Bumble vs Coffee Meets Bagel: who each app is for

Serious relationships first, or dating for fun

Coffee Meets Bagel's Google Play description opens: "Ready to ditch the dating games and find something serious? You'll be in good company at Coffee Meets Bagel, where 91% of our daters are looking for a serious relationship." The 91% is the company's own figure, repeated on its homepage as "over 91% of CMB Daters looking for a committed relationship", and it is not independently audited. The store listings add: "Looking for something casual? You're welcome to join, but you won't find that here."

Bumble's Google Play text puts two goals in one sentence: being ready to "find the one", or to "date for fun". The App Store description calls Bumble "the women-first dating app designed to create safer, more respectful connections and conversations that lead to better in-person dates and relationships." On hookups, Bumble's listings, homepage and guidelines do not position it as a hookup app and do not rule it out. Coffee Meets Bagel rules out casual dating in its own words. Sorted lists are in casual connection apps, and casual dating apps covers the casual end.

Audience numbers are company statements. Coffee Meets Bagel says it has made over 150 million matches, and its North America app shows 500K+ downloads on Google Play. Bumble shows 100M+. Those are downloads, not active users, and no official gender ratio or age split was found for either app. The pages checked describe no LGBTQ+ focus for Coffee Meets Bagel; apps sorted for that audience are in LGBTQ+ dating apps.

Where each app is listed

The App Store lists Bumble in all 45 storefronts checked. Coffee Meets Bagel is in 2 of the 45, and the UK, Ireland, Australia, Germany and France are among the 43 where it is not. Its App Store and Google Play descriptions are both marked "(*North America & Caribbean)", and no official supported-country list was found for either app. On the UK App Store, Bumble is listed and Coffee Meets Bagel is not.

Platforms differ too. Bumble is on iPhone only, on Android and on the web through a bumble.com sign-in. Coffee Meets Bagel is on iPhone and iMessage and on Android; a web version is not confirmed. Store ratings are the same for both: 18+ in the App Store and Mature 17+ in Google Play. Coffee Meets Bagel's terms require members to be at least 18 years old, and Bumble's say "at least 18 years old or the age of majority to legally enter into a contract".

Bumble vs Coffee Meets Bagel price: US rows and the UK gap

Only Coffee Meets Bagel states periods on its US rows. On the US App Store, CMB Premium is listed at USD 34.99 and USD 39.99 for 1 month and USD 74.99 for 3 months, and CMB Platinum at USD 46.99 and USD 54.99 for 1 month and USD 99.99 for 3 months. Bumble's US App Store rows state no period. On the US App Store, the lowest listed Bumble Boost price is USD 2.99 (six rows, up to USD 12.99), and Bumble Premium has three rows: USD 17.99, USD 19.99 and USD 32.99.

On the UK App Store, the lowest listed Bumble Boost price is GBP 2.49 and the lowest listed Bumble Premium price is GBP 9.99, labeled 7 days. Coffee Meets Bagel has no UK row because the app is not listed there. No Bumble Premium+ price is recorded, and Google Play and web prices are not covered.

Prices as listed in the store on November 5, 2026. They change by country, platform, account and promotion.

Prices as listed in the store on November 5, 2026. They change by country, platform, account and promotion.

On the US App Store, every Bumble row (up to USD 32.99) sits below Coffee Meets Bagel's lowest 1-month row of USD 34.99. With no Bumble period stated and different tiers, that does not show Bumble costing less for the same time. For subscriptions bought through Apple or Google, both apps point to that store for cancelling. Bumble says access continues until the paid period ends with no prorated refund. Coffee Meets Bagel says purchases are final and non-refundable except where the law or Section 20 of its terms allows. Full lists: Coffee Meets Bagel pricing and Bumble pricing. Steps: cancelling a subscription.

Matching: a daily batch against profile fields

Coffee Meets Bagel works on a schedule. A curated batch of profiles called Suggested arrives around noon each day, both sides can like or pass for free, and a mutual like is a match. Discover lets you browse more profiles and send flowers bought with beans. Likes You collects the people who liked you, and the paid plans add all your likes. The help centre text is an archived copy dated October 13, 2025.

Its chats run on a clock. A chat is open for an initial 7 days and stays open while the conversation is active, a closed chat can be reopened with beans for 30 days, and Icebreakers help start conversations. Read Receipts need a subscription.

Bumble matches on Intentions, Looking For and Interest Badges, and its matches can expire too: Premium lists "Extend your matches by 24 hours" and rematching with expired connections. Which side must send the first message in a Bumble match is not stated in the current listings. Chat includes voice and video calls. Video chat and voice messages are not confirmed for Coffee Meets Bagel, and video chat apps lists the ones that name it.

What is free and what is paid

Coffee Meets Bagel calls itself "a free dating app, but you can always subscribe for special features". Free members get the daily batch, free likes and passes, free matches and chats, and free preferences for gender, age, distance, ethnicity, religion and relationship goals. CMB Premium and CMB Platinum add all your likes, Bonus Bagels, flowers and Boosts. Premium Preferences, such as height, education, family plans, kids and marital status, are paid, and the listing does not say which tier carries them.

Bumble's free side covers ID Verification, video chat and picture sharing with matches, Spotify linking, dating advice, sharing meetup details with a trusted person and Snooze Mode. The paid side is Bumble Boost, Bumble Premium and Premium+, and BumbleCoins and Bumble Spotlight are sold as well. Seeing everyone who likes you is paid on Bumble, as all your likes is on Coffee Meets Bagel.

Incognito Mode is paid on both: Bumble Premium for Bumble, CMB Platinum for Coffee Meets Bagel, where it shows you only to people you have liked first. Bumble also lists Advanced Filters and Travel Mode under Premium; Travel Mode is not confirmed for Coffee Meets Bagel. Apps with incognito mode are compared separately.

Who gets verified, and the safety tools

Bumble has two verification steps, Photo Verification and ID Verification, and Google Play lists ID Verification as a free feature. The Bumble Safety Center names Private Detector (automatic blurring of explicit photos), Deception Detector (AI scam and fake account detection), Share Date, and Block, Report and Unmatch.

Coffee Meets Bagel verifies only in some cases. Its privacy policy says it may require a member to verify the profile photo in certain circumstances, using the vendor Persona and a scan of facial geometry, and its terms say "We do not routinely verify the identity of our Users". There is no general badge. Members can report a profile (a bagel) from the app. The contents of the Safety Policy article that the terms name are not confirmed. See apps with profile verification for the rest of the field.

Data collected and kept

Coffee Meets Bagel's privacy policy, last updated September 4, 2025, lists email, zip code, birthday, gender and preferences, photos and device ID as collected data, plus GPS location with permission. The policy says personal information is not sold, and that third parties may collect data through the service for business and advertising purposes.

Bumble's privacy policy keeps photo verification scans up to 3 years after your last interaction and ID documents 90 days after verification. Gender, age and coarse location feed targeted third-party ads. The wider picture is in privacy on dating apps, and the Bumble review covers the rest of the app.

Best for, by goal

Best for a committed relationship with a limited daily list: Coffee Meets Bagel, going by its 91% figure and the Suggested batch. That holds only where the app is listed.

Best for keeping relationships and casual dating both open: Bumble, whose store text names both goals and which is also the one listed on the UK App Store.

Best for ID Verification and video chat on the free list: Bumble. No line is given for price, because Bumble's US rows state no period.

Other pairs for each app are in Hinge vs Coffee Meets Bagel, Bumble vs Hinge and Bumble vs Match. The full set is in dating app comparisons. The Coffee Meets Bagel review covers the app alone, and other options are sorted on Coffee Meets Bagel alternatives and Bumble alternatives.