Social media market these days is flooding with dating apps, making people find a suitable partner for them easy and quick. These apps have totally changed the scenario of how dating used to be in the older times. If you ask both old and young, social dating apps are frustrating and not the best way of connecting to people romantically, but still they use it as this is the only option this post technological age offers them. I personally believe, that the concept of social dating works on the old idea that what is unseen or unknown would always seem better than what is visible. The person whom you have never met before, according to this ideology, seems to be better than all of the persons whom you meet daily. That’s how human mind (and heart) works.

Stopping my speculations and dissatisfaction about social dating apps, let me just jump back to your question and tell you about some best and secure options we have today when it comes to Social Dating, keeping in mind number of users, privacy, location, and user interface:

• Tinder: This one is clichéd and obvious, I know, but come on, can we talk about social dating without mentioning the social dating app giant Tinder?

Tinder is one of the best social dating apps when it comes to user interface, usability, finding matches, and privacy. It asks you to swipe right, left or up according to your interest in a person and it’s only then that a person is allowed to text you.

If we talk about the privacy, it allows you to link your Tinder account to Facebook and Instagram, but there’s no compulsion. While creating your profile, you need to upload some six images (not necessarily yours) and tell about your preferences, hobbies, and location. It’s on the basis of these details that matches for you get filtered.

• OKCupid: The best thing about OKCupid is that it does not require you to sign up with your Facebook account.

The dating app analyses your preferences on the basis of the answers you give to some particular questions and what you’d like the answers of your match to be. That’s how matches for you get filtered on OKCupid. One good thing about this app is that it shows you the “potential matches”, not matches, allowing you to have a substantial part in decision making.

One bad thing about this app is that it is paid if you want to upgrade it and use it with all its features. Getting hit by cupid's arrow has never been easy, after all.

• Plenty of Fish (POF): Quite a fancy and relevant name for a social dating app, isn’t it? To make you happy after the news of OKCupid being paid, POF is FREE!

But don’t be so happy, because it allows you to join, text, and engage for free, but to use its more advanced features, you need to pay. The user interface of POF is quite good making you believe that there are indeed plenty of fish for you out there. It has been deemed as one of the best dating apps by users, with a lot of successfully paired couples for a long run.

• Happn: As the name suggests, it’s one of the most happening social dating apps. And one feature that makes it happening is that it finds matches for you based on your location, through GPS. So you don’t have to worry about getting matched with someone and finding out later that they live in some other town, city, or country (seriously, long distance relationships are painful as hell). One disadvantage of this happening dating app is that it won’t work if it’s not popular in your area.

• Coffee meets Bagel: This is one app to make your afternoons easy with someone’s company. What is the most important feature of this app is that it is LGBTQ friendly.

I personally like its mechanism. It sends you a curated list of potential matches (based on your sexual orientation) prioritizing those who have shown interest in you. It’s a perfect social dating app for those who have busy life. The list making is already being done for you, all you want to do is make a choice.

So you can choose any of these social dating apps according to your suitability. Wishing you a perfect partner!