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Top 10 Most Popular Dating Apps in the USA That Users Love
- Availability- iOS & Android
- Monthly Active Users: 75+ million
- App Rating: 4.1 / 5
- Free Version - Yes
- LGBTQ+ Friendly - Yes
Key Features
- Swipe Matching - Swipe left to skip or right to show interest.
- Passport - Drop a pin anywhere in the world and see profiles from that spot.
- Super Likes & Boosts - Send a Super Like or run a Boost so that more people see the profile.

Opposite-gender pairs gain a 24-hour window for the woman to write – if she does not, the match vanishes. Either party can speak first in same gender pairs. Separate switches inside the app open BFF mode for friends but also Bizz mode for work contacts – the software serves three goals at once.
- Women control the first message in male female matches.
- One account handles dating, friendship along with networking.
- Matches disappear after 24 hours unless someone writes.
- LGBTQ+ pairs skip the women first rule - either person can start.
Possible drawbacks
- The single day limit punishes busy or cautious users.
- Extras such as rematch, backtrack in addition to detailed filters sit behind a subscription.
- Rural postcodes sometimes show fewer profiles than Tinder does.

- The app sits in the top five U.S. dating services for meeting new people.
- It runs on iOS but also Android
- Sixty million people open it each month.
- Users rate it 4.2 out of 5.
- A free tier exists.
- It welcomes LGBTQ+ members.
The platform blends swipe matching with checks that aim to prove each person is real. Women along with non-binary users of any orientation receive equal access – contacts form without extra hurdles.
- Video clips and live streams let members show how they speak and move, not just how they look.
- A photo verification step cuts down on fake accounts.
- A distance filter lists prospects who are close.
- A country wide toggle lets travelers, expats or locals match before or after they move.

- Platforms - iOS, Android
- Monthly users: 10 million and
- Store rating: 4.1 / 5
- Free tier - Yes
- LGBTQ+ options - Yes

- Platforms - iOS, Android
- Monthly users: 20 million and
- Store rating: 4.5 / 5
- Free tier - Yes
- LGBTQ+ options - Yes
Paid tier (Hinge Preferred): unlimited likes – full list of admirers – extra filters for children, drugs, education, politics – faster placement in others’ stacks. Price opens at $19.99 a month and drops with longer bundles.
Best for – people who want commitment – city workers aged 22-35; LGBTQ+ singles – anyone tired of photo only swiping.

- Platforms - iOS, Android
- Monthly users: 10 million and
- Store rating: 4.0 / 5
- Free tier - Yes
- LGBTQ+ options - Limited
Easy atmosphere
Large international user base
Users log in daily and stay active
It mixes dating tools with social feeds
Think about
It suits flings better than marriage searches
Some accounts skip photo checks or stay blank
People who stick to one language sometimes struggle
Fits
Short-term dates and playful chat
Match across countries and cultures
U.S. adults under thirty who treat dating as a social pastime

- Platforms - iOS, Android
- Monthly users: six million and rising
- Store rating: 4.1 / 5
- Free tier - Yes
- LGBTQ+ options - Yes
Points of note
The feed lists strangers who stood near you within a few blocks
It rewards those who trust street level coincidence
Crowds in New York, Chicago along with Los Angeles supply most matches
Happn Premium extras
Send one “Hi” before the other person swipes
Open a page that shows every admirer at once
Deliver up to ten FlashNotes each day for faster notice
Use the app without ad banners
Browse while hidden from the map
Price starts near $19.99 a month
Figures
More than one hundred million registered accounts world wide
1.5 million open the app each month
The grid fills faster where foot traffic stays high
Keep in mind
The list stays almost empty outside big towns
It needs constant location updates
small neighborhoods give few fresh faces
Works best for
City residents who like the idea of dating a neighbor they already passed
Workers willing to meet someone on a lunch break
Anyone who wants the app to copy the daily commute

- Platforms - iOS, Android
- Monthly users: 13.5 million
- Store rating: 4.0 / 5
- Free tier - Yes
- LGBTQ+ options - Yes
The map updates every second and shows who stands within a few blocks – tap a face and the chat box opens at once.
Tribes sit under each picture – Bear, Twink, Trans or any label a user adds – the grid turns into a list of chosen families.
Discreet Mode blurs the photo and drops the profile from the cascade when the phone enters a postcode the user marks as risky.
Sex sits at the top of the menu yet the same chat threads turn into coffee invites, gym partnerships or group picnics.
Paywall opens six hundred profiles at once, lists every visitor along with unlocks height, weight, position in addition to HIV-status filters while the app stays silent about who is watching.
XTRA costs twenty dollars a month – Unlimited costs forty and lifts every remaining limit.
Signal remains strongest in districts where rainbow bars sit on every corner – outside those zones the grid empties fast.
Most log on for an hour and a bed, but wedding photos appear in the same feeds once in a while.
Free screens show banners between messages – thumbs scroll past them anyway.
The software suits anyone who wants to speak, date or simply exist under the same banner without apology.
