Best Australian Dating Apps For This Year

Bumble is a networking platform that started as a dating platform in 2007. While it still includes dating options, it has extended its services to cover friendships and business connections. It is completely online and offers an app for smart devices.

It challenges dating norms including gender rules that typically see men making the first move as on Bumble, women make the first move. It also offers inclusive gender identity options, which highlights its up-to-date social awareness.

It provides a safe community that priorities kindness and respect in order for customers to create new and meaningful connections.

There is a travel feature that allows customers to connect with users worldwide before they have begun their travelling so that they can arrive at their destination having already made connections.

This allows for users to travel alone to new places knowing they have someone there they can rely on and connect with in person and will add to the excitement of the trip. Bumble is free but has premium features available for purchase.

These enhance the user experience and include Bumble Boost, which allows users to see who has swiped right on their profile, the ability to re-match with expired connections and extends matches for an extra 24 hours, and Bumble Coins, which allows users to send Super Swipes to make a strong first impression, or increase profile views by activating a feature called Spotlight.

Hinge is a dating app that is designed to be deleted. This means that it aims to connect users who have the same goal of meeting someone who enables them to delete the dating app for good rather than just a hook-up followed by getting straight back on the app.

Dating preferences are taken into account when matches are being made in order to increase compatibility and the likelihood of a good connection. These preferences include religion, education, lifestyle habits, etc.

To activate your profile, users must answer three prompts which are refreshed each month. This keeps your profile up-to-date and matches you with those most likely to pike your interest. Matches are made using an algorithm that weeds out unsuitable candidates so that users can focus on less matches of a higher calibre and not feel overwhelmed.

Members are only able to send 10 likes a day which makes it more meaningful and special when you receive a like as well as when you give them out.

You’ve really got to think about whether you like the person or not! Users can see who’s interested in them and are nudged when it’s your turn to reply so you never miss a connection.

It is free to download the Hinge app and sign up. Users can access advanced featured by paying a membership fee via the app.

Happn is a dating app that enables users to connect with people they like who they have crossed paths with before and make meaningful connections with these people. It uses the opportunities that appear everyday to connect those seeking a relationship.

With a total of 70 million users, the likelihood is high that people you bump into on the street in your day-to-day life are also using the app. Over 1.5 million users join each month and 4.9 million messages are sent and received each day.

While using the app, if someone’s profile says ‘now’ on it, this means you are currently ‘crossing paths’ with them, or they are close by.

It uses your location to gauge this but for privacy reasons doesn’t detail the exact distances between users so your exact location is never disclosed.

You just have to find them! The app will continue to register encounters even if you do not have it open so you can look at them at any time and see who you were near!

The app is free to download and to create an account but has premium features accessible to those with a premium subscription.

These include no ads on the app and up to 10 hellos per day as well as a list of people who have liked you, the ability to be invisible and activate the mysterious crush mode, and the ability to play CrushTime twice as many times. 

Clover is a dating app where singles can meet, chat and date in order to discover meaningful relationships. It is a quick way to meet new people by cutting to the chase of who is nearby and up for a date.

Users can view photos of singles located close to them and set up real dates as well as join live mixers to discover local events and online meetups.

It was created in 2014 and is able to be downloaded from the Apple iTunes store or the Google Play store on all compatible devices.

It is free to download, and most features are free to use however a premium clover subscription is on offer that can be purchased for 1, 3 or 6 months and comes with a 7-day free trial.

Premium features include advanced preferences filters, the ability to send chat messages first even if that user hasn’t liked you, seeing read receipts for when a user has read chat messages, sending pictures, videos and voice recordings via message, and free boosts that allow users to feature themselves in the strip at the top of the chat screen to be seen instantly and draw attention.

Users can dislike other users which will remove them permanently from search results, as well as use specific features such as age, gender and location to exclude users from contacting them.