Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Built a web-based competitor to Grindr. Would love tips and advice
Our goal is to cause some disruption in how people date online/offline. we service all regardless of sexual orientation. Any feedback is appreciated for a crazy budding entrepreneur :) P.S Phone app coming soon as well
Fantsy is a web-based dating platform designed to compete with established apps like Grindr. It serves people of all sexual orientations looking to connect online and offline. The service launched in 2012 with plans… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Built a web-based competitor to Grindr. Would love tips and advice launched in 2012; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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CoffeeSpace▲448Swipe to meet others exploring ideas and find your cofounder
2024 · coffeespace.com · its alternatives →
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Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spreadvk.e... iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-new-elim/id6463781107 We know life can be busy. And we often struggle to make time for the people that matter most to us. According to a Harvard study from 2021, "36% of all Americans [...] feel “serious loneliness.”" [1] We created an app to help people focus on their most personal relationships and guide them through forming more meaningful connections with them, in the hopes to combat the "Loneliness Epidemic". We just…
2023 · elim.app · its alternatives →
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2011 · secretpoke.com · its alternatives →
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Spark chats and ignite chemistry with AI assistance
2023 · copilot4dating.com · its alternatives →
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We2▲142AI-powered questions that bring couples closer instantly
Dec 2025 · heyidb.com · its alternatives →
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Hey there, First time posting on Hacker News in about 2 years! The reason I’m posting is that I thought I’d write about the product I’ve been building, in hopes it resonates with people. Why build yet another social app? Because I deleted almost all social media around 3/4 years ago as it was just net negative on my life. There was very little that was truly interesting, I didn’t care about looking good to other people and because of the ‘media’ and ads, the apps were all designed to make me spend too much time for what I was getting. I hated it and what it meant for people’s behaviour,…
2022 · oncircles.com · its alternatives →
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Wyldfire▲86Dating app where women have to approve men to join.
2014 · wyldfireapp.com · its alternatives →
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2013 · automateyourdate.com · its alternatives →
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2012 · pairmixer.com · its alternatives →
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My partner and I are developing an app at the moment which gives people the opportunity to crowdsource dating advice exclusively from people of the opposite sex. That is, women seek advice from men, and vice versa. The fundamental concept is to break down the barriers of communication between men and women and give people a more reliable source of advice than the usual channels such as friends - who can either be notoriously unreliable or sadly may not have the best intentions. People would post information anonymously about their situation by way of a short message and would also have the…
2017 · its alternatives →
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Happy new year fellow HNers! This is my first Show HN... and it's a dating website. The crowd here is not my target market, so I'm not looking for SEO/traffic, but looking for feedbacks. Lots of it. I'm fully prepared that I'll get bashed due to the nature of my product. What: An online Indonesian dating website where the ladies get paid if their date sucks. That "paid" part is just a gimmick (the feature is not fully implemented) which seems to work. So far nobody questions the lack of implementation. If people do need it, I'll implement it. Why: I want to quit my job and "do startup" but I…
2013 · ngajakjalan.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, This is DevMarket, a platform connecting technical and non-technical people to work on side projects together. You swipe right until you find a profile that resonates with you, use tools to evaluate them, and start a project with clear agreements in place. It’s designed as an end-to-end solution for cofounder matching, and our motivation is to make cofounder finding easy for everyone. I hope you enjoy it. Would love your feedback Daniel
2025 · devmarket.pro · its alternatives →
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Real People. Real Connections. Every User is Verified.
Jul 2026 · elitemeet.net · its alternatives →
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