Bumble alternatives: apps to try instead, by what you want

Tinder's Google Play page shows 500M+ downloads against 100M+ for Bumble, and both apps are listed in all 45 App Store storefronts checked. Those are Google Play download counts, which say nothing about active members. Google Play lists three goals for Tinder, a date, a serious relationship or new friends, where Bumble lists two.

Tinder's free tier covers sending Likes, matching and chatting. The subscriptions (Plus, Gold and Platinum) add unlimited Likes and Rewinds, weekly Super Likes, monthly Boosts and compliments before a match, and the listings give no free daily Like limit. Google Play names Photo Verification and an Incognito Mode, with no plan given for the second. Tinder also runs at tinder.com. The pair head to head has the rest.

Hinge is the relationship-first pick. Profiles carry dating intentions and relationship type fields next to personality prompts, and Google Play invites people to "start dating with intention". Casual dating is not among the goals it lets you pick. The App Store line "designed to be deleted" points away from hookups.

The app is free to use, and as on Bumble, seeing everyone who likes you costs extra: Hinge+ sells that along with unlimited likes, and HingeX adds priority likes. The listings are silent on messaging limits for free accounts. Bumble is listed in all 45 storefronts checked and Hinge in 32; the Hinge listing was not found in Romania, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Colombia, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan or Vietnam. Bumble vs Hinge sets the two apart.

The help center says "Using OkCupid is completely free" and that you do not have to pay to create an account or to interact with other users and matches. Paid plans add seeing who has liked you, unlimited Likes and Dealbreakers. The size of the free Likes cap is not stated. Incognito Mode is a paid upgrade, and the app also runs on the web.

Google Play pairs casual dating with a serious relationship. Photo Verification is a video selfie with a Liveness Check and 3D Face Authentication, and a newer Face Check FAQ says OkCupid is "requiring that users complete a biometric Face Check scan with a video selfie" to estimate age, check profile photos and reduce fraud. The lowest listed OkCupid Premium price is USD 7.99 on the US App Store, with no period given, and the App Store listing is missing only from South Korea among the 45 storefronts checked. Bumble vs OkCupid has the comparison.

Badoo belongs to the same group as Bumble, and Google Play describes hoping to find a partner, dating around for a while or "just have good conversations". Google Play says "Badoo is free, but these upgraded features give you even more flexibility", and chat sits in the free feature list.

The App Store describes a three-step verification process after which you can interact only with verified profiles. Photo verification is a selfie that copies a gesture, reviewed by automation and humans, ending in a blue checkmark. The App Store names Invisible Mode ("Control who sees your profile"), and the help center lists browsing profiles privately, snoozing your profile and hiding it from everyone except matches under Premium. The UK App Store lists Badoo Premium for 7 days at GBP 9.99, the same figure and period as one of Bumble's UK Premium rows.

The homepage headline is "For serious daters", and the store listings say "Looking for something casual? You're welcome to join, but you won't find that here." The app sends a daily batch of curated matches called Suggested. Free members get that batch, free likes and passes, free matches and chats, and free preferences for gender, age, distance, ethnicity, religion and relationship goals.

Paid plans add all your likes, Bonus Bagels, flowers and Boosts. Read Receipts need a subscription, the chat window is time limited, and Incognito mode belongs to CMB Platinum. Availability is narrow. The iPhone listing is marked North America & Caribbean and was found in 2 of the 45 App Store storefronts checked, and the Android listing carries the same mark. Accounts are created in the app, and a web version is not confirmed. On the US App Store, the lowest listed 1-month rows are USD 34.99 for CMB Premium and USD 46.99 for CMB Platinum. Bumble vs Coffee Meets Bagel covers the head-to-head.

happn builds its feed from location. Profiles appear after you cross paths with someone, and mutual likes, called Crushes, open chat. The trust charter calls it "a mobile app using hyperlocation in real time"; members see roughly where they crossed paths and never the other member's location, and a member who declines geolocation must enter a city instead.

The terms list the free services: a limited number of Likes, messages and voice messages with a Crush, viewing and passing profiles, search criteria, the crossing map, and block and report. Premium members get the list of Likes received and see no ads. Profile Certification gives a badge after a video check, and the web app runs at app.happn.com. The UK App Store lists a 1-month happn subscription at GBP 19.99, and other rows state no period. Bumble vs happn sets out the differences.

Bumble's App Store description calls it women-first, and its Google Play page promises to "support and include all forms of love: straight, gay, lesbian, queer, and beyond". HER narrows the audience: the homepage says it is "designed to focus exclusively on the needs of queer women, non-binary and trans people."

The homepage says "All of our core features are free and will remain free": friends, profiles, chats, likes and matches, events, communities and the Feed. Ads pay for the free tier, which has daily swipes. Premium carries Incognito Mode. The homepage says users are verified by connecting existing social media profiles, and the exact steps are not described. No web version is confirmed. LGBTQ hookup and dating apps lists the other apps built for this audience.