Your profile could also be made visible on other Match Group services, but PoF says it will notify you and allow you to agree or refuse "where relevant". Considered more credible due to higher membership costs. Privacy: Your info including photos could be used for advertising or shared with a third party.

Matching: Free users can select a range of parameters for their ideal partner, including age, location, height, ethnicity and education. The site regularly generates matches for you, based on both users matching each other's ideal partner criteria, plus people near you and some wild cards for good measure. It also uses its 'Discover Engine' which suggests members based on historical matching data.

Paying members also have access to compatibility data, and so may have a better shot at a good match. Basic: If you sign up for free, you can view full profiles, upload up to 15 photos, receive a personality report, set criteria for matches and send and accept virtual winks, which are expressions of interest. You'll receive matches each day but one party will need to pay to initiate contact.

If you want to message another user, you'll need to use stamps. One stamp opens up 30 days of contact via chat or message with any one member. This option gives you priority customer support, allows you to see who has viewed your profile and gives you extra control over your profile visibility. Your profile will be highlighted and appear at the top of search results.

It also allows you to extend your stamp expiry, and you won't see ads when using RSVP on your mobile. This option gives you the same features as Premium membership, plus four stamps per month. Unused stamps can accumulate as long as your membership remains current. This option gives you the same features as Premium membership plus ten stamps per month and the ability to send a super wink every day.

A super wink allows the receiver to reply to you for free. Signing up to an RSVP account and agreeing to its privacy terms and conditions grants permission for your personal information, including photos and email addresses, to be used for advertising or transmission to a third party.

RSVP says their customer support team personally monitors and checks all profiles and photos that are submitted to the site. Easy-to-use app-based dating service.

Uses geolocation to find matches. We asked Tinder for details about their Australian membership numbers, but they could only provide a global figure of 5. Unique features: Tinder is an app-based online dating service. It has the simplest format of all the apps and sites we looked at.

Matching: You pick the gender or genders you're interested in, the age range you're looking for and how close in distance you'd like a potential match to be.

Tinder then uses the GPS on your mobile phone to search for nearby Tinder users. Once it locates them, it shows you their first name, age, a profile picture and brief blurb. You tap their name to read a little more about them and see more pictures, swipe right if you'd like to be matched with them, or left if you're not interested.

If both parties swipe right, you're a match, meaning you can start interacting with them. Free: Users can see profiles, match with other users and chat with matches. They can send one Super Like each day, which shows someone that you're really interested in them. Tinder Plus: This in-app subscription gives you access to features like Rewind which allows you to review people you accidentally passed on and Passport which allows you to match with people in different locations , as well as five Super Likes per day and unlimited 'right swipes' or likes.

It also gives you additional Boosts which increase profile visibility. Tinder's pricing varies depending on a number of undisclosed factors. Tinder Gold: Offers the same features as Tinder Plus, as well as access to the Likes You feature, which shows you who likes you before you swipe.

Super Like: You can send a Super Like to let someone know you're really interested in them. Boost: This makes you one of the top profiles in your area for 30 minutes. Tinder's pricing policy in Australia is ambiguous and the company did not provide specific information in response to our request for pricing information.

According to a Tinder spokesperson, Tinder has "a dynamic pricing structure that offers multiple price points, which may vary by region, length of subscription, recent in-app promotions and more. On average, people who were over the age of 30 were offered prices that were more than double the prices given to those who were under 30, like in the US.

This suggests Tinder is using other, unknown factors to personalise its prices further. We didn't see a pattern that could explain the differences. To use the app, you must sign up with your Facebook account or your phone number. If you use your Facebook account, this then forms the basis of your Tinder profile. According to Tinder, this is to ensure matches are made with people who share interests and common friends.

That being said, Tinder doesn't post to your Facebook profile, so if you're concerned about friends getting updates about your use of the site, at least on this point, you can rest easy.

Tinder also gives itself access to the content of your chats when you're using the app and may share your personal data with third parties for advertising purposes. Tinder is part of the Match Group of businesses, which includes Plenty of Fish, OkCupid and Match. Tinder and OkCupid have recently come under fire following the release of a report by the Norwegian Consumer Council which found that the apps are sharing personal user information with third parties.

You are able to view the personal data that Tinder has collected about you by using the Download my Data tool and you can also request its deletion. Matches based on compatibility. Privacy: Zoosk may use your email contacts to invite your friends to the site. We asked Zoosk to provide current figures for their membership and demographic, but they didn't respond. Matching: To register, you fill out a profile, which you can do by signing up with Facebook, and then populate your profile with more information like your interests or your ideal date.

You can meet singles using three methods: by searching for them by distance and age, by using the "Carousel" which works similarly to Tinder , or by using SmartPick which evaluates compatibility between Zoosk members and makes match recommendations. Zoosk claims to learn from your actions as you use the site, therefore making more suitable matches as you use the site more. Zoosk offers free and paid memberships, and a pay-as-you-go system using "Zoosk Coins".

The free profiles function as a preview — if you want to communicate with users on the site you have to pay for a membership. Free: Members can create a profile, search for singles, and send introductory winks, but they can't send or receive messages. Memberships auto-renew unless you cancel your membership before it expires. With a paid membership, you can send and receive messages and winks, chat with connections, see profiles of those who have viewed yours, and get full access to Smartpick, Zoosk's matching services.

Zoosk Coins: You can also earn or buy Zoosk "Coins", which unlock your matches, allow you to send virtual gifts, boost your profile, and get delivery confirmations on emails, among other features. Coins can be earned by using or signing up to various third-party apps, surveys, services and websites.

If you sign up to Zoosk and give the site access to one of your social media profiles, such as Twitter or Facebook, they may make posts on your behalf on that platform, and they may also gather information about your friends.

Think twice about giving Zoosk access to your address book — they keep your contacts on file and may later use your information to suggest friends and connections to other members. If they invite your friends, they may out you as being a Zoosk user by extending the invitation on your behalf. While there's no shame in dating online, you might not want it advertised to your nearest and dearest.

By signing up to Zoosk, you grant permission for all your user content to be used for purposes including advertising or transmission to a third party. Zoosk was reportedly the first major dating site to offer photo verification.

All photos are reviewed by moderators: users can verify their profile pictures by taking a video selfie that moderators compare with your profile picture to make sure it really looks like you. You can tell which pictures have been verified as they'll have a green tick. Facebook Dating officially launched in the US in September and is currently available in 19 other countries, although there is currently no date set for its arrival to Australia. Users of Facebook Dating are able to create a dating profile that is separate from their Facebook profile and potential matches are recommended based on preferences, shared interests, Facebook activity and mutual friends.

You're also able to discover other singles that share similar interests through groups or events. Your friends and family aren't able to see what you do with your dating profile, and you can't be matched with your friends unless you use the Secret Crush feature and you both add each other to your list. Given how many of us use Facebook, the convenience of an embedded dating app will most likely trump users' concerns about privacy. Facebook Dating also allows users to share Facebook and Instagram stories and add Instagram posts to their dating profiles.

After the Cambridge Analytica scandal , Facebook users might be understandably wary of sharing personal information in the Facebook app — especially particularly sensitive information that you might share in the course of getting to know someone. But given how many of us use Facebook, the convenience of an embedded dating app will most likely trump users' concerns about privacy.

We'll be watching this closely! We asked a range of people to tell us about their experiences with online dating, including how long they've been on the app, their successes, their challenges, and which app worked for them.

Verdict: "I think they are actually a brilliant way to meet and connect with people you wouldn't usually. It's great to keep chatting on the app [or site] until you're sure of a connection and then you can transfer to [phone] and then in person.

Recommendations: "I find Tinder is the easiest site to use but you do have to dig further to find quality. I have also had success with Bumble and Happn. When I started online dating I used RSVP and found it good at the time, but Tinder just made it all so much easier and faster — which has good and bad points. At least 20 friendships and relationships over the past decade. She still keeps in contact with many of them. Ask the right questions to establish someone's identity — where they work and what suburb they live in, for example.

Victoria, an online marketer, says she is "quite fussy" but has persevered and says it's possible to find quality matches online — and she's now able to identify them quickly. I was contacted by one and Googled the first name and who they said they worked for, and quickly found an attached fake Facebook profile which you can tell by no interaction and just a few photos.

You can also do a Google reverse image search on any images and it shows you where these show up elsewhere online. Always flag [scam] profiles to the site admin — these options are easy to find.

Verdict: "It's been more positive than negative. It's a numbers game — and good timing! Recommendations: "The Bumble app is free and I have had the most dates with this app. It's an easy format and, given the female makes contact first, you can eliminate unwanted attention. RSVP is good if you're looking for something more serious. You have to pay to contact the user, but the advantage is that you can see their photos and profile description. Length dating online? Three years. I've met some very interesting people and had some cool experiences.

I've made a couple of friendships out of it — not besties, but people you can chat with from time to time. I've had one one-year relationship from using RSVP.

Be prepared for rejection. You can get anything you want from dating sites but you just need to know where and what you stand for. It's scary the first time you get into dating if you've been out for a long time but after a couple, you realise this is the norm and the way to meet people. Once I paid, my matches were 'revealed' and I asked for my money back," she says. My matches were so far removed from what I find attractive that I complained and got a refund.

I do not recommend this site at all. Recommendations: "Free sites can be messy to deal with. I think RSVP has a level of credibility because you have to pay and there are more processes and checks in place. People are more serious about dating on RSVP, whereas other sites are more about hook-ups.

I met my current partner on RSVP. We've been together for 2. Get to know how to navigate the site before you jump in and start connecting with people.

Try a few and see what works for you. It took me some practise to figure it out. Her partner had been on there for a year and was just about to give up because he thought it wasn't working. Fortunately, they met just before he planned to deactivate his account. Recommendations: "OkCupid was the best for meeting like-minded people. Tinder was the best for sheer random volume. Several years, on and off.

Two major ones — the two men I've married! You run into all the same human behaviours with internet dating as you do with any other form of dating.

People lie about their age, marital status, etc. The only real difference is that it's easier to lie about your height when you've never met in person! Emma, a writer, met her husband Anthony, an electrician, via Tinder. They married in and now have a toddler and a dog.

Anthony's two daughters also live with them part-time. Emma had been dating online for a few years before they met; Anthony, a couple of months.

Internet dating can be a great way to meet new people — and possibly find 'the one' — but it's important to keep your wits about you and protect your own privacy and safety, first and foremost. The ACCC reports that they received complaints about dating and romance scams in , with women losing more than twice as much money as men. The ACCC received complaints about dating and romance scams in , with women losing more than twice as much money as men.

Popular scams include convincing users to part with their personal details or money, which is often sent overseas and is unrecoverable. Once your defences are lowered, they spin an elaborate tale about how they need your financial help with a crisis, such as being ill or stranded, and ask for money," says ACCC Deputy Chair Delia Rickard.

Scammers have lured unwitting Australian victims overseas, putting people in dangerous situations that can have tragic consequences. You've never met or seen them: scammers will say anything to avoid a face-to-face meeting. Someone who contacts you from overseas is more likely to be a scammer, even if they say they're just travelling for work.

They're not who they appear to be: scammers steal photos and profiles from real people to create an appealing facade. Run a Google image search on photos, and search words in their description to check if they're the real deal. You don't know a lot about them: scammers are keen to get to know you as much as possible, but are less forthcoming about themselves.

They ask you for money: once the connection's been made — be it as a friend, admirer or business partner — scammers will ask you to transfer money. Don't fall for a tall tale, no matter how plausible it sounds. Skip to content Skip to footer navigation. Top of the content. JavaScript is disabled If possible, please enable JavaScript for an enhanced experience on the CHOICE website. The best online dating sites and apps We compare the costs and features of Tinder, RSVP, eHarmony and more, so you can spend more time finding your perfect match.

Zoya Sheftalovich. Grace Smith. Last updated: 11 August Which dating app is your perfect match? More on Bumble.

Australian members: 3 million. Demographic: The age range on Bumble is 18— How much does Bumble cost? The Bumble app itself is free to download, but you can pay to access a few premium features. Privacy To sign up, you'll need to use either your Facebook account or your phone number, so if you're not comfortable using either of these, give Bumble a miss. Pricing issues You can't access pricing for the premium features until you've created an account and given Bumble access to your Facebook account or phone number.

It's more empowering than anything else - and means you get to kick things off well. One of the longest-running dating sites in Australia, eHarmony still stands out from the pack because you really do input heaps of information, so your matches are far more likely to align with you on personal values, beliefs and interests.

Gaining popularity in the dating site world over the last few years is Hinge. The reason for this is likely because it was one of the first dating apps to adopt the fuller-profile vibe, making users answer questions so you get a more well-rounded idea of your matches before you, well, match them.

It also doesn't operate with swipes - you have to either like a comment or photo, or better - start a chat around it. Powered by GIPHY. Still one of the most mysterious dating sites in Australia, Raya works on exclusivity - you have to be invited onto the dating app, and it's pretty difficult to get that invite. This is why it's still popular with celebrities and single influencers. It says something about Tinder that it's had such longevity - the first dating app to gain real traction in Australia, and still one of the most used, Tinder is why we say "I'd swipe right on them".

Tinder Platinum, Tinder Plus and Tinder Gold are where it's really at, though—the subscription options give you heaps of perks, like unlimited "rewinds" going back to someone you accidentally swiped left on and profile boosts so your pretty face is showing up on more feeds. Ever walked past someone super hot and wondered what might have happened if, say, you tripped over in front of them and had a total meet-cute moment? Happn is all about tracking that babe down - if they also use the app, you will see their face pop up as "near you".

People you're around heaps - like, say, the cute barista at your local coffee shop - will come up more often, so it's a great choice for meeting people in your area.

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