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Alternatives to Thursday
22 dating tools sit alongside Thursday in this directory. Below is what separates each from Thursday on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 17
- Cheaper to start
- 0
- Thursday starts at
- Free
Why people look past Thursday
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Thursday has a free tier, and starts at Free against a category median of $27.49/month. 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.
Make the first move
- Starts $29.99 a month dearer, at $29.99/month.
Designed to be deleted
- Starts $16.99 a month dearer, at $16.99/month.
- 3 tiers to Thursday's 2.
Start something real
- No free tier, where Thursday has one.
- Starts $35.99 a month dearer, at $35.99/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
AI-powered networking
Priced and rated the same as Thursday on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Where communities thrive
- Sold on a free model rather than freemium.
- 1 tier to Thursday's 2.
Every Thursday 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday (this page) | Free | Freemium | 2 | |
| BumbleMake the first move | Free, then $29.99/month | - | - | vs Thursday |
| HingeDesigned to be deleted | Free, then $16.99/month | - | 3 | vs Thursday |
| Match.comStart something real | $35.99/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Thursday |
| OkCupidDating deserves better | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Thursday |
| Lunchclub | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Thursday |
| Geneva | Free | Free | 1 | vs Thursday |
| Clubhouse | Free | Free | 1 | vs Thursday |
| Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Thursday | |
| Happn | Free, then $29.99/month | - | - | vs Thursday |
| Facebook Dating | Free | Freemium | - | vs Thursday |
| Mastodon | Free | Free | 1 | vs Thursday |
| Bluesky | Free | Free | 1 | vs Thursday |
| Grindr | Free, then $19.99/month | - | 2 | vs Thursday |
| Coffee Meets Bagel | Free, then $14.99/month | - | - | vs Thursday |
| HER | Free, then $14.99/month | - | 2 | vs Thursday |
| Feeld | Free, then $11.99/month | - | - | vs Thursday |
| Badoo | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Thursday |
| eHarmony | Free | Freemium | - | vs Thursday |
| JDate | $29.99/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Thursday |
| EliteSingles | $31.95/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Thursday |
| Lox Club | $36/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Thursday |
| Christian Mingle | $24.99/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Thursday |
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 Thursday badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Thursday is most often brought in for event ticketing and ticket sales, event management for recurring weekly or regular events. 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 Thursday is broadly right and the question is cost, the Thursday 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.
Thursday runs on 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 Thursday alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Thursday?
- 22 other dating tools are listed in this directory, led by Bumble, Hinge, Match.com, OkCupid. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Thursday?
- 17 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Bumble, Hinge, OkCupid, Lunchclub, Geneva.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Thursday?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Thursday has a free tier, and starts at Free against a category median of $27.49/month. 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 Thursday?
- Thursday is most often brought in for event ticketing and ticket sales, event management for recurring weekly or regular events. 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 Thursday?
- 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 Thursday 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 Thursday against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Thursday 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, 22 tools beside Thursday. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.