Often known as the feminist dating app, Bumble is one of today’s most popular online dating platforms. Created by Tinder co-founder Whitney Wolfe, Bumble is worth over $1 billion and constantly rolling out new updates to keep up with their customer’s needs.
Like Tinder, the app is based on users swiping right (for yes) or left (for no) as they see profiles and potential matches in their area, but with one key difference: After two heterosexual people match on Bumble, the woman has to message the man first.
Expecting such venues to be the preferred option, female-oriented dating app Bumble (NASDAQ:BMBL) is opening its own restaurant to facilitate meetups. Bumble Brew will offer 'the convenience of a. Filed its prospectus for an initial public offering on Friday morning, with financial figures for two dating apps: Bumble, the female-oriented dating app that operates in five countries including the U.S., and Badoo, a much older dating product, with a larger presence in Europe and Latin America.
If you’ve found yourself wondering what all the buzz about Bumble is, here are some other things it helps to know:
Women control the conversation.
Once a match is made it’s up to the female to take the lead and make the first move by sending a message—so why the extra rule? Bumble created this feature hoping to inspired women to make the first move, to give them more power on the app, and to solve the problem many dating apps have where women on the app just get bombarded with messages from men. Matches only last 24 hours, which means that if no move is made within that window, the match expires. However, guys can choose to extend a match for an additional 24 hours if they pay more. This was added as a way to result in less ghosting once a conversation has begun.
It’s free but has paid features that are extra.
No need to worry, you can look for your future partner free of charge. There is no sign up fee and you only have to worry about paying for features if you want to. If you do decide that paying for extras is the route for you, the app offers things like Bumble Boost, which unlocks the ability to swipe through profiles that have already liked you.
It’s not just for heterosexual couples.
Though the app was originally created to break through the traditional heteronormative dating rules, the app no longer requires you to define your sexuality—you simply click that you’re interested in men, women, or both and the app will provide you with profiles accordingly. In the case that you’re not looking for a male/female match, it redefines the rule that women must message first and allows either match to start up the conversation.
They have extra verification features.
This feature is a great way to weed out internet bots, by verifying yourself. You take a picture of yourself doing a certain motion, and Bumble adds a check mark to your profile which shows others that you’re the real deal.
They also have Bumble BFF/Bumble Bizz.
As a company, Bumble doesn’t want to just focus on dating, so if you aren’t looking to date, but still want to put yourself out there, you can switch into BFF mode. Switching to BFF mode provides you with people of the same sex that Bumble thinks you may want to be friends with. Either party can message first, however the time limit still remains. Bumble Bizz is much like the BFF feature, but instead allows you to network and career build. You can access a mode switching menu which allows you to toggle between each section Bumble offers, this helps cater to the needs of each specific user.
This growing app is the proof you need that not all dating apps are the same, while they are often compared to Tinder, Bumble has broken off on its own and now the app focuses on a lot more than just dating.
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The Tinder app was created by a group of men and one woman (big surprise, right?). After slapping the CEO with a sexual harassment suit, and rightly so, Whitney Wolfe left the company to pursue her own dating app, which she calls Bumble. We’re a little weary of the name, the term “bumbling” comes to mind. Perhaps Bumble will overcome these shortcomings right out of the gate.
The new online dating app is touted as the “online dating app for women”. The app takes a “Sadie Hawkins” approach allowing women to make the first move on a potential match in a 24 hour window. The match goes away if the woman doesn’t reach out.
The process works similar to Tinder where two users opt in by swiping right. After the match they are added to each other’s “hive” of connections, which Bumble neatly organizes.
The app is currently only available on Apple devices, and not currently available for Android (yet). We definitely support empowering women, and Bumble is currently getting a lot of great support. We would recommend trying it out, it doesn’t take long to sign up and check out matches.
**Update: Bumble’s VP of Brand Development (The real @JenStith) was able to confirm that the below was a fake review as Bumble only shows first names.
The below iTunes reviews makes it seem like the company might be sneakily creating profiles with employees who aren’t looking to date.
Another reviewer comments on the immense amount of fake profiles.
Bumble Dating App Review
**We’re really interested to dig into this further to see if it’s fake reviewers (or competitors) trying to bring down Bumble.
Bumble Online Dating App Review
This is still a new app and some dating pool growth is needed. Would you use Bumble?