What is the best dating app for iPhone?

Instinct: Casual Dating App, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.9 by 139,210 people.

Which dating apps are free?

40 of 40 are free to download: Instinct: Casual Dating App (S), Hinge Dating App: Match & Date (S), Bumble Dating App: Meet & Date (S), Badoo Dating: Meet New People (S) and more. 40 of them sell in-app purchases.

Which dating app has the best App Store rating?

Instinct: Casual Dating App at 4.9 from 139,210 ratings.

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Best Dating Apps for iPhone (2026)

40 apps ranked S through F · Updated 2026-10-19 · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Instinct: Casual Dating App is the top-ranked of 40 dating apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.9/5 from 139,210 ratings.

1
Instinct: Casual Dating AppS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 139,210 ratings · score 97
2
Hinge Dating App: Match & DateS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 1,131,410 ratings · score 96
3
Bumble Dating App: Meet & DateS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 1,767,389 ratings · score 95
4
Badoo Dating: Meet New PeopleS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 149,536 ratings · score 95
5
Tinder Dating App: Date & ChatS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.2 · 1,755,629 ratings · score 95

What belongs in this list

Meet new people and go on dates through a dating app.

Not here: Dating advice alone; A dating journal alone; A dating simulation game alone; A chat assistant that writes replies alone; A general chatbot alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

Compare every app

1
Instinct: Casual Dating AppS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 139,210 ratings · score 97 · best in class
2
Hinge Dating App: Match & DateS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 1,131,410 ratings · score 96 · best in class
3
Bumble Dating App: Meet & DateS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 1,767,389 ratings · score 95 · best in class
4
Badoo Dating: Meet New PeopleS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 149,536 ratings · score 95 · best in class
5
Tinder Dating App: Date & ChatS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.2 · 1,755,629 ratings · score 95 · best in class
6
3way: Couples & Singles DatingS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 31,376 ratings · score 94 · best in class
7
Wink Dating: Meet, Chat & DateS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 309,420 ratings · score 94 · best in class
8
Flava: Casual Dating & ChatS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 17,479 ratings · score 94 · best in class
9
Spark: Chat, Dating & FlirtS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 11,962 ratings · score 93 · best in class
10
Tagged Dating: Chat & Go Live!S
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 461,183 ratings · score 93 · best in class
11
Skout Dating App & Live ChatA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 188,696 ratings · score 93 · excellent
12
3Fun: Couples & Singles DatingA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 150,350 ratings · score 93 · excellent
13
Plenty of Fish : Dating AppA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 1,809,082 ratings · score 92 · excellent
14
Hily Dating App: Meet. Date.A
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 381,562 ratings · score 92 · excellent
15
Couples & Poly Dating: 3rderA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 19,704 ratings · score 91 · excellent
16
Mamba: Dating, Meet New PeopleA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 30,498 ratings · score 91 · excellent
17
Boo Dating App: Date & FriendsA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.2 · 211,540 ratings · score 91 · excellent
18
3woo: Couples & Singles DatingA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 13,146 ratings · score 91 · excellent
19
Grindr - Gay Dating & ChatA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 388,901 ratings · score 91 · excellent
20
Feeld: Open & Curious DatingA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 101,773 ratings · score 91 · excellent
21
OkCupid Dating: Date SinglesA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 289,296 ratings · score 91 · excellent
22
Jaumo Dating App: Flirt & ChatA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 18,152 ratings · score 91 · excellent
23
yoomee: Dating & Meet PeopleB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 2,664 ratings · score 91 · good
24
SDC Adult DatingB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 13,324 ratings · score 90 · good
25
happn: dating appB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 48,793 ratings · score 90 · good
26
Curvy Dating App: WooPlusB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 59,877 ratings · score 90 · good
27
DOWN: The Casual Dating AppB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 130,566 ratings · score 89 · good
28
PURE: Open-Minded Dating AppB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 86,541 ratings · score 89 · good
29
Mingle2 - Dating & Meet PeopleB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 78,509 ratings · score 89 · good
30
3Somer: Couples Dating AppB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 10,011 ratings · score 89 · good
31
18+ Flirt Chat | Dating USAB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 17,258 ratings · score 88 · good
32
HUD™ Casual Dating: Chat. MeetC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.1 · 208,303 ratings · score 88 · situational
33
Luxy - Selective Dating AppC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 105,184 ratings · score 88 · situational
34
Duet Dating App: Chat & MeetC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 105,948 ratings · score 87 · situational
35
Taimi LGBTQ+ Dating & Chat AppC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 214,911 ratings · score 87 · situational
36
Bumpy - International DatingC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 42,269 ratings · score 87 · situational
37
SURGE - Gay Dating & ChatC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 20,249 ratings · score 87 · situational
38
ROMEO - Gay Dating & ChatC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 9,421 ratings · score 86 · situational
39
Chispa: Dating App for LatinosC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 375,510 ratings · score 86 · situational
40
Kismia - Dating App & ChatC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 110,699 ratings · score 86 · situational

Beyond the top 40

198 more, not ranked yet

Questions people ask

What is the best dating app for iPhone?: Instinct: Casual Dating App, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.9 by 139,210 people.
Which dating apps are free?: 40 of 40 are free to download: Instinct: Casual Dating App (S), Hinge Dating App: Match & Date (S), Bumble Dating App: Meet & Date (S), Badoo Dating: Meet New People (S) and more. 40 of them sell in-app purchases.
Which dating app has the best App Store rating?: Instinct: Casual Dating App at 4.9 from 139,210 ratings.
How many dating apps reach S or A tier?: 22 of 40. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.