8 Dating Apps That Go Against Tinder’s Model

8 Dating Apps That Go Against Tinder’s Model 

Scrolling endlessly has its disadvantages. The world is your oyster theoretically, but you also have to wade around the entire population of your region. Your thumbs and brain are tired of seeing over and over the same user face and office lines. You still have to meet online because we’re stuck indoors — but that doesn’t mean you can’t try something different.

New apps for dating can be hit or missed. On the one hand, they provide for a lesser user base – which could be great if you are a company of the same mind. Another thing you don’t have as many options as you can with an app with more than 50 million users, such as Tinder. With these potential benefits and risks in mind, some new dating app options are available:

Jigsaw

If you’re particularly tired of swiping like HOTorNOT, Jigsaw
can be for you. Self-described as “anti-superficial dating,” before you
have a conversation, Jigsaw doesn’t even let you see your match. The app
places a puzzle on the face of a potential match and only messages can
be exchanged. Now Jigsaw is available in New York and London, with more
cities in the United States coming soon.

S’More

S’More has a pushback similar to the common swipe model. Like
the dessert, S’More would like to offer “Something More” to its users.
Similar to Jigsaw, it masks people’s faces – the photos are blurred only
on S’More. Users can select eight profiles each day to view. Profiles
include icons such as what the person seeks, what turns them on, the
zodiac sign, and the like. The more the message matches, the more the
photos blur. In these times of staying home, S’More has even blurred
video calls, which blur the first two to five minutes. All S’More users
need self-checking, so no catfishing concerns.

Chekmate

Checkmate is another online reworking app. During the pandemic,  Checkmate was founded and is intended to bridge the gap between online
and offline data by being text-free. Instead, users only communicate via
voice and video messages. If matches are convenient in person, the app
suggests that local venues and users can send invitations; considering
US coronavirus trends, they may need to wait a long time—but
post-vaccine dates can be much sweeter.

Chorus

Chorus also attempts to blur app lines and personal data in a
totally different manner than Chekmate. Chorus lets users invite a
friend to play and swipe for you. Chorus is only swiped by friends of
the user. Pals can also comment on your profile and matches. The app has
added a “roulette” option since the pandemic hit where users opt-in and
are paired to a spontaneous blind 5 minutes video date.

The Dating app Ship also allows friends to swip for you for a similar experience.

NUiT

NUiT is an astrological dating application, which uses much
more than its own sun sign (the “main” sign based on your birthday), for
compatibility calculations. According to the leading astrologer Haley
Comet, NUiT uses a complex algorithm that takes into account other
factors such as natal diagrams, which show the sun, moon, and planetary
positions at birth. NUiT was also recognized by the queer community for a
feature that I haven’t seen in another app: An option that people can’t
see or see directly. For lovers of astrology, especially those who are
queer, NUiT can lead to a match that is star-aligned.

Vinylly

Always go to a party with someone to find out they’re a fan of a
highly problematic or just a bad musician? You won’t have to concern
yourself with Vinyl, a music compatibility app that matches you with
potential supporters. Users combine their Spotify account with their
profile and the application uses streaming data to match it. The
algorithm adjusts and shows potential matches when the user listens. The
app also takes music habits into account, such as concert attendance.
If you miss live music desperately, you can find someone with whom you
lament on Vinylly.

Whisk Dating

Whisk uses your Twitter account instead of your Spotify
account. You read it correctly: your dating profile and Twitter profile
are one in this application. It sounds odd, but it might be brilliant.
As Whisk claims on its website, “Whisk uses genuine and timely
information on your Twitter account to demonstrate your true sense of
humor, interests, and opinions rather than creating your profile using
self-reported and unchecked information from other dating applications.”
Whisk is currently beta, but here you can try this experiment with
social media dating.

heybaby

While having children or wanting them, they may fear Tinder’s
hookups, but they’re heybaby’s bread and butter. The dating app is
especially suitable for parents or wants to be parents, thus reducing the
potential difficulty of bringing up children. When you sign up for Hey baby, you will answer a series of questions concerning your
(Would-be) parenting style, future plans, and more. The objective of the
founders is not only to match potential couples but also potential
parents.

If the top dating apps discourage you, know that many other options you can choose from. Maybe you must never swipe again!

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