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Alternatives to Clubhouse
19 dating & social tools sit alongside Clubhouse in this directory. Below is what separates each from Clubhouse on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 19
- With a free tier
- 15
- Cheaper to start
- 0
- Clubhouse starts at
- Free
Why people look past Clubhouse
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Clubhouse entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is only one tier
Clubhouse publishes a single plan, Free at Free. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Dating for the open-minded
- Starts $11.99 a month dearer, at $11.99/month.
The world's largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people
- Starts $19.99 a month dearer, at $19.99/month.
- 2 tiers to Clubhouse's 1.
AI-powered networking
- Sold on a freemium model rather than free.
- 2 tiers to Clubhouse's 1.
Your friends for real
Priced and rated the same as Clubhouse on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Where communities thrive
Priced and rated the same as Clubhouse on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Designed to be deleted
- Starts $16.99 a month dearer, at $16.99/month.
- 3 tiers to Clubhouse's 1.
Every Clubhouse alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clubhouse (this page) | Free | Free | 1 | |
| Feeld | Free, then $11.99/month | - | - | vs Clubhouse |
| Grindr | Free, then $19.99/month | - | 2 | vs Clubhouse |
| Lunchclub | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Clubhouse |
| BeReal | Free | Free | 1 | vs Clubhouse |
| Geneva | Free | Free | 1 | vs Clubhouse |
| Hinge | Free, then $16.99/month | - | 3 | vs Clubhouse |
| Happn | Free, then $29.99/month | - | - | vs Clubhouse |
| eHarmony | Free | Freemium | - | vs Clubhouse |
| Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Clubhouse | |
| Bumble | Free, then $29.99/month | - | - | vs Clubhouse |
| Facebook Dating | Free | - | - | vs Clubhouse |
| Badoo | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Clubhouse |
| Bluesky | Free | Free | 1 | vs Clubhouse |
| Coffee Meets Bagel | Free, then $14.99/month | - | - | vs Clubhouse |
| HER | Free, then $14.99/month | - | 2 | vs Clubhouse |
| Lox Club | $36/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Clubhouse |
| Christian Mingle | $24.99/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Clubhouse |
| JDate | $29.99/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Clubhouse |
| EliteSingles | $31.95/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Clubhouse |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Clubhouse badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
The record we hold does not list what Clubhouse is typically used for, so there is no honest way to enumerate what a switch would cost you from this page alone.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Clubhouse is broadly right and the question is cost, the Clubhouse pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Dating & Social category lists everything the directory holds, and best dating & social tools ranks them.
Clubhouse runs on ios, android, web. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Clubhouse alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Clubhouse?
- 19 other dating & social tools are listed in this directory, led by Feeld, Grindr, Lunchclub, BeReal. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Clubhouse?
- 15 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Feeld, Grindr, Lunchclub, BeReal, Geneva.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Clubhouse?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Clubhouse?
- The record we hold does not list what Clubhouse is typically used for, so the honest answer is to check the side-by-side comparison for whichever alternative you are considering. Each one puts the two full feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Clubhouse?
- None of the dating & social tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Clubhouse alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Dating & Social, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Clubhouse against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Clubhouse covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every dating & social tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Dating & Social category, 19 tools beside Clubhouse. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.