Kim Harris

Former Hinge product lead Michelle Parsons has launched Lora, an astrology-based app with pre-seed backing from AlleyCorp and 14 relationship types.

Three Day Rule has launched Tai, a voice-activated AI assistant, with a £35/month plan that includes four guaranteed introductions per month.

Rivet has raised $10.5 million in seed funding from Peak XV Partners, Shine Capital and Blume Ventures for its Social Matching dating app.

Tinder and Hinge rank seventh and ninth among non-game apps on Google Play in the UK, according to AppBrain data, despite Match's engagement challenges.

A six-week Carnegie Mellon and Cornell trial found AI companions cut real-world dating time among single men who feel less loved, a risk for dating apps.

Facebook Dating ranked first in 22 of 25 use-case scenarios in Morning Consult research, ahead of Tinder, Hinge and Bumble. The service is free.

Hily survey of 5,400 US daters: 44% of Gen Z women and 39% of millennial women see free dates as low interest, as millennial dates cost $252.

Tinder's recommendation overhaul, which prioritises six-message conversations, saw sustained conversations rise 2% year-on-year in August.

Liangpei, a Chinese dating app, charges £221 upfront and refunds users who have not married within three years. It has 9,300 active users.

Match's Singles in America study says 72% of US singles are open to dating, but only 16% are actively seeking a committed relationship.

ATEAM, a New York dating app, caps use at 11 minutes a day and five conversations with no like button. It has shared no data on outcomes.

Coffee Meets Bagel launched in Australia with an anti-swipe campaign, citing YouGov research it commissioned showing 91% frustration.

45% of Ashley Madison's female members say they reached their sexual peak at age 40 or older, according to a survey of 885 members.

Bumble, Hinge and Match offer political filters, while Ipsos polling says nearly one third of Britons find cross-political dating hard or impossible.

Thursday, the London event-based dating app, won App of the Day in the US App Store after co-founder George Rawlings cited $50M in platform value.

Surf will run Blind First Dates at Hyrox events in London, Dublin, Birmingham, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro this autumn, following New York and Miami.

Ember, a dating app built by one developer, operates across 177 countries with translation in over 100 languages and mandatory ID checks.

Yeet kept its Founder Club at 2,000 members to get deeper product feedback. It says users spend 85% of active time in conversation, unverified.

CrowdMatch, a Las Vegas startup, will launch on Android in New York with no bios and photo-only matching decided by crowd votes, with iOS to follow.

A 2012 psychological review found dating apps expand social circles well but show weak evidence that compatibility algorithms predict lasting relationships.