The Best Dating Sites and Apps

Finding love, temporary hookup, a simple date, a single day fling, everything is easy and quick. With few quick clicks and sliding, we can find one person or even many at times to hang out with and have fun. Especially in this pandemic, people are bored and restless. They want to make new connections and talk to new people for entertainment and maybe for a date in future. Now free dating sites lends us its hand here to help us. In this article, we are going to look into the best dating apps for relationships available online and its features. 

1. Tinder

Tinder is one of the most used and acclaimed applications used all over the world. It is the first application anyone would like to try at first because of its popularity amongst youngsters. People from the age of 25 to 54 use Tinder. According to the statistics, 45% of users are aged between 25-34, and 38% are aged between 16-24. 13% of the users are of age group 35 to 44-year-olds, and 45 to 54-year-olds form just 3% of the users. The following are the features of Tinder application.

Features: 

1. A free account is available. 
2. Both the mobile application and computer application is available for downloading from the internet. You can download it from Google play store or the Apple store.  
3. A Premium account starts from nearly $19.99 per month abroad. As far as India is concerned, it is 50 rupees per month. The long-term plans allow discounts of 50%. The 6-month plan is of 2,250 rupees which are 375 rupees per month. The yearly plan is 3,550 rupees which are 296 rupees per month.
4. There is no video calling facility available. 
5. Chatting, sending GIFS, getting their Instagram profile, their favourite Spotify playlist are few advantages too. 

2. OkCupid

Another dating site which doesn't involve swiping left and right to find your person but they answer as many questions as they want. Based on the compatibility, the matches are found, and it makes the process easier. This application offers a wide range of sexual preferences and gender identities. 

Features: 

1. A free account is available. 
2. Both the mobile application and computer application is available for downloading from the internet. You can download it from Google play store or the Apple store.  
3. There is no video calling facility available. 
4. A Premium account starts from $9.95 per month abroad. As far as India is concerned, it is 1,407.79 rupees per month, while the premium option is of 2,464.17 rupees per month.
5. Answering questions and finding someone compatible based on that seems interesting and people will feel more comfortable to discuss as they have something in common. 

3. Bumble: 

Bumble is an app which is very similar to Tinder but with an exciting surprise. It is made entirely for women with an interesting timer. Women have the upper hand in this application as they initiate a conversation, and if they fail to do it, the match will disappear forever. If you tend to procrastinate, this application is not for you. 

Features: 

1. A free account is available. 
2.  Both the mobile application and computer application is available for downloading from the internet. You can download it from Google play store or the Apple store.  
3. There is video calling facility available. 
4. A Premium account starts from $24.99 per month abroad. As far as India is concerned, for a week plan, it's 319 rupees, for a monthly plan, it's 849 rupees, for three months plan, it's 1,698 per month and for six months plan, it is 2,700 rupees per month.
5. In heterosexual matches, only women can start a conversation which ensures safety as they will not receive any creepy messages.

4. Hinge 

One of the most popularly celebrated and promoted application in social media is the Hinge dating app. The program is designed in a way to make the user profiles as interesting as possible. The application mentions a lot of useful information from drinking, smoking habits to having children, political interest, etc.

Features: 

1. A free account is available. 
2. The mobile application is available for downloading from the internet. You can download it from Google play store or the Apple store. Computer application is not available. 
3. There is no video calling facility available. 
4. A Premium account starts from $19.99 per month abroad. As far as India is concerned, for a month it's 920 rupees, for three months it's 1485 rupees, and for six months it's 2120 rupees.
5. The app focuses on the common connection like mutual friends in social media like Facebook.

5. Match

The Match is said to one pioneer of online dating sites and the largest one on the internet too. This application has the most memberships for dating, and the application goes out of the way to create opportunities to connect people. They provide proper 24/7 technical support to assist the needs of the users, and they offer the most expansive online dating profiles around which includes location, gender preference, children, marital status etc.

Features:

1. A free account is available. 
2. Both the mobile application and computer applications are available for downloading from the internet. You can download it from Google play store or the Apple store.  
3. There is a video calling facility available. 
4. A Premium account starts from $44.99 per month abroad. As far as India is concerned, the price is costly too.
5. The paid version unlocks several other new options which will help you to find the person fit for you.  

6. POF (Plenty Of Fish) 

Launched in the year 2003, this application help singles to find a committed long term relationship. Many seem to like and use this application; however many accuse it of many bots and scams. This application is very effective as people, especially women from the age group 18 to 25 are very active.

Features:

1. A free account is available. 
2. Both the mobile application and computer applications are available for downloading from the internet. You can download it from Google play store or the Apple store.  
3. There is a video calling facility available. 
4. A Premium account starts from $19.99 per month abroad. As far as India is concerned, the application is available here too. 
5. Even though you can't pay and upgrade your profile, the chance of finding your "one" is easy in this application.

7. eHarmony

eHarmony is a website which has a solid 20 years of existence on the internet. This website has nearly married off 4% of United States population, and the divorce rates are extremely low in this application. There are still 10 million active users for this interface, and the paid version is more preferred than the unpaid ones. 

Features:

1. A free account is available. 
2. Both the mobile application and computer applications are available for downloading from the internet. You can download it from Google play store or the Apple store.  
3. There is a video calling facility available. 
4. A Premium account starts from $59.90 per month abroad. As far as India is concerned, the websiteis supported here also. 
5. It has a wide range of age group supporting its application, which is appreciable. 

Conclusion  

"Dating is a give and take. If you only see it as "taking," you are not getting it". Therefore, these applications and websites must help you to understand the purpose behind it without misusing it by any chance. 

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Co-author:  Akshaya Saravana Kumar

Akshaya is currently pursuing Masters in English Literature. She is an avid reader, an animal lover and a movie freak. She loves to spend her past time travelling to strange places in different time zones with her imagination and fall in love with fictional characters.