How to use Tinder: profiles, premium features, swiping, what the buttons do and what happens when you get a match
- It’s commonly referred to as the ‘hook-up app’ but at its core Tinder is a dating app that aims to offer a gateway to relationships and even marriage
- The app is free but three premium tiers – Plus, Gold and Platinum – offer a range of additional features to help you find dates
Tinder is a dating app site that matches singles in your area and around the world virtually.
On its launch in 2012, Tinder was a pioneering app in the online dating sphere. Following its massive success, similar dating apps, including Hinge, Plenty of Fish and OkCupid – all, including Tinder, owned by the same parent company, Match Group – began to appear.
In general, Tinder’s app functions pretty simply: you swipe to indicate who you are most interested in. Anyone can sign up for free, but the app does offer some subscription-based premium features.
Tinder is commonly referred to as the “hook-up app”, but at its core it is a dating app that, like competitors, aims to offer a gateway to relationships, and even marriage, for a more tech-savvy generation.
It upends traditional dating culture, which typically requires you to go out and interact with strangers in physical spaces. Instead, it brings that diverse dating pool that you may – or may not – have had access to at a bar or club straight to you.