Hinge is the dating app for people who want to get off dating apps. You’ll see their full name, school and other information from their Facebook profile-which is how you sign up-but updates aren’t posted to your Facebook timeline. Tinder, Bumble, Hinge What Dating App Is The Best For Our Shook, Slightly Reluctant Selves By Kelly Bertrand. Meet people who want to get off dating apps, too. Instead of using your location to show you matches, Hinge shows a list of about 20 potential dates once a day that’s curated from friends of friends (of friends). “Where they went to work, where they went to school…and your friend understands your taste: you like lawyers, you don’t like bankers, you don’t like people who aren’t over 5’7, et cetera.” “It’s all friends of friends, and you’d have the same sort of information like a friend setting you up would have,” said McLeod.
What could be classier than Tinder, you ask? It’s called Hinge, and 30-year-old CEO Justin McLeod said it’s more like meeting people at a “friend’s house party” than the random matching that goes on in many other apps in the marketplace.
While Hinge is free to download, there’s upgrade options for ‘Preferred Membership’.