View Profile Photos
A basic feature: the ability to view the profile photos of other users. Some apps charge or require a subscription to have access to this feature. In any serious app, this feature is free.
App Features
The App Features category very often overlaps the Solutions category (many items belong to both) and sometimes even the Problems category. Of course, the ‘Problem Features’ are features that I think are best avoided.
Bidirectional Filters
When a dating app features bidirectional filters, other users who have traits that you filter out are also not shown your profile. Most apps offer filters and limit the people shown in your search results or card stacks based … Read more
Location Changes/Travel Mode
When an app includes location-based searching or matches, they sometimes lock you down to the location where you are using the app. Travel Mode, Passport, or Travel To… are examples of location-changing features where you can change the location … Read more
Type Learning/Match Profiling
An advanced dating app takes notice of the type of profiles that you like and pass on. By recognising patterns, the app can automatically help you to find your matches faster by prioritising profiles that fit with your preferences. … Read more
Dealbreaker Filters
If you are able to set deal-breaker filters, you can (in theory) eliminate users that you do match with you based on their hobbies, traits, beliefs or more. Where deal-breaker filters are available, they mostly only remove these users … Read more
Willing to Relocate Filter
This feature appears on a few international focussed dating apps but we believe it should be included in all apps. If you are looking for somebody from a different culture, chances are that one of you has to be … Read more
Profile View Reporting
Get notified which users have viewed your profile – and sometimes also when they viewed it. This is a helpful feature that can tip you off which users have already seen but not liked you.
Send Likes
A basic feature: the ability to a like to other users. This is how you can show them you are interested and in apps where you match on mutual likes, this is an essential element of the process. Some … Read more
