Dating app ratings index: App Store ratings for 30 dating apps

On 16 October 2026, most major dating apps scored between 4.0 and 4.6 stars on the US App Store. The three most-rated apps, Plenty of Fish, Bumble and Tinder, each had around 1.8 million US ratings, with scores of 4.29, 4.32 and 4.20 ^[1][2][10]. Badoo and BLK were the highest-rated large apps at 4.58 and 4.57 ^[2][9]. Match, OurTime and Jack'd scored below 3.9 ^[2][5][10]. In the UK, almost every app scored lower than in the US.

We compiled this index from Apple's own store data for 30 dating apps, on one day, in two stores. It is the only side-by-side US and UK view we know of. Below is the table, how we built it, and what operators should and should not read into it.

The ratings index

Source: Apple App Store data for the US ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]} and UK ^{[12][13][14][15][16][17][18]} stores, retrieved 16 October 2026. Ratings are the all-time average shown to two decimal places; the App Store app rounds to one. "Not listed" means the listing returned no UK result on that date. Match and OurTime are separate apps with separate listings in the US and UK ^[5][17][18].

How we built the index

• Source: Apple's public lookup service, which returns the same rating and rating count that each App Store listing shows ^[1][12].
• Date: all figures were retrieved on 16 October 2026. Counts move daily, so small differences between apps will change within weeks.
• Selection: 30 apps that are widely known, owned by the groups in our ownership map, or popular in a niche (LGBTQ+, faith, age, ethnicity). Where a brand runs separate US and UK apps, such as Match and OurTime, we show each country's own listing.
• Not included: Google Play ratings, ratings for the current version only, and review text.

What the ratings show

A narrow band at the top

Of the 30 apps, 25 scored between 4.0 and 4.6 in the US ^[1] to ^[11]. The spread between Hinge (4.41) and Tinder (4.20) is small on a star scale, though it is consistent in both countries ^[1][10][12].

Volume follows scale and age

Plenty of Fish, Bumble and Tinder lead on count because they are large and have been on the store for many years ^[1][2][10]. Counts also reflect how hard an app asks for ratings. BLK and Upward, both run by Affinity Apps, have more US ratings than Badoo, Feeld or eharmony ^{[2][3][8][9][10]}.

The UK is harder on almost everyone

Of the 27 apps listed in both stores, 25 scored lower in the UK than in the US ^[1] to ^[18]. The exceptions were Upward and OurTime, whose UK scores rest on 497 and 9,218 ratings ^[18]. eharmony fell from 4.06 to 3.81, and Feeld from 4.30 to 4.04 ^[3][8][13]. Hornet's UK score of 2.72 came from just 610 ratings ^[16].

Relationship-focused paid services score lower

Match, OurTime and eharmony, which all lean on paid plans for longer-term relationships, sit near the bottom in both stores ^{[2][5][8][13][17][18]}. Higher prices raise expectations, and members who pay a lot and do not meet someone are more likely to leave a low score.

What ratings tell operators, and what they don't

What they tell you

• The store's first impression. The star rating sits next to your name in search results and on your listing, so it shapes whether a store visit becomes a download.
• Trends after releases. A sudden fall after an update usually means a bug, a confusing change or a new paywall.
• Where you stand against your nearest rivals. Within a niche, a gap of 0.3 stars or more is a signal worth acting on, for example SCRUFF at 4.36 against Jack'd at 3.70 in the US, both from the same seller ^[9][10].

What they don't tell you

• Revenue. Tinder had the lowest rating of the three biggest swipe apps and earned $457.5 million of direct revenue in the second quarter of 2026, more than Hinge and the Bumble app combined ^[10][19][20].
• Growth. Grindr's revenue grew 33% on a year in the second quarter of 2026, while its ratings sit in the same band as apps whose revenue is shrinking ^[1][21].
• Safety and trust. Ratings rarely capture scams, fake profiles or moderation quality until something goes wrong publicly.
• Today's product. The figure is an all-time average. An app with millions of old ratings changes slowly even after a major rebuild.