• Matthew Reilly, 20, of Kesh, Co Fermanagh, has launched Finder, a free dating app with optional Premium, according to the Fermanagh Herald on 14 November 2026.
  • The app suggests cafés, bars and activities halfway between two matched members.
  • Finder's Google Play listing shows '10+' downloads.
  • The Herald reports that Reilly has contacted more than 60 independent venues about partnerships.

Finder, a free UK dating app that suggests where matched members should meet, has been launched by Matthew Reilly, 20, of Kesh, Co Fermanagh, the Fermanagh Herald reported on 14 November. The app recommends cafés, bars and activities roughly halfway between the two people. The Herald says it has been available for two months.

The product is real: a Google Play listing from Finder Dating Ltd, with a Kesh address and a Northern Ireland company number, describes a one-person build aimed at UK singles.

The DII Take

Skipping the weeks of chat and getting to a first date is a sensible problem to attack, and a midpoint suggestion is a neat way to do it. It is also a feature that any larger operator could copy in a sprint. What matters for Finder is not the idea but whether it can sign venues and find members, and on the evidence so far it has barely started.

What Finder actually offers

The Play listing promises free swiping, matching and chatting, with optional Premium 'under a tenner', no ads and no pay-per-message charges. It also lists photo verification, optional ID checks, message screening for scams and abuse, and one-tap block, unmatch and report. The Herald says students get a free week of Premium with a university email address.

iPhone members, the Herald says, use the website rather than an app. Reilly told the paper: 'People spend weeks chatting on apps and never actually meet. I wanted to fix that bit.'

Scale against the incumbents

The Google Play listing shows '10+' downloads.

According to the Herald, Reilly has approached more than 60 independent venues across the North, with initial discussions under way. No venues are named. The listing is rated 18+, though DII has not seen how Finder checks age.

The incumbents are in a different position. Match Group (MTCH) said on 2 November that Tinder daily active users returned to year-on-year growth in September, for the first time in more than three years. Bumble (BMBL) reported Q3 revenue of $207.091M against $246.163M a year earlier, with Bumble App paying users down 15.1% to 2.0 million.

The Google Play listing shows '10+' downloads.

What to watch

Watch for named venue partners, a published Premium price and any download growth. Those three will show whether Finder is a business or a well-made side project.

  • Finder's midpoint-venue feature targets the gap between matching and meeting, but nothing in public sources shows it has the member base to test the idea.
  • Venue partnerships are the commercial angle: the Herald reports that Matthew Reilly has approached more than 60 independent venues, with no deals confirmed.

Sources: Finder: Dating & Real Dates – Google Play listing (Finder Dating Ltd); Match Group third quarter 2026 results (SEC 8-K Exhibit 99.1); Bumble Inc. Form 10-Q for quarter ended 30 September 2026 (SEC); Kesh entrepreneur launches new dating app (The Fermanagh Herald)