Comparison of online dating services

Adam4Adam

Connects gay men "for friendship, romance, or a hot hookup".

Yes

No

No

?

Yes

Yes

Adult FriendFinder

Members can connect with other adult members based on profiles.

30,000,000 as of 2006

No

No, free users cannot respond to contact and cannot initiate contact. Paid users have added benefits.

Yes

Yes

No

AnastasiaDate

Connects Western men with women from Russia and former Soviet Republics – CIS

4,000,000 as of 2013

No

No

Yes

?

No

Ashley Madison

Members are matched up with other married adult members based on their profiles.

60,000,000 as of February 2013

Yes

No; Free users can view profiles and respond to contact but cannot initiate contact. Paid users have added benefits.

Yes

Yes

No

Badoo

Available in 44 languages on the web and on 12 different mobile platforms.

Bumble, Inc.

500,000,000 as of February 2021

Yes

No; Charge for higher prominence, higher limits, invisibility, etc.

Yes

?

Partial

BeautifulPeople

Dating website where membership is based on a vote in which existing members rate how attractive they perceive prospective members to be.

800,000 as of 2015

No

No; free profile but subscription required for most features including messaging.

Yes

?

No

Bumble

Dating app where women send the first message (for heterosexual matches)

Bumble, Inc.

22,000,000 as of 2017

Yes

No

Yes

?

After match; only woman can initiate

Chyrpe

Dating app for female-led relationships

Greenrocks development

1,000,000 downloads

Yes

No; Free users are limited to 8 swipes each day to users within 500km. Paying users can apply more filters.

Yes

No

Yes

Christian Connection

For Christian singles from the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada and Singapore

No

No; Free trial. Free basic profile members can still see photos, edit profiles, search, use discussion boards. Paid members can freely message, start discussion thread, no daily limit of discussion board entries. Basic profile members can only message other users with pre-set replies.

Yes

Partial

ChristianMingle

Dating site that caters to Christian singles. Members may choose whether to specify the Christian denomination to which they belong.

Spark Networks Services GmbH

12,000,000 as of 2019

No

No

Yes

?

No

Coffee Meets Bagel

App providing daily curated matches based on Facebook connections

Yes

No, "Beans" (in-app currency) unlock extra features, such as matching with users who aren't in your curated list. Premium membership enables activity reports, read receipts, extra beans.

Yes

Yes

Cupid

Dating website

NSI Holdings Ltd.

No

No; Free: registration, profile, search, pictures uploading, send and receive winks, chat rooms, promo activities. VIP users can send and reply to mails, view full-size personal photos

Yes

No

No

DateMySchool

Dedicated to verified college students and alumni (via education database). Can block by departments and schools.

179,000 as of 2013

No; All users can view profiles. Free messaging and status posting for undergraduates (5 messages/day limit). Alumni cannot initiate or respond to contact or post status updates. All Paid users can message and post and they also have added benefits.

Yes

?

Partial

DOWN (app)

Online dating application for users looking for casual relationships and hookups. Users can swipe up for more serious dating, swipe down for casual hookups.

Yes

No; More features such as finding out who liked you.

Yes

After match.

EHarmony

Dating site based upon pre-screening using personality tests.

ParshipMeet Holding GmbH

No

No; free profile but subscription required for most features including messaging.

Yes

?

No

Facebook Dating

Digital dating product at Facebook

Meta Platforms

Yes

Yes

Yes

?

Yes

?

Feeld

Location-based dating app for users seeking a variety of non-traditional relationship structures and arrangements.

Feeld Ltd

Yes

No; "Majestic" tier offers additional features called Who Likes You, Filter by Desires, Incognito, Go Back, and Private Photo

Yes

Yes

Yes

?

Gaydar

Profile-based dating website for gay and bisexual men, women, and couples.

Yes

No; Chat and search is free.

No

?

Yes

GayRomeo/ PlanetRomeo

Worldwide social network, instant messaging and dating community for gay, bisexual and transgender men.

6,740,000 registered and 1,107,000 active (last 6 weeks)

Yes

No: Communication, profile and picture views, search engine are free. Video downloads, higher database limits, deactivation of advertising are not.

No

?

Yes

Gleeden

Social network, instant messaging and dating community for extra-marital relationships.

No

No: Costs credits to send and read messages unlimited number of times to one user and premium gives higher database limits, deactivation of advertising

Yes

?

No

Grindr

Geosocial networking application based on Android and iOS for LGBT people.

San Vicente Acquisition LLC

3,600,000 daily active users as of 2018

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Her

Geosocial networking application based on Android and iOS with Facebook integration. Men are not allowed to create profiles on the platform.

Yes

Yes

No

?

Happn

Mobile single dating site

50,000,000 registered users as of 2019

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Hily

Mobile dating site

15,000,000 as of 2020

Yes

No

Yes

Yes (but preliminary heterosexual)

After match.

Hinge

Match Group

20,000,000 people use Hinge (800,000 pay for premium services)

Yes

No; Free users are able to filter by age location, gender, ethnicity, and religion, and have limited swipes. Premium users can filter by more, including children, politics and drug use. Hinge Premium users are also able to see everyone who has liked them already.

Yes

?

?

JDate

Dating site that serves people of a Jewish background as well as those interested in them.

Spark Networks Services GmbH

No

Yes

?

No

JSwipe

Online dating app targeted at millennial Jewish singles.

Spark Networks Services GmbH

800,000 as of September 2016

Yes

No; messaging without match

Yes

Implicitly discouraged

After match

Keeper

LLM-assisted matcmatching platform for finding soulmates

Keeper Dating Inc.

1,600,000

Yes

Maybe; All women are matched on Keeper for free. However, if a man is offered a match on the platform, then he has to sign a "marriage bounty" contract where he agrees to $50,000 if his relationship is kismet.

Yes

No

No

Lex (app)

Text-based dating and social app for LGBTQ users.

9count

Yes

Yes; features are free, but monthly post and message limitation

No

Yes

Yes

Lovestruck

Online dating for single professionals in UK, Hong Kong and Singapore

300,000 registered as of 2012

No

No

Yes

?

No

Mamba

Social-network-like dating site, primarily CIS/former Soviet Union, but some international presence. Primary language is Russian, but all languages welcome (and searchable). Caters to all audiences.

40,000,000 as of 2019

Yes

No: Communication, profile and picture views, simpler engine, blogs are free. Additional search criteria and double appearances in others' relevant searches for "VIP membership". Single payments for regional advertising of profile (one-time appearance in scrolling banner for $1 – user picture, link, short text for mouseover; bidding war for station

Yes

?

Yes

Manhunt

Profile-based dating website for gay men

Yes

No. Messaging, search, 20 profile views per day, video chat is free. Manhunt VIP includes unlimited profile views, view full-sized profile photos, unlimited buddies, unlimited blocks, saved searches

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Match

Match Group

96,000,000 registered as of 2010 1,377,000 active (2009)

No

No

Yes

?

No

Meetic

European online dating service

Match Group

No

No

Yes

No

OkCupid (OkC)

Match system based on questions.

Match Group

30,000,000+ active as of 2013

Yes

No; Free to join, search, messaging, and chat. Phone verification needed in order to register an account or access a pre-existing account. Non-essential features like sponsored profile promotion available for paid "A-List" members.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Parship

Dating site for people looking for a long-term relationship, using a personality test. Available in Europe and Mexico.

ParshipMeet Holding GmbH

No

No; free profile but subscription required for most features including messaging.

Yes

No

Perfectmatch

Uses heuristic algorithms to find matches.

No

No

Yes

No

POF (PlentyofFish)

Dating site mostly active in United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Brazil

Match Group, Inc.

100,000,000 registered as of 2015

Yes

No; Features such as seeing the date and time a user viewed your profile and allowing you to see whether a user read and/or deleted your message.

Yes

Yes

Pure (app)

Dating site mostly active in United States, Canada and United Kingdom, average user between 25 and 40

Misterico Limited

500,000 registered as of 2021

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes time-limited

Raya

Exclusive, membership-based dating and networking app for creatives and public figures

Raya App, Inc.

No

No

Yes

?

After match

No

Right Stuff

Dating site for graduates and faculty of Ivy League, Seven Sisters, and about 50 similar colleges and universities and medical schools

4,900

No

No; $50 fee for 6 month membership, plus $3 for profile of members of interest

Yes

?

Yes

Scruff

Dating app for gay and bisexual men

15,000,000 registered users (2019)

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Sniffies

Browser based dating and hookup app for gay and bisexual men

Yes

No

No

?

Yes

Squirt

Cruising and hookup site for men seeking men

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Taimi

Geosocial networking application based on Android and iOS for LGBTQI+ community.

2,000,000+ as of 2019

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Tinder

Mobile single dating site

Match Group

75,000,000 active users as of 2021

Yes

No – premium users get unlimited swipes, can undo a no-swipe, can browse in other locations, in addition to some other preferences and features

Yes

?

After match

Zoosk

Has integration with a Facebook community.

Spark Networks Services GmbH

50,000,000 as of 2011

Yes

No; Searching and viewing partial profiles is included with free account like most dating sites, fee or monthly subscription for full communication with other members.

Yes

No