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Alternatives to Facebook Dating
23 dating tools sit alongside Facebook Dating in this directory. Below is what separates each from Facebook Dating on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 23
- With a free tier
- 18
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Facebook Dating starts at
- Free
Why people look past Facebook Dating
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Facebook Dating has a free tier. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
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.
Swipe right to find your match
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Facebook Dating does not.
Make the first move
- Publishes an entry price of $29.99/month, where Facebook Dating does not.
The largest dating site for singles
- Publishes an entry price of $19.99/week, where Facebook Dating does not.
Designed to be deleted
- Publishes an entry price of $16.99/month, where Facebook Dating does not.
Dating deserves better
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Facebook Dating does not.
Start something real
- No free tier, where Facebook Dating has one.
- Publishes an entry price of $35.99/month, where Facebook Dating does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
Every Facebook Dating 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facebook Dating (this page) | Free | Freemium | - | |
| TinderDominant dating app with 50M+ active users and established matching algorithm, though requires paid subscription for advanced features | Free | Freemium | 4 | vs Facebook Dating |
| BumbleWomen-first dating app with modern interface and similar free-to-use model as Facebook Dating | Free, then $29.99/month | - | - | vs Facebook Dating |
| Plenty of FishFree dating platform with large user base and no paywall for core features like Facebook Dating | Free, then $19.99/week | - | - | vs Facebook Dating |
| HingePremium dating app focused on relationships with personality-based matching similar to Facebook's approach | Free, then $16.99/month | - | 3 | vs Facebook Dating |
| OkCupidPersonality-based dating with free tier featuring detailed profile matching algorithm | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Facebook Dating |
| Match.comEstablished dating platform with decades of experience in personality-based matching | $35.99/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Facebook Dating |
| Lunchclub | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Facebook Dating |
| Geneva | Free | Free | 1 | vs Facebook Dating |
| Clubhouse | Free | Free | 1 | vs Facebook Dating |
| Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Facebook Dating | |
| Happn | Free, then $29.99/month | - | - | vs Facebook Dating |
| Mastodon | Free | Free | 1 | vs Facebook Dating |
| Bluesky | Free | Free | 1 | vs Facebook Dating |
| Grindr | Free, then $19.99/month | - | 2 | vs Facebook Dating |
| Coffee Meets Bagel | Free, then $14.99/month | - | - | vs Facebook Dating |
| HER | Free, then $14.99/month | - | 2 | vs Facebook Dating |
| Feeld | Free, then $11.99/month | - | - | vs Facebook Dating |
| Badoo | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Facebook Dating |
| eHarmony | Free | Freemium | - | vs Facebook Dating |
| JDate | $29.99/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Facebook Dating |
| EliteSingles | $31.95/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Facebook Dating |
| Lox Club | $36/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Facebook Dating |
| Christian Mingle | $24.99/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Facebook Dating |
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 Facebook Dating badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Facebook Dating is most often brought in for people in niche groups finding partners with shared hobbies, event attendees connecting romantically from the same events, facebook community members discovering dating prospects through groups, users keeping dating activity separate from regular facebook. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
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 Facebook Dating is broadly right and the question is cost, the Facebook Dating pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Dating category lists everything the directory holds, and best dating tools ranks them.
Facebook Dating runs on ios, android. 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 Facebook Dating alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Facebook Dating?
- 23 other dating tools are listed in this directory, led by Tinder, Bumble, Plenty of Fish, Hinge. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Facebook Dating?
- 18 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Tinder, Bumble, Plenty of Fish, Hinge, OkCupid.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Facebook Dating?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Facebook Dating has a free tier. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Facebook Dating?
- Facebook Dating is most often brought in for people in niche groups finding partners with shared hobbies, event attendees connecting romantically from the same events, facebook community members discovering dating prospects through groups, users keeping dating activity separate from regular facebook. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Facebook Dating?
- None of the dating 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 Facebook Dating alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Dating, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Facebook Dating against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Facebook Dating 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 tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Dating category, 23 tools beside Facebook Dating. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.