What Will Be the Most Popular Dating Apps in 2017?

Applications that include online dating have become a hot commodity. Find out which ones will continue to top the charts in 2017.

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Jan 30, 2017

by PSafe Newsroom

In the age of dating apps, meeting at a bar or through a mutual friend seems old-fashioned. The following are some of the most popular dating apps of the last few years. Continue reading to learn why they’ll continue to dominate the dating app world in 2017.

Tinder

Tinder has been one of the most frequently downloaded dating apps throughout the past few years. The application launched the infamous “swiping” method, where swiping right indicates an attraction to the other person, and swiping left rejects them.

If two people swipe right on each other, they are matched and encouraged to chat. Tinder is anonymous, so you don’t know if someone likes you until you match each other. The app also enables you to include a bio, which includes education, occupation, and a brief introduction. More than 8 billion matches have been initiated in Tinder since its launch in 2012.

Moreover, Tinder has recently unveiled new features such as the “super like,” which informs the other user that the person has a special interest in them. Free users get one super like a day, where paying members get up to 3 super likes per day.

If you use the free version, you only get a limited number of right-swipes per day. However, paying members get an unlimited number of swipes, and they can set their destination to different parts of the world. This is in contrast to the free version, where you can only see other Tinder users within a certain radius of your current location.

Bumble

Bumble is an app with extremely similar characteristics to Tinder. For instance, the swiping system is the same, so swiping right means yes, while swiping left means no. However, Bumble is unique because only the woman is allowed to message first. As a result, men are left to wait until the woman initiates the conversation.

Unlike Tinder, Bumble allows you to swipe as many times a day as you please. However, if you are using the free version of Bumble, the woman has only 24 hours to initiate the conversation, or the match expires. Paying for the application removes this feature, allowing you to start conversations with expired matches.

Grindr

Grindr is designed specifically for the LGBT community. This application has similar features to Bumble and Tinder, but it does not have an option for heterosexual matches. Grindr was one of the first gay geosocial applications to launch. Since this time, it has been the most popular LGBT-oriented application in the world.