Hinge Review

Thursday, January 23rd

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Hinge

• Pricing from $5.05 to $24.99 per week
• 1-week, 1-month, and 3-month plans
• Free to join and meet
• Upgrades for extra likes
• Inclusive gender identities
• Helpful filters and "dealbreaker” selections
• 4.4-star average rating from reviewers

Hinge is a dating site that uses a Nobel Prize-winning algorithm to suggest matches based on your swiping habits. Basically, Hinge learns what you like based on how you swipe in the app. Hinge doesn't offer a desktop program at the moment, but it is well-crafted for mobile use with a seamless experience. Owned by Match Group, Hinge currently supports over 23 million users, and over 800,000 are premium members.

Quick sign-up and a profile in minutes

To set up your profile on Hinge, you need to give the app your basic details, select three prompts from a pre-made prompt list (for short response answers), and add six photos of yourself. You can also upload videos instead of photos to give a more "live action” look into your life. There isn't a quiz, which makes signing up for Hinge a breeze. You can finish a basic profile with photos and prompt answers within 10-20 minutes. Once you've created your profile, you'll be using a swipe left/swipe right process to like or skip a user you've been suggested.

Date anyone of any gender

There are tons of filters on Hinge, and you can display your sexuality, preferred gender, job, education, religion, and more. Hinge allows you to search for multiple gender identities including men, women, nonbinary people, and "everyone”. The free filters include age, gender, and location. If you pay, you can add filters like height, political affiliation, and drinking and smoking preferences to limit the profiles you're shown only members that fit your ideal partner.

Let Hinge handle your dealbreakers

One of the features we love on Hinge is the "dealbreaker” selection for filters. If you have a preferred age range, you can select the check box for it to be a dealbreaker, and Hinge won't go outside of your preferred ages even if you start to run low on matches. You can do the same thing with ethnicity, religion, and relationship type. This is available for even free users, so you don't need to pay to get more curated matches. To help make you feel more secure, you can block users who use specific offensive words in comments and profiles, and you can add to your personal list of "hidden words” from the settings menu to keep yourself safe from bad matches.

Pricing from $5.05 to $24.99 per week

There are three tiers of subscription at Hinge for each of its upgraded subscriptions. The highest tier is Hinge X. You can get a 1-week, 1-month, or 3-month payment cycle. The plans all give you the same full-access features but change in cost depending on how long you plan to be on the app. The 1-week plan costs $24.99 per week, the 1-month plan costs $11.66 per week, and the 3-month plan costs $7.77 per week. This offers you enhanced recommendations for your type, more tailored recommendations sooner each day, and your likes will get priority. You'll also be able to see who likes you and set extra dating filters. Hinge also offers Hinge+ which includes only the feature of unlimited likes which is $16.98 per week for 1 week, $8.16 per week for 1 month, and $5.05 per week for 3 months.

High success rates for matches vs. dates

Hinge is used most by singles in their late 20s and 30s all the way up to their early 40s. Many of the success stories through Hinge are from free users, meaning you don't have to commit money to succeed on Hinge. According to recent analytics, Hinge has a 90% success rate of matches that you're shown turning into first dates. Reports also show that around 72% of those first dates turn into a second date.

Customers on the app store love Hinge

Hinge has a competitive presence online with its members. Currently, the app holds a 4.4-star rating on the Apple Store. Reviews frequently offer comments about how Hinge is "amazing” and "simple to use”. Many singles mentioned that they found "The One” on Hinge. While there are a few customers who were frustrated by how much they needed to pay, the majority of feedback is highly positive. On the Better Business Bureau, the ratings are a little more balanced with a "B” rating overall.

A top-performing app for serious dating

With tons of free browsing, impressive filters, and a solid success rate, Hinge is one of the top-performing dating sites out there today. The only real drawback is that the app doesn't offer a desktop version, but the app is highly intuitive, making it simple even for those less familiar with mobile. Plus, for most users, the free version is perfectly fine to find your love-match. If you're looking for a competitive app for finding "your other half” you'll want to check out Hinge ASAP.