Tinder Review: The Most Popular Dating App in the World

Tinder is a dating app that uses your location to show you profiles of people who are nearby. It’s one of the most popular dating apps in the world, with over 50 million active users.

Pros of Tinder

• Easy to use: Tinder is very easy to use. Simply create a profile, add some photos, and start swiping. If you see someone you like, you can swipe right. If they swipe right on you too, you’ll be matched and can start messaging each other.
• Wide user base: Tinder has a huge user base, so you’re likely to find people who are interested in the same things as you.
• Location-based matching: Tinder’s location-based matching is one of its best features. It allows you to meet people who are actually nearby, which makes it more likely that you’ll have something in common.
• Free to use: Tinder is free to use with some limitations. You can create a profile, view profiles, and send “Likes.” However, you’ll need to upgrade to a premium membership to read messages, see who has Liked you, and use other features.

Cons of Tinder

• Limited profiles: Tinder profiles are very limited. You can only add a few photos and a few short sentences about yourself. This makes it difficult to get to know someone before you start messaging them.
• No matching features: Tinder doesn’t offer any matching features, such as compatibility quizzes or personality tests. This means that you’re more likely to match with people who you’re not compatible with.
• Fake profiles: There are a lot of fake profiles on Tinder. This can be a problem if you’re not careful.

Overall, Tinder is a great option for singles who are looking for a casual dating experience. The app is easy to use and has a huge user base. However, if you’re looking for a more serious relationship, you may want to consider other dating apps that offer more features and matching options.

Here are some additional details about Tinder’s features:

• Profile creation: Tinder profiles are very limited. You can only add a few photos and a few short sentences about yourself. This makes it difficult to get to know someone before you start messaging them. However, Tinder does allow you to add tags to your profile, which can give other users a better idea of your interests.
• Searching and filtering: Tinder allows you to search for profiles by location, age, and gender. You can also filter profiles by interests and lifestyle preferences.
• Matching: Tinder users match with each other when they both swipe right on each other’s profiles. This means that both users are interested in each other.
• Messaging: Tinder users can send messages to each other once they have matched. Messages are sent through the Tinder app, so you don’t need to exchange phone numbers or email addresses.
• Tinder Gold and Platinum: Tinder offers two premium subscription plans: Tinder Gold and Tinder Platinum. Tinder Gold allows users to see who has Liked them, see their profile visitors, and use a “Rewind” feature to undo a right swipe. Tinder Platinum allows users to see who has Liked them, see their profile visitors, use a “Rewind” feature, and highlight their profile to other users.

Overall, Tinder is a great option for singles who are looking for a casual dating experience. The app is easy to use and has a huge user base. However, if you’re looking for a more serious relationship, you may want to consider other dating apps that offer more features and matching options.

New Features – Dec 2022

Tinder quietly introduced some new features in December 2022. These are limited to new profile tags about such things as diet, personality type, love styles, communication styles etc. But it does add a little more flesh to the otherwise extremely limited profiles of the app has suffered from.

Subscription Tiers

At the time of writing, Tinder has the basic free tier and then three further subscription tiers: tinder+, tinder GOLD and tinder PLATINUM. The information about inclusions in the premium package within this review are taken from the package tinder GOLD. The prices shown are also for this package.

Boosts

Just 1 free boost per month with a GOLD or PLATINUM subscription. Alternatively, you can buy more Boosts in packages.

Super Likes

Just 5 free super likes per month with GOLD or PLATINUM. Alternatively, you can buy more Super Likes in packages.

Reporting Users

A weakness in the user reporting process… if you have had a match with someone and they turn out to be a fake profile or abusive… if they delete the match before you have a chance to report them, then you are unable to report them any more. This happened to our testers a few times.