Online dating sites and apps give those looking for love a chance to see what's out there beyond the other places you meet people in the city. There are apps that bring together people with similar interests, apps designed for encounters even more casual than what Tinder delivers, and profile-heavy apps that really get into the specifics of users’ personalities. If you’ve been dating via apps, you’ve almost certainly thought about Tinder but, there’s actually a whole slew of other dating apps that may be even more useful for you.

2020’s Most Popular Dating Apps

Match Dating

With more than 100k downloads on Google Playstore, Match Dating has been considered the most popular online dating app in Canada. Users that download this app are looking for serious or long-term relationships.

Match Dating allows users to comment on other’s photos and they have control of who can view and like their profile.

Features of the Match Dating app:

Users can set preferences for their profile and choose new matches every day with the daily matches feature.
Match Dating has the Topic feature which helps users to start a conversation with a new match.
Smart Filter Settings allows users to modify their settings to receive messages only from the singles that match their preferences.

Clover

Clover dating app is very similar to Tinder and Bumble where users swipe less and date more, and it is available for Android and iOS platforms. Clover has a unique chatroom called “Mixers” that gives users a more exclusive experience. The app is available for straight, bisexual, lesbian and gay people that are looking for their perfect match.

The dating app has a 20-questions quiz that goes beyond the basic information that a lot of other dating apps ask for. Specify whether you’re using it for friends, a hookup, or dating to make sure you find someone looking for the same.

Features of the Clover App:

Clover search filters allow users to narrow down their preferences to relationship intention, body type, height, ethnicity, occupation, and much more.
Users can choose the location and age of their future matches and also change the settings to who can view their online status and location.

Bumble

Bumble is one of a kind online dating app, with more than 30 million users, Bumble is the place to make connections and relationships, it is considered to be a networking app.

Features of Bumble:

On Bumble Date, the females always initiate the conversation, and instead of collecting matches, you’re motivated to actually talk, with matches expiring after 24 hours.
Bumble BFF was created for people who want to make new friends in a new city or expand a friend circle.
On Bumble Bizz, users have the opportunity to create new career opportunities and find mentors to help them professionally.

Zoosk

Zoosk is considered to be one of the best dating apps that has a Behavioural Matchmaking system, which helps users find their perfect match.

Zoosk offers a very secure method to verify its users with a 7-second selfie video verification. Moreover, in order for users to be able to enjoy the app they need to get verified by their social media account and phone number.

Features of the Zoosk App:

One of the interesting things about Zoosk is that it offers the Carousel options which easily allows users to go through other profiles that they could potentially match with.
Zoosk offers advanced search filters which allows users to narrow down their preferences such as age, education, sexuality, age, body, and education.

Tinder

Tinder is the most popular dating app around single people. Tinder is well known because it has made above 30 billion matches and it reaches 26 million matches every day.

Many have tried to create an app like Tinder with the Swipe Left and Right feature, but at the end of the day they end up getting called as “other apps like Tinder” or “Tinder-like apps”.

Features of Tinder:

Tinder offers the Tinder Plus option which allows users to give unlimited likes, they can change their preferences to anywhere around the world, they can rewind to take a second look at a profile, it gives users super likes and one free boost per month.
Tinder Gold is another option for users, it provides more profile controls and gives users five extra super likes to give them a better chance to find their perfect match.

Lavalife

Lavalife has over 50,000 downloads on Google Playstore, it became famous for being a great app for Canadians on the go. The best feature of the app is that it allows users to have a better experience with the browsing feature that shows users profiles in the list, as well as a grid.

One of the most unique features of Lavalife is the “In Common”, which gives users the opportunity to see exactly what made other profiles like them.

Features of Lavalife:

LavaLounge is of the features that allows users to find local matches and interesting people around them.
Instant Messaging.
Users can check who viewed their profile and make new connections with them.
Users can also “Favourite” the matches that they like the most to check on them later.

OkCupid

The classic dating site, OK Cupid’s app puts more thought into your matches than much of the average competition, with more attention paid to the profile. It requires a little more work on your part, but you will learn more about your matches with this app than most others.

OkCupid is an app that provides a different experience when it comes to messaging to give users the chance of having a deeper and more thoughtful conversation. The online requirement is that users answer a few unique questions so the matchmaker app can easily connect them with the perfect match.

Features of OkCupid:

OkCupid is a free app that gives users the chance to see who liked their profile without having to like them back.
It allows users to have access to exclusive features that the app offers.

Hoop Dating App

Hoop Dating App has already had 500k downloads on Google Play. It is connected to Snapchat, which allows users to connect with their friends on Snapchat. The app has the same features as the other apps which gives users the opportunity to download their own images and go through profiles and they can either accept or reject them.

Hoop Dating App is very serious when it comes to privacy of its users, it doesn’t reveal the Snapchat usernames unless they are mutual friends on the app.

Features of the Hoop Dating App:

The app allows users to earn diamonds by participating in a reward program, all they have to do is complete certain daily tasks such as using the app regularly, making new connections, sharing profiles and other activities. The diamonds give users access to exclusive features.
The users have the option to accept or decline requests from others profiles. This feature ensures full users safety.

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