Coffee Meets Bagel alternatives for serious dating and wider reach

Hinge is the closest in intent. The App Store listing calls it "the dating app for people who want to get off of dating apps", and its own wording runs the opposite way from casual: "designed to be deleted", with members moved "beyond casual chats". Profiles are built from personality prompts, and a survey follows a first date. A store check found Hinge in 32 of 45 storefronts, including the UK, Ireland, Australia and Germany. The 13 without it include Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong.

The app is free to use. Hinge+ adds seeing everyone who likes you and sending unlimited likes, and HingeX adds a recommendations upgrade and priority likes. The listings do not say whether messaging between free accounts has limits. The lowest listed price on the US App Store is USD 14.99 for the Hinge Subscription, with no period stated, and the lowest UK App Store row is GBP 12.99 for Hinge+. Profile checks run through Selfie Verification. The two apps meet head to head in Hinge vs Coffee Meets Bagel.

Bumble was found in all 45 storefronts checked, the widest reach of the six alongside happn. Its Google Play listing names two goals, finding "the one" and dating "for fun", so one app covers both sides of the intent split. Bumble calls itself women-first. Hookups are not its stated positioning, and the listings do not rule them out either.

Free features on Google Play include a profile with interests and prompts, ID Verification, video chat and picture sharing with matches, and Snooze Mode, and chat is free. Seeing everyone who likes you, Advanced Filters, rematch and Incognito Mode are paid. The US App Store lists Bumble Boost rows between USD 2.99 and USD 12.99 and Bumble Premium rows between USD 17.99 and USD 32.99, periods not stated, while the UK App Store lists Bumble Premium for 7 days at GBP 9.99 or GBP 24.99. A web version is available at bumble.com. The comparison with this app is in Bumble vs Coffee Meets Bagel.

Match is the nearest in method. Its homepage says the daily picks are curated for each member, free members can rate up to 50 recommended profiles a day, and a Dating Intention filter and Core Values show shared goals. Free members chat with every match. The eligibility rule in its help centre is "You must be 18 or older. You must be single or separated from your spouse."

The store check found Match in 15 of 45 storefronts, with Australia and New Zealand among them and the UK, Ireland and Germany missing, so reach improves only in some places. On the US App Store, Standard and Basic are listed at USD 44.99 for 1 month, Bundle at USD 129.99 for 6 months, and rows named Match from USD 19.99 with no period stated. The 1-month rows sit above the USD 34.99 and USD 39.99 that CMB Premium lists on the US App Store for the same period. Readers weighing the move the other way can start from options other than Match.

eharmony matches through a Compatibility Quiz, and its terms describe a service for single people seeking romantic relationships. Basic membership is free with no time limit: members can take the quiz, fill in a profile, see their Discover list, send and receive Likes and a first message, and see who visited their profile. Photos of others are generally blurred, and free members cannot swap messages. Coffee Meets Bagel lets free members chat with their matches; eharmony does not.

The US App Store lists rows named eHarmony Basic from USD 59.99 and Premium light from USD 179.99, with no period stated. The UK App Store rows start at GBP 44.99. eharmony was found in 23 of 45 storefronts, including the UK, Ireland, Australia and Germany. The UK sign-up form has a "Casual" choice next to "Serious", but no US source describes casual dating as an aim of the service. How it stacks up against Match is in Match vs eharmony.

OkCupid pairs a free tier with an intent that includes casual dating. The help center says "Using OkCupid is completely free": creating an account, answering questions, matching and messaging need no payment. Paid plans add seeing who has liked you, unlimited Likes and Dealbreakers, and Incognito Mode is a paid upgrade that also removes ads. Members are matched on their answers to questions and stated preferences, with a compatibility score between them.

Google Play puts casual dating and a serious relationship side by side and calls the app an LGBT dating app where lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer and straight singles can be themselves. The US App Store lists OkCupid Premium rows from USD 7.99 and A-List at USD 9.99, periods not stated. The app was found in 44 of 45 storefronts, everywhere but South Korea, and it works through mobile web and desktop as well as the app.

happn shows you people whose paths you have crossed in daily life, and a mutual like is a Crush that opens chat. Its trust charter calls it "a mobile app using hyperlocation in real time". Free members can send a limited number of Likes, message after a Crush, view and pass profiles, play CrushTime and see crossing points on a map, and a free pack of SuperCrushs arrives at registration. The list of Likes received belongs to Premium.

The US App Store lists the happn subscription at USD 14.99 or USD 19.99 for 1 month, and at USD 22.99 or USD 24.99 with no period stated. The app was found in all 45 storefronts, and a web version at app.happn.com signs members up by mobile number or Google. The terms sit on support.happn.fr and require members to be over the age of 18. The pages checked do not describe happn as a casual or hookup app. Other apps built on distance are collected under dating apps with location-based matching.