked you from outside your search radius, it’ll show you have a match. Then you have to pay to reveal it, only to find out it’s no one in your age group or close distance. Between that and the ridiculous amount of fake profiles, there are zero reasons to ever put effort into this dating app.

Bumble:

Bumble is user-friendly and a bit more reliable. The appeal to Bumble is that it’s one of the dating apps out of these four that allows the female to initiate conversations. Granted, this is purely from a male/female relationship and we’re not sure how it works for same-sex dating. It allows the creep factor to be minimized. There were a few more matches with Bumble, but there were far fewer users per day to interact with, even without an expanded search field.

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Hinge:

Hinge is probably the best user experience out of all the dating apps so far. While the experience is simple, it can also be very effective. The main appeal to Hinge over the other apps is the ability to not just like photos and videos, but it allows you to comment with potential matches on their interests as well. There were way more matches when we were able to show interest in their interests as well. Getting attention on dating apps is more challenging when all you have are photos to go by.

Facebook:

What else is there to say about a Facebook dating app other than “they tried”. Another half-hearted attempt at Facebook getting into a field they have no business being in. More often than not the app/tab itself crashes and you’re shown the same 5 potential matches you’ve already swiped on. However, unlike Tinder, they at least have real profiles to choose from. Even if you can get it to work, you’re more than likely offered up someone again outside of a comfortable region.

Dating apps can be challenging these days, almost as much as dating itself. None of the apps are perfect but hopefully, this will help you choose along the way. Now excuse us while we go scrub the dating app experience from both our memory and our digital footprint