Independent & Others
Standalone apps and sites, from Feeld and Raya to regional and niche communities.
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3Fun
The couples-and-thirds app
Adam4Adam
Free gay dating since 2003
Adopte (AdopteUnMec)
France’s “adopt a guy” - women shop, men wait
Aisle
High-intent dating for Indians, "fast-tracked to marriage-minded"
Baihe
China’s real-name marriage-matching giant
BeautifulPeople
Members vote on whether you’re attractive enough to join
BeNaughty
The high-volume casual network
BharatMatrimony
Shaadi’s great rival, strong in South India
BiCupid
The largest site specifically for bisexual daters
Blued
China’s gay social app, tens of millions strong
Boo
Personality-type matching for the MBTI generation
Breeze
Skip the chat - the app books you a date
Bristlr
For beards, and those who want to stroke them
Butterfly
Dating built for trans people, not around them
C-Date
Casual dating, European scale
CatholicMatch
Dating built around Catholic faith and practice
CatholicSingles
The other Catholic dating veteran
Christian Connection
The UK’s community-minded Christian dating site
Christian Dating For Free
Exactly what the name says
ChristianCafe
Christian-owned dating since 1999
Clover
On-demand dating with mixers and date scheduling
Coffee Meets Bagel
A few curated “bagels” a day instead of endless swiping
Dateability
Built by and for disabled and chronically ill daters
DateInAsia
The free Asian dating board
Dig
For dog people, obviously
Dil Mil
South Asian dating for the diaspora
Down
The app formerly known as Bang With Friends
FarmersOnly
“City folks just don’t get it”
Feeld
For the curious: ENM, kink and everything fluid
FetLife
The kink community’s social network (not quite a dating site)
Filteroff
Speed dating over video, no texting purgatory
Finya
Germany’s big completely-free dating site
FirstMet
The Facebook-era survivor (born AreYouInterested)
Fourplay
Double dates only: you and a friend, them and theirs
Gaydar
The UK’s pioneering gay dating site
Gleeden
The affair site run by women
GlutenFreeSingles
Where celiac is never a dealbreaker
happn
Match with people you’ve actually crossed paths with
HappyPancake
Scandinavia’s free dating staple
HER
The biggest app for lesbian, bi and queer women & nonbinary folks
Heybaby
For single parents and people who want kids
Hily
Data-driven matching for Gen Z
Hornet
Gay social network big in Asia and Latin America
Inner Circle
Screened dating with real-life member events
Iris
AI that learns your type from your swipes
Jaumo
German-built flirt app with a global footprint
Jeevansathi
One of India’s big three matrimony portals
Jiayuan
The "Century Love" pioneer of Chinese online dating
JWed
Marriage-only dating for observant Jews (born Frumster)
Kippo
Dating for gamers, profiles like character sheets
Lavalife
Canada’s phone-lines-to-web dating veteran
Lex
Text-first personals for queer and trans people
Loosid
Sober dating and a sober social life
LoveHabibi
Dating and marriage for Arabs and Muslims worldwide
Lox Club
"For Jews with ridiculously high standards"
Luxy
Millionaire-verified luxury dating
Mamba
The Russian-speaking world’s dating giant
Manhunt
The pre-Grindr hookup site that refuses to die
MillionaireMatch
The original rich-and-attractive dating site
Mingle2
The scrappy free dating survivor
MissTravel
Travel companions with sponsored itineraries
MouseMingle
Dating for Disney devotees
Muddy Matches
UK countryside dating, muddy-to-townie ratio included
Mutual
The Latter-day Saints dating app
Muzz
The biggest Muslim marriage app (formerly Muzmatch)
MySingleFriend
Your friends write your profile, and they’re ruder than you
NUiT
Astrology-first matching for the birth-chart generation
Omiai
Japan’s marriage-first app, named after the formal matchmaking tradition
Paktor
Southeast Asia’s homegrown swipe app
Passions Network
260+ micro-niche dating sites under one login
PositiveSingles
Dating without the disclosure dread, for people with STIs
Pure
Anonymous, self-destructing hookup ads
RAW
BeReal-style dual-camera dating, no filters allowed
Raya
The members-only app of creatives and celebrities
ROMEO
Europe’s gay network since 2002 (PlanetRomeo)
Salams
Muslim dating app born as “Minder”
Salt
The modern swipe app for UK Christians
SawYouAtSinai
Human matchmakers plus profiles, the shidduch way online
SDC
The swinger community’s long-running hub
Sea Captain Date
The only place for sea captains to find love
Seeking
The sugar-dating giant (formerly SeekingArrangement)
SeniorMatch
Companionship-first dating for 45+
Shaadi.com
The world’s biggest matrimonial service
SingleMuslim
The UK’s Muslim marriage site since 2000
Sitch
An AI matchmaker that sets up your dates
Soul
China’s avatar-first social matching phenomenon
Stitch
Community and companionship for the 50+ crowd
SugarDaddyMeet
The other big sugar site
Surge
Tinder-simple swiping for gay men
Taimi
LGBTQ+ dating with a full social network attached
Tapple
Japan’s casual, interest-based swipe app
Tastebuds
Match through music taste
Tawkify
Human matchmakers, app-era pricing
The Right Stuff
Conservative-only dating, invite-first
Thursday
The app that only works one day a week
TrulyMadly
India’s homegrown dating app for serious singles
Twoo
Belgium’s once-huge meet-people network
UniformDating
For those who wear uniforms and those who fancy them
Veggly
Vegan and vegetarian dating
Victoria Milan
Europe’s affair site with a panic button
Waplog
Turkey’s globally downloaded chat-and-date app
WhatsYourPrice
Bid cash for a first date
Wingman
Your friends swipe for you, with your blessing
Zoe
Swipe dating for lesbian and queer women
No longer available
16BeeTalk
Garena’s Southeast Asian social-dating swarm
Chappy
The Bumble-backed gay dating app
Craigslist Personals
The free-for-all that FOSTA killed
DateHookup
The big free site of the forum era
Grouper
3-on-3 group blind dates at a bar
Guardian Soulmates
Dating for people who read the Guardian
Hater
Matched by what you both can’t stand
Hot or Not
The rating site that prefigured the swipe
HowAboutWe
Date-idea-first dating ahead of its time
Kiss.com
Arguably the first dating site on the web
Lumen
The 50+ swipe app Bumble bought and closed
Nerve Personals
The coolest personals on the early-2000s internet
Siren
Women-controlled visibility, before Bumble scaled it
The Dating Ring
The Y Combinator matchmaker that a podcast made famous
uDate
The early consolidation-era contender
Yahoo! Personals
The portal era’s biggest dating section