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Dating software

42 products matching your filters. Each one described on the same fields, so two tools can be read against each other rather than against their own marketing.

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  • Badoo logo

    Badoo

    Make the first move

    Free plan available
    • iOS
    • Android
    • Web

    3 alternatives · 1 question answered

  • BeReal logo

    BeReal

    Your friends for real

    Free
    • iOS
    • Android

    4 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Bluesky logo

    Bluesky

    Social media as it should be

    Free
    • iOS
    • Android
    • Web

    4 alternatives · 2 questions answered

  • Bumble logo

    Bumble

    Make the first move

    Free plan, then $29.99/mo
    • iOS
    • Android
    • Web

    4 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • eHarmony logo

    eHarmony

    Real love. Real people.

    Free plan available
    • Web
    • iOS
    • Android

    4 alternatives · 2 questions answered

  • EliteSingles logo

    EliteSingles

    Intelligent matchmaking for educated singles

    From $31.95/mo
    • iOS
    • Android
    • Web
    Discontinued

    4 alternatives

  • Facebook Dating logo

    Facebook Dating

    It's not complicated

    Pricing not published
    • iOS
    • Android
    Part of Meta Platforms, Inc.

    6 alternatives · 6 questions answered

  • Feeld logo

    Feeld

    Dating for the open-minded

    Free plan, then $11.99/mo
    • iOS
    • Android

    3 alternatives · 5 questions answered

  • Geneva logo

    Geneva

    Where communities thrive

    Free
    • iOS
    • Android
    • Web

    4 alternatives · 2 questions answered

  • Grindr logo

    Grindr

    The world's largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people

    Free plan, then $19.99/mo
    • iOS
    • Android
    • Web

    5 alternatives · 5 questions answered

  • Happn logo

    Happn

    Find the people you've crossed paths with

    Free plan, then $29.99/mo
    • iOS
    • Android
    Part of Hello Group

    2 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • HER logo

    HER

    The dating app for LGBTQ+ women and queer people

    Free plan, then $14.99/mo
    • iOS
    • Android

    3 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Hinge logo

    Hinge

    Designed to be deleted

    Free plan, then $16.99/mo
    • iOS
    • Android
    • Web
    Part of Match Group

    3 alternatives · 5 questions answered

  • JDate logo

    JDate

    Jewish dating made easy

    From $29.99/mo
    • iOS
    • Android
    • Web

    4 alternatives · 3 limitations documented

  • LinkedIn logo

    LinkedIn

    Connect with the world's professionals

    Free plan available
    • iOS
    • Android
    • Web

    4 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • L

    Lox Club

    A members-only dating app for Jews with ridiculously high standards

    From $36/mo
    • iOS
    • Android

    4 alternatives · 4 limitations documented

  • Mastodon logo

    Mastodon

    Social networking that's not for sale

    Free
    • iOS
    • Android
    • Web

    4 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Match.com logo

    Match.com

    Start something real

    From $35.99/mo
    • iOS
    • Android
    • Web
    Part of Match Group, Inc.

    4 alternatives · 2 questions answered

  • Mighty Networks logo

    Mighty Networks

    Build a community so valuable it becomes essential

    From $79/mo
    • iOS
    • Android
    • Web

    4 alternatives · 3 questions answered

Head to head

Dating tools, compared

Pairings from this slice of the directory, each one checked by two reviewers who agreed a buyer would weigh the two against each other.

How this works

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Where does this data come from?

Pricing, platforms and feature lists are taken from each vendor's own pages. Limitations, answered questions and alternatives are researched separately and carry a source URL on the page that states them. Every product is described on the same fields, so two tools can be read against each other rather than against their own marketing.

Why are there no star ratings?

Because we did not collect any. Softwr hosts no reviews, and a rating aggregated from somewhere else is not ours to publish as though it were an assessment we made. What is shown instead is what a tool costs, where it runs, and what it is concretely bad at.

How are alternatives chosen?

A researcher proposes them, then two independent reviewers judge one question each: would a buyer evaluating this product seriously consider that one instead. 225 of 1,841 candidates failed and were deleted, including a font inspector matched to a dark mode extension. Only pairings that survived both rounds are published.

Do vendors pay to appear here?

Not to be listed. A vendor can buy a place in the results on the home page, on a category listing or on the catalogue, and where they do the result carries a Sponsored label. Everything not carrying that label is ordered on the same criteria as everything else, and a paid place never changes where an unpaid one lands: the editorial order flows around it. Where a link earns a commission that is disclosed on the page carrying it.

How current is it?

Prices and plan limits move without notice, so treat anything with a number on it as a starting point and check the vendor before you buy. Where a claim could go stale it carries the source it came from, which is the fastest way to tell.