Is Bumble a hookup app? What its own rules and settings say
Bumble calls itself a space for kind connections, but its rules let members state sexual intent. What its guidelines and intention badges actually say.
Is Feeld a hookup app? What its own pages and rules say
Feeld's app page says it can be used for hookups; its FAQ says the label sounds limiting. What its guidelines, filters and paid tier actually say.
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Is Hinge a hookup dating app? What its own rules say
Hinge's guidelines call it a space for meaningful relationships and ban nudity on profiles. What its rules and Dating Intentions setting say about casual.
What does casual dating mean? What the apps' labels say
Casual dating means no exclusivity and no agreed long-term track, by mutual understanding. The apps' own intent labels split 'casual' three ways.
Is Tinder a hookup app? What its own rules and settings say
Tinder's guidelines bar looking for sex on your public profile but allow it in private chat if everyone agrees; its 2022 intent labels had Short-term fun.
Bumble age verification: the three checks explained
Bumble runs three checks: an ID request if it suspects you are under 18, an optional ID badge and a selfie check. On its pages, one is about age.
Why is Tinder asking me to verify my age? What its terms say
Tinder's March 2026 terms require users to be 18+ and let it make features mandatory. Its privacy policy says Face Check is required in some regions.
Why is Grindr asking me to verify my age? What its terms say
Grindr's 2026 terms tie the age check to where you are: a video selfie in the UK, a date of birth where no check is required. Read from Grindr's own pages.
Which dating apps require age verification in Australia?
Tinder makes a video selfie mandatory for new Australian users, but its own page does not call it an age check. App by app, what each operator's page says.
Do dating apps use facial recognition for age verification?
Tinder, Grindr and Feeld all scan a selfie to check you are 18. Which is recognition, which is estimation, what is kept, and the vendor's error margin.
Which dating apps require age verification in the UK?
Grindr, Daddyhunt and Feeld all gate UK users behind an age check. What each one asks for, read from the operators' own pages on 11 September 2026.
SCRUFF and Jack'd, reviewed on the privacy policy they share
Two apps marketed to different crowds, one document. Both privacy links land on the same Perry Street Software policy, last revised 4 August 2026 — so the privacy question a buyer thinks they are choosing between has already been answered the same way twice.
Korea's FTC fined Duo over its "professional members" claim. The reasoning is the useful part
A matchmaker advertised the industry's most professional and elite-university members. The regulator asked who wrote the definitions, and whether anyone had checked the competition.
AdultFriendFinder, reviewed on the only question that matters: the contract already answers it
Buyers want to know whether the people replying are people. The terms of use answer that, on the open web and without a login — the operator runs AI chat itself, and asks you to waive the claim for mistaking one for a person.
Omi says 60% of its users are face-verified. The scam column kept filling
An optional facial check with wide take-up, and eighty-five reported cases on the same app. Adoption rates are the wrong number to publish on their own.
Feeld and Pure, compared on verification and consent controls
Two apps selling nearly the same proposition to overlapping audiences, both anchoring trust on a badge. The published numbers are their own; the design choices underneath differ more than the marketing does.
Grindr Edge and the free tier, assessed as a pair
A subscription business growing this fast is doing something right. Whether the free product most people actually use has kept pace is a separate question, and the published record does not answer it.
Match Group's $100m Sniffies stake, and the users who pushed back
A minority investment with an option to acquire is not an acquisition. But when a platform's whole proposition is discretion, who holds the data is a safety question.
Location handling in casual dating apps, reviewed
Proximity is the product, and precision is the risk. Reviewed on how apps handle distance, what leaks, and which settings actually protect a user.
Intent filters are the feature the category kept asking for
Letting people state what they are looking for, and filtering on it, removes the most common source of wasted time and bad feeling on these apps.
In-app safety toolkits, reviewed
Panic buttons, check-ins, photo verification and reporting flows. Reviewed on which features do real work, which are reassurance, and how to tell them apart.
Photo verification became standard; identity verification did not
A blue tick on a dating profile usually means the photographs match a live selfie. It rarely means anyone has confirmed who the person is.