The title of this article may sound a bit provocative. But hear us out. When it comes to apps for dating, there’s really no such thing as “the best.” After all, everybody uses and looks for different things in a personal companion, right? If you’re in luck and looking for someone, who’s willing to hump at the first opportunity they get, then you’re going to definitely want to try out Adult Friend Finder! There’s plenty of action there! However, if that’s not your cup of tea, read on.
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Best Apps For Just Hooking Up
- AdultFriendFinder – Best hookup site for swingers & threesomes
image6.jpgPros:
Knows what members want
No site created profiles, accounts, or bots
Extensive profiles
Cons:
Most features are limited for free users
No data-driven matching system
Adult Friend Finder is a niche dating site that attempts to bring together like-minded people. Primarily, it does what it says on the tin.
It finds you an “adult” friend!
The site believes in your ability to sift through profiles, so you are able to sort and match profiles according to your kinks without too much computerized matchmaking interference.
The cherry on the cake – AFF commands a user base of over 90 million people, so yes, the odds of a potential match are quite high.
Signing up is free but for the full experience a monthly subscription of 39.95 USD/ month.
- Seeking – Most attractive members of any hookup site
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Quick sign up
The free trial allows seeing all members and photos
Tons of matches to pick from
Cons:
More expensive than other sites
Most features are only available to paid users after the free trial expiry
Seeking is essentially based on a transactional form of hook-up – sugar daddies/mommas seeking sugar babies and vice versa.
With premium memberships free for women if they include their college details, women are more common than men, creating a rather interesting balance.
You don’t see that often!
Still, Seeking has its flaws: with many scammers and cons looking to fleece you off, but it counters that loophole with a search function to sift through and determine genuine accounts.
For men, a monthly Seeking Arrangement subscription will set you back 89.95 USD / month, so you’d better be loaded. For women, sign-up is free!
- Ashley Madison – Best NSA hookup site
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Pros:
Pleasant user interface
The free version has no ads
Renewed security
Cons:
Complicated credit system
In a sea of generic dating apps, Ashley Madison is unique.
Rather than a normal dating site, AM is more of an affair pool for those looking for a different thing outside of their existing marriages and general relationships.
It thrives on the thrill of spontaneity, especially if you’re not looking to have a long-lasting bond.
The new security verification allowed users to weed out dodgy accounts, increasing the chances of a potential match.
Women call the shots here, with free memberships for them as opposed to men who have to pay at least 40 USD / month.
- Bumble – Best adult dating app for women
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Pros:
No unsolicited messages to women
Time focused
Almost equal male-female ratio
Cons:
Presents only 24 hours to initiate communication
Expensive for men
Coming with a woman-centered approach, Bumble challenges societal norms by only allowing women to initiate conversation within a time limit of 24 hours.
It’s a woman’s world, and men just live in it.
With profile photos public, Bumble encourages comfortability and openness on both ends. If you’re a woman who’s sick of being hounded and sent penis pics by every Tom, Dick, and Harry… then this one’s for you!
Bumble costs about 46.99 USD for three months for premium accounts and 9.99 USD / month to unlock more features for the lesser boost subscription.
- Tinder – Best dating app for hooking up
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Pros:
Quick registration
Can be used by LGBTQ+ people
Simple “swipe right” design
Easy to use
Cons:
Image centric
Encourages compulsive use
Tinder is the classic app that doesn’t try too hard. Having been around for some time, it has taken a little from all the other dating app designs to give a rather complex-yet-simple hookup app experience.
With a massive user base of an estimated 66 million, Tinder almost guarantees a match in your area, and you can even tweak your distance limit preferences to set how far away you’re willing to search.
Great if you’re in a remote area!
It has a pleasant interface that facilitates the ease of going through the horde of profiles available. Still, Tinder is an image-centered site/app – taking so much from the general idea of shallow visual attraction.
However, with the wide user base, it might take a user longer to find a compatible match and maybe even longer for an actual date to materialize.
Tinder is free with more features on paid subscriptions with a platinum subscription going for 17.99 USD / month with other subscription options.
- Badoo – Another free hookup app like Tinder
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Pros:
Strict photo verification
Multiple communication modes
Has date, friends, or just chat options
Cons:
Looks centered
Poor privacy and general app security
Fewer features
Badoo gives a Tinder-like experience with the classic swipe feature and image-oriented basis whilst doing just enough to stand out with its own features.
Your free membership is more extensive as compared to other dating apps with features like chats, uploading photos and videos, and contacting members.
With a growing user base, the dating site is worth giving a try in cities with many people of diverse ages steadily embracing it.
The simplistic interface avoids cluttering and makes for a pleasant user experience overall, though it’s a little limited compared to the big dogs in the online dating world.
For more enhanced features on Badoo premium, a subscription costs 12.99 USD / month.
- Grindr – Best for gay hookups and LGBTQ+ dating
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Pros:
Hook up centered
Everyone’s close
Anonymous
Everyone’s down
Cons:
Personal safety and privacy is not guaranteed
Some people are jerks
Grindr is a trailblazer gay hookup app where virtually all the members are gay or LGBTQ+ so landing a match is pretty easy.
With proximity at the heart of its intimacy, Grindr gives nearby suggestions to a user, showing profiles closest to your current location right now.
Hot.
The dating site is a pool for casual relationships and gay hookups, but user profiles are not detailed, which might turn off users who would like to know a potential match better on the first sight of their profile.
The high engagement it boasts highly increases your chances to score a potential match without much effort, so that’s a bonus.
You can use Grindr for free with ads and limited features, or you can get Grindr Xtra for 6 months for just 4.99/USD per month.
- HER – Best dating app for queer women
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Pros:
Unlimited free messaging
All profiles have photos
Active social media accounts
Cons:
One can only sign up from Facebook or Instagram
No manual search option
Messaging only for friends and matches
HER is a niche dating site for queer women and is the most popular of its kind with over 1 million users in the USA alone.
Albeit a dating app, the site is geared to strive for social connection rather than hook-ups with features like status updates allowing you to open up conversations with other users more naturally.
Although mostly for queer women seeking other women, it also offers features for casual friendships and pen-pals creating a large social network.
Whether you’re looking for lesbian hookups or LGBTQ+ friends, it’s a good place to find what you need!
The free membership offers limited swipes, with a premium subscription lifting the cap off the swipes for between 9.99 – 14.99 USD / month depending on location.
- Pure – One of the best hookup apps
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Pros:
Guaranteed anonymity
Unlimited free chat
Encourages on-the-spot hookups
Cons:
Credit card info required
No matching algorithm
Pure is a dating site aimed at matching young professionals. The minimalistic site/app design makes it goal-oriented and easy for you to wade through.
It is based on common interest, with two users having to positively swipe each other to be able to communicate. In other words, you won’t face the embarrassment of getting rejected.
It allows you anonymity, with only a photo and age required to set up an account. While this is refreshingly simple, it also opens doors to several dodgy accounts.
Be careful!
Like many hookup apps, Pure is appearance-centered… so the profiles are rather shallow. In fact, the app only asks 3 questions to build a profile, which might not be appealing for users seeking more in-depth profiles.
The app is relatively pricey for men due to the high male to female ratio, setting them back about 29.99 USD / month.
- Feeld – Best for diverse LGBTQ+ identities
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Pros:
Strict moderation
Stringent verification
Huge user base
Cons:
No desktop version
Compulsory Facebook sync
Disproportionate – more men
Feeld is an eccentric dating site that allows open and like-minded people to explore new identities of love with a wide range of gender, sexual, and identity options.
It is easy and fast to register, but it requires a link to your Facebook account to sync. This could be a good thing or a bad thing depending on your mindset.
With its high esteem for security, the site/app keeps reminding users of their stringent discrimination and derogatory policies.
You won’t find hate speech here!
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Regardless of the open-mindedness, the app curbs unsolicited nudes and other explicit images with heightened app security.
Best apps for online communication
SLACK
When looking at a list of ‘what is the best team chat software?’, Slack often comes out as number one. Slack claims that it ‘replaces email inside your company’. The programme uses channels and threads, so groups of people can have seamless IM conversations and video calls. It is possibly the most popular chat software currently used in the US by remote teams.
TRELLO
Trello uses a different kind of communication, but it is just as important as all the other business chat apps on this list. With Trello, it is possible to assign tasks to individual people and move them around into different categories, as each task goes from ‘to-do’ to ‘assigned’ to ‘doing’ to ‘done’. Therefore, it provides a visual map of all tasks on a to-do list, and the processes of it. Trello can be used on the app or on desktop.
ZOOM
If you’re wondering ‘how do large groups communicate?’, let me point you to Zoom. Featuring a business model consisting of online meetings, webinars and conference rooms, Zoom is a great team based messaging application which is highly regarded amongst many businesses. Used by clients like Uber, Zoom works well when organising meetings outside of the office, so is perfect for remote teams.
CHANTY
Named after a type of song sung by sailors to alert others of news, Chanty is a team chat app that uses AI to offer unlimited messaging for virtual teams. The platform is praised for its simple, easy to use interface and the fact that different content can easily be shared across the app, mainly in its Teambook feature which organises tasks and conversations.
TROOP MESSENGER
Troop Messenger is a handy team based messenger application which has features that include instant messaging, private messaging (where messages are no longer stored after the conversation has been exited), video calling, sharing and different group chat options, so it is perfect for business. They offer a free 30 day trial if you sign up through their website.
BASECAMP 3
Syncing with some of the best features of previous apps Campfire and Basecamp, which were produced by the same company, Basecamp 3 aims to be ‘more than just a project management tool’. Within the software, which is perfect for remote work, is a message board, communal to-do list, team schedule, docs and files list, group chat, and automatic check ins. It also has some nice features like the ability to set office hours – so time off is really time off – and automatic organisation, making tasks really easy to see and complete.
GOOGLE HANGOUTS
Part of the Google virtual empire, Google Hangouts is its video chatting app. It’s easy to use on laptops, tablets or mobile devices, and can be linked to interactive displays, which are a must-have device to keep everyone connected. Google Hangouts is great if you have an interactive display, which can be synced to people’s devices for remote meetings.
WHATSAPP
Used by 300 million people worldwide every day, WhatsApp is generally thought of as a social app for chatting to friends, but it can work well for remote teams as well. It is easy to make a group chat on WhatsApp, where teams can send quick messages and send audio clips and multimedia. Group call is another feature that has been recently added to the app, so while it might not be ideal for big meetings, it’s perfect for a quick chat.
RYVER
Priding itself on ‘team collaboration all in one app’, Ryver is a popular remote collaboration tool. It features forums – where teams can discuss any pressing issues or hot topics -, private group chats, and one-to-one communication as well. Tasks can be assigned to employees, and there can be live discussion within the app about each task. This is Ryver’s USP – they offer 3x the functionality in just one app.
MICROSOFT TEAMS
With the tagline ‘work remotely without feeling remote’, Microsoft Teams is a great solution for chatting to and collaborating with colleagues. With features like group chat messages, online video conferences, voice and video calls, and collaboration with Word docs, Powerpoint presentations and Excel spreadsheets, there are plenty of ways that teams can collaborate using this platform, which was especially made for remote work.
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