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Hinge Dating App: Match & Meet
Date Single & Make New Friends
Intentionality takes center stage when it comes to dating on Hinge. Thoughtful prompts make it easy to skip the small talk, and precise filters help narrow the pool to exactly what you’re looking for. With so much specificity, finding a worthy companion doesn’t feel like a far-fetched fantasy.
What we love: If you’re not comfortable breaking the ice, encourage matches to come to you by customizing your profile with voice prompts, videos, polls, and more. When others do the same, it can lead to interesting conversation starters that help you learn something about each person you come across—so you have more to say than just “Hey.”
Quick tip: Hinge’s insightful algorithm and limit of eight likes per day (no limit for Preferred Members) make for more meaningful matches. If a profile really grabs your eye, elevate your like by sending a Rose instead—you get one free each week and can always purchase more.
Meet the creator: On the heels of a split with his college sweetheart, Justin McLeod took an unusual step: He started a dating app. While Hinge didn’t help the CEO find a new love, he eventually did marry the woman who spurred the heartbreak. Their story was adapted for the Amazon Original series Modern Love.