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The age-old question, Bumble or Tinder? They’re both swipe-based dating apps with easy-to-make profiles, free and paid features, and a variety of ways to chat with your matches. But, there are a few key differences between the apps. Bumble is well known for matches that expire after 24 hours if a first message isn’t sent. Tinder has multiple ways to find matches — top picks, swipe night, discover, and more. This wikiHow article will go over the difference between the apps, Bumble vs Tinder!
Things You Should Know
- You can send voice messages on Bumble. Tinder has song and contact info-sending chat features.
- Tinder offers 1 free tier and 3 paid tiers with increasing amounts of benefits. Bumble offers 1 free tier and 1 paid tier.
- Bumble is known for giving women more control over the conversation, as they message first when matching with a man. If you match with someone of the same gender or a nonbinary person, anyone can start the conversation.
- Overall, Bumble tends to be a slower experience due to its extensive profiles and message restrictions. Tinder is often faster-paced and more casual.
- Bumble offers a variety of models beyond dating, including Bumble BFF for finding friends and Bumble Bizz for networking.
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Matching
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Bumble has a few unique features that help you find connections and start conversations.
- Bumble lets you rematch with someone if the match expires (a paid feature).
- On Bumble, messaging has a few intentional restrictions . Women make the first move when they match with a man. (If the user matches with someone of the same gender or someone who is nonbinary, either person can initiate the conversation).
- Another Bumble restriction is that someone has to send the first message within 24 hours of matching or the match will expire. After that, you can no longer message that person. Additionally, the other person has to respond to the first message within 24 hours, or the match will expire.
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Tinder has a stronger focus on different ways to find dates.
- Tinder has an Explore page where users can scroll through different interests and activities. Clicking on one will take the user to a swipe screen with people who share that interest. For example, clicking on the Coffee Date tile will show you other potential matches that want to go out for coffee.
- Tinder’s Top Picks page shows you a limited selection of profiles that the app thinks would be a good match for you.
- Tinder offers a range of paid features, including the ability to undo swipes and access more detailed profile information, which can be helpful in some situations.
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Chatting
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Both apps have messaging systems — Bumble and Tinder both have:
- Text messaging
- Video chatting
- GIF sending
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Bumble has a few unique chatting features.
- Unlimited question prompts - you can send these at any time while talking with your match
- Voice messages - send a short audio clip of you talking to your match
- Covid preferences - click this in the more options menu to see your match’s covid preferences
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Tinder also has a few distinct chat options.
- One opening question - you can shuffle through the options, but you can only send this at the start of a conversation
- Send a song - you can search and send a song to your match
- Send contact information - quickly send you phone number, Snapchat, and other social media information to your match
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Safety
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Bumble’s safety features range from personal safety to emotional wellbeing. There are informative articles, how-to guides, and resources in the “Safety & Wellbeing” section of the app.
- The categories of information include “Mental exhaustion,” “Feelings of rejection,” “Harmful behavior,” and “Bumble to IRL.”
- There are resources like the Crisis Text Line and National Domestic Violence Hotline. Each resource has a number to call or text, and a website with more information.
- The Get help from Bumble button allows you to report a safety concern directly to Bumble.
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Tinder also has several safety features in the app.
- There are guides on harassment, safety, meeting IRL, consent, and travel.
- Tinder has a couple quizzes to help you learn about safe online dating and the community guidelines.
- Tinder lists safety resources and their contact information. For example, Planned Parenthood and the National Human Trafficking Hotline.
- The Report Someone button lets you describe an experience you had on Tinder. Then, the Trust & Safety team at Tinder investigates the situation. Reporting someone removes their account from your match list and won’t appear while swiping.
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Tinder also partners with companies to provide additional safety features:
- Garbo is a non-profit background check platform. They provide 2 free background checks to every Tinder member.
- Crisis Text Line lets you text directly with a trained Crisis Counselor at any time, about any crisis.
- Noonlight is a platform for meeting people safely. In the Noonlight app, you can silently summon help to your location, save details of an upcoming meeting, and add friends to your network. Noonlight connects to your Tinder account. Tinder adds a badge to your chat threads indicating that you have Noonlight.
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Free Features
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Bumble offers a fully functional dating app with the free tier.
- The basics are all in there: swiping, matching, and chatting.
- Bumble bff is completely separate from the dating component. You make a different profile (on the same Bumble account) and swipe on a pool of matches looking for friends. You can quickly switch between BFF and Dating in the app.
- Bumble bizz is another entirely separate matching pool. It’s intended for networking and meeting people who share similar career interests.
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Tinder is also a complete swipe-based dating app in the free tier.
- The basic features are the same as Bumble: swiping, matching, and chatting.
- Tinder allows you to upload a 2-second video called a Loop . It takes up a picture slot and plays on repeat when people view your profile. It’s a fun way to add a bit of personality!
- Swipe Night is an interactive choose-your-own adventure game. No spoilers, but it’s about what you would do if the world were ending. After completing the game, you can find matches based on the choices you made.
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Paid Features
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Tinder has 1 free tier and 3 paid subscription tiers. You’ll start on the free tier by default. The paid tiers have 3 levels of increasing features [1] X Research source :
- Tinder Plus gives you unlimited likes and rewinds, the ability to swipe in any location, and hides the advertisements.
- Tinder Gold lets you see who likes you, gives you more top picks, 5 Super Likes a week, 1 Free Boost a month, and everything in Tinder Plus.
- Tinder Platinum allows you to message before matching with someone, have prioritized likes, see the likes you’ve sent in the last 7 days, and everything in Tinder Gold.
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Bumble just has 1 paid tier above the default free tier. It adds the following features:
- See who likes you in advance
- Apply as many advanced swiping filters as you want
- Change your location with Travel mode to swipe in different areas
- Enable Incognito mode to be shown only to people you swipe right on
- All Boost features (SuperSwipe, Spotlight, Backtrack, and more)
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Expert Q&A
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QuestionHow do you make a good impression on Bumble?Laura Bilotta is a Dating Coach, Matchmaker, and the Founder of Single in the City, her dating and relationship coaching service based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. With over 18 years of experience, she focuses on helping singles date more intentionally, encouraging them to let go of negative patterns so that they can attract the love that they deserve. Her experience, skills, and insights have led to thousands of successfully united over 65,000 singles through events and one-on-one matchmaking coaching sessions. She has been the host of The Dating and Relationship Show on Global News Radio 640 Toronto (AM640) for 6 years and is known as The Hookup Queen of Clubhouse; her popular singles club, Single in the City, has over 95.5K members who regularly join in weekly dating and relationship-focused rooms.To make a strong impression, you should start by creating a complete and engaging profile that accurately represents who you are and what you're looking for in a potential partner. Your profile picture should be high-quality and clearly show your face, while your bio should highlight your interests and personality. Making a good first impression on Bumble requires a combination of effort, sincerity, and engagement.
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Tips
- You can always use both apps! If you like certain features on Tinder and Bumble, give both a try.Thanks
- Take a look at our 15 tips for chatting on Bumble for ways to keep the conversation flowing.Thanks
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