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Clover mobile dating app offers fun, free and safe way to meet people

Posted on May 7, 2014 by

Are Online dating Sites back in the groove? Recently, the Clover mobile dating app became available for free download on the Apple App Store. Billed as a “fun, free & safe way to meet singles,” this app seems to be the place to meet new people.

Of late, there seems to be rash of such dating Sites or apps. Just last week, we had written about Hinge, again a dating app. We think the new rush was sparked off by some amount of success that match-making/dating app Tinder got post-launch. Anyway, all these apps put together are making the experience of meeting like-minded people Online far easier, & perhaps safe & fun.

cloverpageComing to Clover, the app seems to allow for a lot more flexibility as compared to Tinder. You can set the GPS feature on or off, & anonymously look at the profiles of people nearby who might be a good match for you. You can further refine the search by setting filters for age, distance from your location, & based on whether the person is online at that moment.

It runs atop Facebook data, so whatever you put in your  ‘About Me’ page on Facebook will end up in the Clover profile. You can keep track of people you like, & also those who like you. It also has a chat tool, so that you can stay within the app while talking to people you like & who respond back in kind.

The app doesn’t rush you through possible matches, so you can scroll the profile to your heart’s content & at your own pace. As you check out the profile, you have the option of an “X” to reject the match or a heart to “like” the profile.

Here are some of its features:

– See who likes you & keep track of who you like
– Filter by Online, verified & orientation
– Chat for free & exchange unlimited messages
– Check out profiles and view fullscreen photos
– Import photos from your Camera Roll
– Post unlimited profile pictures
– Control who can see your location

While the app is free to download, they do have a subscription package at $19.99/month that gives you 400 “Clover Coins,” along with account verification, access to advanced filters & other premium features.

Clover’s founder is Isaac Raichyk, who was most recently CEO of Keek, a social networking service that allows quick video uploads.

Click here to download the Clover mobile dating app on your iOS device.

 

Image Credit: iTunes/Clover

 

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Hinge: A friendship, romance, dating app all rolled in one

Posted on May 4, 2014 by

Hinge is a mobile dating app that piggybacks on your Facebook network to find & match you up with like-minded people based on your profile, interests & preferences.

Shades of Tinder, no doubt, but this is a much more refined concept. Someone, somewhere has given an analogy that if Tinder is akin to meeting up with someone in a bar in your neighborhood for a one-night stand, then Hinge would be the equivalent of going to a friend’s home for a party or dinner, & ending up going steady with one of their other friends who also attends the party.

The way Hinge works is pretty simple. You sign in with Facebook & set your preferences, including age, sex & location. You may also add your interests or hobbies so that others will know what kind of a person you are.

The mobile dating app will then go to work, using its algorithm for hunting for like-minded people in your Facebook network who match your profile & preferences. It will give you up to seven matches per day – all found from your own network, meaning that they will be friends of friends.

The fact that you are only given Facebook-validated contacts who are friends of your friends means that the names, pictures & profiles can be relied on, & you don’t have to do any verification or pre-screening yourself. You don’t have to worry about whether the sweet person you are being matched up with turns out to be someone else entirely.

Hinge was founded in Washington D.C. in Feb 2011 by Justin McLeod, who is the company’s CEO. In Aug 2011, the app expanded its reach in the Northeast to New York City & Boston, & the company is now headquartered in New York City.

Hinge.co has been funded to the tune of around US $5.2 million, including a recent $4 million Series A funding round from Great Oaks, Social + Capital & others that enabled the company to expand its reach beyond the Northeast. Hinge is now available in DC, Philadelphia, NYC, Boston, San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, & most recently launched in Los Angeles.

Click here to download the Hinge mobile dating app on your iOS device.

Click here to download the Hinge mobile dating app on your Android device.

Image Credit: Hinge

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