Looking for love and the best dating app, dating platform or dating website for you in 2024? When it comes to finding someone that you connect with romantically, it can be tricky to know where to look.
Gone are the days of social dances and mixers, sadly. In an increasingly chaotic world of professional expectation, comparison culture and online social pressure it can seem impossible to find the time to meet someone—let alone find the right match! Thankfully, there are some incredible dating apps and dating sites that can help.
The digital world often gets a bad rap for being the downfall of modern romance. Singles blame the rise in smartphone addiction and device reliance for their relationship-finding challenges. However, this negative attitude may have more to do with the apparent lack of success than the technology itself.
Are you looking for good sex dates or are you ready for a genuine love relationship? To fall in love, one has to have the courage to throw themselves at its mercy. In my book (R)evolution for Love, one interviewee said, for example:
“I asked myself, Do I dare yet? I figured that the worst thing that can happen is that the relationship doesn’t last. It depends on me being able to open up to the possibility. Am I giving a green or a red light?”
Do you hate online dating even though you haven’t tried it?
Some are amazingly afraid of dating, and have strong opinions on dating apps or dating sites which they haven’t even tried. Because they are afraid of being alone for the rest of their lives if they divorced, they stay in their unhappy relationships and only dream of happy single life, exciting sex and dating 🙂 In my book (R)evolution for Love one interviewee said:
“I don’t want to go on Tinder and I don’t even remember how to date. The whole idea makes me sick. If I divorced, I’d probably be alone for the rest of my life!”
Naturally everyone must not go to on Tinder – or any dating app – but if you want to, here are the best dating apps, platforms and websites!
The online dating world: The best dating apps, platforms and websites in 2024
The digital age has created plenty of unique opportunities to connect with people we may never have naturally met. It has also made it much easier for those with lesser confidence (and available time) to seek a partner.
Dating online may be frightening especially after divorce, like one interviewee told me for my book (R)evolution for Love:
“Our divorce was already final, but still I felt like a thief on my first date: I was so tempted and yet it felt like I shouldn’t be there, or at least I should keep it a secret so that my ex or our mutual friends wouldn’t see me with my date.”
Dating websites versus dating apps
So—what are the best dating apps and websites, and why? Where can we find the kind of relationship we want, in the timeframe we’re hoping for?
This dating app guide is here to help you untangle the online dating scene in order to arm you with the information you’ll need to make the best choice possible for your romantic life. Whether you’re keen to find ‘the one’ or simply hoping to connect with new potential partners on a more casual basis—you’re in the right place!
Here is your shortlist to the best dating apps and the best dating websites on offer:
Tinder – The classic dating app #1 still in 2024?
Ah, the reliable classic. Tinder paved the way in terms of the much-loved and hugely popular ‘swipe-right-to-match’ concept. Operating like a stack of dating profile cards that you swipe away in rejection or swipe the opposite way to keep in your options pile.
The release of endorphins you experience from finding a Tinder match ‘strike’ is just one of the many positives of this dating app itself. Tinder also offers a very simple to use format, personal verification without needing to reveal your dating app usage to your social circle.
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Tinder’s helpful paid upgrade option allows you to ‘super match’ along with the ability to summon back previously ditched match options.
For those who want to test the water of the dating singles scene, Tinder provides a great service. If you’re looking for a more detailed profile, then another platform might be better than Tinder. Aside from some flattering (possibly edited) photos and a few wittily created bio sentences, you won’t know more about someone unless you match and begin communicating.
After my divorce I dated some 80 men which I found from Tinder. For me, Tinder is the best dating app: I met my loved one in Tinder! Now we are living together: every other week with our 5 boys and the rest of the time only the two of us – just like when we were dating.
eHarmony – Dating website with more specific details
As charming as the website title suggests, eHarmony is a positive space for singles who are looking for long-term relationships and serious dating to meet and talk.
Listed as the best dating website for 2019 by USA users, eHarmony dating website requires singles to fill out specific information about themselves. Ranging from desires to hobbies and from education to ambitions. Every piece of data is then processed by the dating site’s very own dating compatibility system in order to filter out unlikely matches. The user of this dating app/website is left with multiple options of profile users that potentially align together. Making the whole process feel much more efficient and hopeful.
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Tinder’s helpful paid upgrade option allows you to ‘super match’ along with the ability to summon back previously ditched match options.
For those who want to test the water of the dating singles scene, Tinder provides a great service. If you’re looking for a more detailed profile, then another platform might be better than Tinder. Aside from some flattering (possibly edited) photos and a few wittily created bio sentences, you won’t know more about someone unless you match and begin communicating.
After my divorce I dated some 80 men which I found from Tinder. For me, Tinder is the best dating app: I met my loved one in Tinder! Now we are living together: every other week with our 5 boys and the rest of the time only the two of us – just like when we were dating.
eHarmony – Dating website with more specific details
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Listed as the best dating website for 2019 by USA users, eHarmony dating website requires singles to fill out specific information about themselves. Ranging from desires to hobbies and from education to ambitions. Every piece of data is then processed by the dating site’s very own dating compatibility system in order to filter out unlikely matches. The user of this dating app/website is left with multiple options of profile users that potentially align together. Making the whole process feel much more efficient and hopeful.
This popular dating website has an adjoining dating app, meaning you can keep up with match conversations on the go while looking at new profiles also. Harmonious!
Bumble – Dating app with women’s dating needs in mind
Created by a team of women, managed by women, and with women’s dating needs in mind. Dating app Bumble is a refreshingly modern take on the swipe-match dating app format.
First of all, this dating app is constantly monitored for inappropriate bio material, false profiles, unclear profile images, and general tomfoolery. This automatically creates a higher quality dating environment!
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Secondly, in Bumble dating app, men cannot message first if a match occurs. This both prevents men wasting their time messaging women who match for entertainment. Along with giving a confidence-boosting sense of empowerment to female users of the Bumble dating app itself.
The user-friendly design format is a major plus for this dating app. Making it an incredibly popular option for romantics all over the world. You may not have the fuller profile detail of other dating websites, but Bumble is the best dating app for those wanting an efficient and user-friendly dating tool.
Match.com – Dating website + personal dating coaching services
One of the most well-known and populated dating websites on the singles scene, Match.com is powered by a compelling belief in personal customer service. Offering dating coaching services and dedicated assistance to their users.
In this dating site, users cannot begin to communicate until their essential information has been provided. Meaning you are sure to find profiles that offer the detail you might be looking for. On the other hand, you’ll need to set aside some dedicated time and focus to get going.
The effort it takes to set up a Match profile (compared to swipe-format apps) tends to mean that most users are more genuinely interested in a proper relationship. Rather than a dead-end pastime while commuting.
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Match.com’s database holds millions of singles who are carefully vetted to ensure that every dating profile is authentic where possible. This attention to detail is one of the main benefits of Match. Along with it’s advertised promise of a hopeful romantic future!
Hinge – Matching users based on personal questions
Operated by the same company that operates Tinder and Match, Hinge is a fun to use dating app. It aims to match users based on their unique answers to Hinge’s specifically worded personal questions.
When one user sends a ‘like’ relating to a specific part of another user’s profile, and they reply with the same in return, then a digital match occurs. This allows the two individuals to connect and communicate from there.
With Hinge’s premium upgrade you can see who has ‘liked’ your profile information. In order to give you the benefit of knowing someone is already interested. Or you can leave it all to the system and trust the service to do it’s thing with the likes that you provide.
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The sign-up process is a little laborious which is both a good and bad thing. Good, in that Hinge puts off fake or false-intentioned users. Bad, in that if you have little patience then this app might not be the one for you right now.
Facebook Dating Platform encourages in-person dating
New to the online dating scene, the freshly launched Facebook Dating feature is steadily picking up pace. Embedded into the platform itself, it is a handy tool for singles to connect with other Facebook users with similar personal interests. Including a desire to date!
The way the feature is formatted encourages singles to get to know the person behind the Facebook profile. Rather than getting swipe-happy or moving too quickly.
Facebook Dating platform heavily promotes safety. It requires you to verify your home city using location services and needing an identify validation for use.
Interestingly, you can only match with users within 100 miles of where you are which further encourages in-person dating experiences. For a social media site that aims to pull people into the cyber world, it’s surprisingly encouraging of ‘real life’ dates!
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Oh, and don’t worry—your usual Facebook friends won’t be able to see what you’ve been up to. As Facebook Dating platform is a strictly private service.
So—the best online dating app/website/platform options are…
The best way to match is to establish what you want to achieve. Are you:
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- looking for low-commitment dating conversations that you don’t spend lots of time investing in? Then apps such as Tinder and Bumble are your go-to options.
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- wanting a more detailed idea of who someone is before a first date? Then eHarmony and Match could be your best selections.
Enjoy the process of trial and error. And never lose sight of the fact that dating (online or otherwise) should be an enjoyable process.
The only way to find the person you’re looking for is to make yourself visible. Using dating apps and match websites is a great way to do so. No matter how confident you might be, there really is someone for everyone out there on the online dating scene.
Be open with sharing your interests and passions to help someone new to recognize if you have things in common. Be friendly, but not too friendly! Relax and allow each carefully designed platform help you along the way.
Who knows who could be waiting online right now, waiting to meet you?
Motivating You to mindshifting in many ways,
Your Coach Kati Niemi
Clinical Hypnotherapist, NLP Trainer, M.Sc.
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