# Dating API

> Dating API is a white label dating platform and app backend from High Intent Media. It runs the technology under established dating apps (members, matching, messaging, moderation, ID checks and payments) and can connect them to a shared network of verified members.

Dating API rebuilds an established dating app on its platform and ships it as the app's next update, so members keep their accounts, matches, messages and subscriptions. Partners keep their brand and subscription revenue. Facts on the site marked as placeholders are still being confirmed.

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## Company
- Dating API is run by High Intent Media Inc., a Delaware corporation (file number 10670515). Registered office: 16192 Coastal Highway, Lewes, Delaware 19958, USA.
- [About](https://www.datingapi.io/about): Who runs Dating API and the team's background in dating.
- [Company and continuity](https://www.datingapi.io/trust/company): Who partners sign with, and what protects them if anything goes wrong.
- [Contact](https://www.datingapi.io/contact): Ask about a fixed-price pilot of your app, or get a free cost review.

## Product
- [Platform](https://www.datingapi.io/platform): Everything under a dating app, run for the partner.
- [The network](https://www.datingapi.io/network): Shared member network: private, backfill, shared or a mix.
- [How the switch works](https://www.datingapi.io/how-it-works): No migration project. Members tap Update.
- [Migration plan](https://www.datingapi.io/migration): How members, messages and purchases move, week by week, and how it can be reversed.
- [App rebuild](https://www.datingapi.io/app-build): Native iOS and Android rebuilds, to the partner's brand.
- [Who it's for](https://www.datingapi.io/who-its-for): Ways in for dating groups, white label sites moving to apps, late rebuilds and acquired brands.
- [Pricing](https://www.datingapi.io/pricing): Fixed fees per active and per paying member, no revenue share.
- [Developers](https://www.datingapi.io/developers): REST API for members, discovery, likes, messages, ID checks and billing.
- [Customers](https://www.datingapi.io/customers): The group's own platforms and Dating Lab, its reference app.
- [Questions](https://www.datingapi.io/questions): Straight answers to the questions buyers ask most.

## Trust and safety
- [Trust and safety](https://www.datingapi.io/security): Safety law, data protection and continuity promise.
- [Trust Center](https://www.datingapi.io/trust): Every control, with its status and date.
- [Security controls](https://www.datingapi.io/trust/security): Security controls and their status.
- [Privacy and data transfers](https://www.datingapi.io/trust/privacy): How member data is held and moved.
- [Sub-processors](https://www.datingapi.io/trust/subprocessors): Who else handles member data, where, and under which safeguard.
- [Age checks and biometric data](https://www.datingapi.io/trust/age-and-identity): Age assurance and identity checks.
- [Moderation and online safety](https://www.datingapi.io/trust/online-safety): Moderation and online safety duties.
- [AI register](https://www.datingapi.io/trust/ai): Every AI system on the platform.
- [Incidents](https://www.datingapi.io/trust/incidents): How incidents are handled and reported.
- [Laws register](https://www.datingapi.io/trust/laws): Every law the platform is built for, and who carries each duty.

## Topics
- [Dating App Index](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/topics/dating-app-data): Dating app data compiled from company results and the app stores: revenue, payers, prices, ratings and payer conversion, with downloads.
- [Ownership and markets](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/topics/ownership-and-markets): Who owns which dating app, a dated deals tracker, and market guides for the UK, US and Germany, all sourced from filings and regulators.
- [Build, buy or rebuild](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/topics/build-buy-or-rebuild): Guides for dating app operators: cost to build and run, backend checklist, build vs buy, launch checklist, migration and relaunching a brand.
- [Trust, safety and compliance](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/topics/trust-safety-and-compliance): Online Safety Act checklist, age verification methods and costs, romance scam controls and App Store and Google Play rules for dating apps.
- [Growth and money](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/topics/growth-and-money): How dating apps make money and grow: business models, app store fees and alternative payments, liquidity and launching city by city.
- [Analysis](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/topics/analysis): Analysis of dating company results and strategy: quarterly previews, Bumble's rebuild, Hinge vs Bumble and the 2026 squeeze.
- [App profiles](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/topics/app-profiles): Business profiles of Tinder, Hinge, Bumble, Grindr, Badoo and MeetMe from company filings: revenue, payers and strategy.

## Data downloads (CSV)
- [Romance Scam Prevention Act: obligations and what to build](https://www.datingapi.io/data/romance-scam-prevention-act-obligations.csv): From Romance Scam Prevention Act: what dating apps must build. Columns: Requirement, What the Act says, What to build.
- [AI features at Tinder, Hinge, Bumble and Grindr, 2024 to 2026](https://www.datingapi.io/data/dating-app-ai-features-2026.csv): From AI dating app features: what Tinder, Hinge, Bumble and Grindr built. Columns: App, Feature, Area, What it does, Status at source date, Source.
- [Top dating apps in France by usage rank and owner, October 2026](https://www.datingapi.io/data/dating-apps-france-usage-ranking-oct-2026.csv): From French dating app market 2026: top apps, owners and rules. Columns: Usage rank (Android, France), App, Owner or listed publisher, Owner base.
- [Dating app deals, closures and insolvencies, 2024 to 2026](https://www.datingapi.io/data/dating-app-deals-2024-2026.csv): From Dating app deals tracker: sales, closures, insolvencies 2024 to 2026. Columns: Date, Company or app, Event, Counterparty, Price.
- [Dating app App Store ratings, US and UK, 16 October 2026](https://www.datingapi.io/data/dating-app-ratings-2026-10.csv): From Dating app ratings index: App Store ratings for 30 dating apps. Columns: App, Owner or seller on the listing, US rating, US ratings count, UK rating, UK ratings count.
- [Dating app subscription prices, US App Store, 16 October 2026](https://www.datingapi.io/data/dating-app-prices-us-2026-10.csv): From Dating app subscription prices compared, 2026. Columns: App, Main subscription tiers listed, Price range for those tiers, Single purchases listed.
- [Dating app subscription prices, UK App Store, 16 October 2026](https://www.datingapi.io/data/dating-app-prices-uk-2026-10.csv): From Dating app subscription prices compared, 2026. Columns: App, Main subscription tiers listed, Price range for those tiers, Single purchases listed.
- [Dating app payer conversion benchmarks](https://www.datingapi.io/data/dating-app-payer-conversion.csv): From Payer conversion benchmarks for dating apps, 2026. Columns: App, Period, Payers, Monthly active members, Payer conversion (our calculation), Range allowing for rounding.
- [Dating app revenue and paying members, Q2 2026](https://www.datingapi.io/data/dating-app-revenue-q2-2026.csv): From Top dating apps by revenue and paying members, Q2 2026. Columns: App or group, Revenue, Q2 2026, Change on a year, Payers, Change on a year, Revenue per payer, per month.

## Insights
- [Romance Scam Prevention Act: what dating apps must build](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/romance-scam-prevention-act-dating-apps): The Romance Scam Prevention Act makes dating apps send fraud ban notices within 24 hours. What triggers a notice, what it must say, and what to build.
- [AI dating app features: what Tinder, Hinge, Bumble and Grindr built](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/dating-app-ai-features): The AI features Tinder, Hinge, Bumble and Grindr have launched or are testing, by type and status, from filings and announcements, and what smaller apps can do.
- [French dating app market 2026: top apps, owners and rules](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/dating-app-market-france): Which dating apps lead in France in 2026, who owns them (Match Group, Hello Group, Bumble) and the cancellation, pricing and age rules operators face.
- [Age verification for dating apps: methods and costs](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/age-verification-dating-apps): ID checks, facial age estimation, credit cards and digital ID: which age checks Ofcom accepts for dating apps, US and EU rules, and published prices.
- [App Store and Google Play rules for dating apps](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/app-store-rules-dating-apps): The Apple and Google Play rules that matter for dating apps in 2026: moderation, age ratings, minors, account deletion, subscriptions and API levels.
- [App store fees for dating apps: US, EU and UK rules in 2026](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/app-store-fees-dating-apps): Apple and Google fees, link-outs and alternative billing in the US, EU and UK as of 16 October 2026, and what Match Group says it saves from web payments.
- [Badoo business profile: who owns it and how it earns](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/badoo-business-profile): Badoo's owner, history, revenue, paying members and revenue per payer from 2024 to Q2 2026, from Bumble Inc filings, and what the Ithaca deal means.
- [Build, buy or join a platform: how to choose for a dating app](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/build-vs-buy-dating-app): The three ways to get a dating app live: build it, buy a white label script, or join a managed platform. Cost, time, control, risk and the questions to ask.
- [Bumble in 2026: revenue, payers and the Ithaca deal](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/bumble-business-profile): The Bumble app's revenue, paying members and ARPPU every quarter from 2024 to Q2 2026, plus its tiers, ID verification, reset and the Ithaca take-private.
- [Bumble's rebuild: what the 2027 relaunch means for the market](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/bumble-rebuild-2027): What Bumble has said about rebuilding its platform, why the relaunch moved to early 2027, its falling payers and the Ithaca Holdings take-private terms.
- [Dating app business models: how the major apps make money](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/dating-app-business-models): Subscriptions, à la carte, coins and virtual gifts, and advertising: how Tinder, Hinge, Bumble, Grindr, MeetMe and Momo earn, with revenue mix where disclosed.
- [Dating app deals tracker: sales, closures, insolvencies 2024 to 2026](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/dating-app-deals-tracker): A dated, sourced table of dating app acquisitions, take-privates, closures and insolvencies from 2024 to 2026, with the patterns behind them.
- [Dating app launch checklist: from build to App Store approval](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/dating-app-launch-checklist): A dated, sourced dating app launch checklist: legal, age gating, Online Safety Act and DSA, Apple and Google rules, payments, moderation and seeding.
- [Dating app liquidity: why pool size decides retention](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/dating-app-liquidity): What liquidity means for a dating app, why small towns and niche apps run thin, what research says about pool size, and the levers apps use to manage it.
- [Dating app Q3 2026 results: what to watch](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/dating-app-q3-2026-results-preview): A preview of Match Group, Bumble and Grindr third quarter 2026 results: dates, Q2 numbers, each company's own guidance and the questions that matter.
- [Dating app ratings index: App Store ratings for 30 dating apps](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/dating-app-ratings-index): US and UK App Store star ratings and rating counts for 30 major dating apps, compiled on 16 October 2026, with what ratings tell operators and what they hide.
- [Dating app subscription prices compared, 2026](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/dating-app-subscription-prices): What Tinder, Hinge, Bumble, Grindr, Badoo, Match, eharmony and OkCupid charge in the US and UK App Stores, as listed on 16 October 2026.
- [Grindr: how it makes money in 2026](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/grindr-business-profile): Grindr's owners, history, revenue, paying members and revenue per payer from 2024 to Q2 2026, from its SEC filings, plus the 2025 take-private bid.
- [Hinge vs Bumble: two business models, two directions](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/hinge-vs-bumble-business): Hinge and Bumble compared on revenue, paying members and revenue per payer from Q4 2024 to Q2 2026, with method shown, plus each app's strategy.
- [Hinge: revenue, payers and growth strategy in 2026](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/hinge-business-profile): Hinge's revenue, payers and revenue per payer every quarter from 2024 to Q2 2026, plus its tiers, safety tools, new CEO and international expansion.
- [How much does it cost to build a dating app in 2026?](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/dating-app-development-cost): Agency estimates for building a dating app range from $15,000 to $600,000. Here is the spread, what the quotes leave out, and a worked monthly running cost.
- [How to migrate a dating app without losing members](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/migrate-dating-app-without-losing-members): How to move a dating app to new technology: data that must carry over, store listing rules, subscription continuity, staged rollout and rollback.
- [Launching a dating app city by city: the empty app problem](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/launching-dating-app-city-by-city): How Tinder, Hinge, Bumble and The League solved the cold-start problem by launching in one place or community at a time, with a playbook table for new apps.
- [MeetMe and The Meet Group: a business profile](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/meetme-business-profile): How MeetMe, Skout and Tagged earn from live video and virtual gifts, The Meet Group's history and last public numbers, and its place inside ParshipMeet.
- [Payer conversion benchmarks for dating apps, 2026](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/payer-conversion-benchmarks): What share of dating app members pay? Payer conversion calculated from Grindr and Tantan results, with the method shown and why most groups hide it.
- [Relaunching a dating brand: lessons from EliteSingles](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/relaunching-a-dating-brand): How EliteSingles closed in April 2026 and relaunched under a new owner, and what buyers of a dating brand must check: members, stores, subscriptions, data.
- [Romance scams on dating apps: what operators can do](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/romance-scams-operators): Romance scam losses topped £102m in the UK in 2025 and $1.16bn in the US in nine months. The controls operators use, industry efforts and new laws.
- [Signs your dating app needs a rebuild](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/signs-dating-app-needs-rebuild): Eight practical signs a dating app has outgrown its technology, how to measure each one, the store deadlines that force the issue, and a self-assessment table.
- [The German dating app market in 2026: ParshipMeet, Hinge and Spark](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/dating-app-market-germany): Who runs dating apps in Germany in 2026: ParshipMeet's Parship, ElitePartner and LOVOO, Match and Bumble, the Spark Networks insolvency and EU rules.
- [The Online Safety Act for dating apps: a practical checklist](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/online-safety-act-dating-apps): What the UK Online Safety Act requires of dating apps in October 2026: risk assessments, age checks, reporting, records and fines, with Ofcom dates.
- [The UK dating app market in 2026: apps, owners, rules and payments](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/dating-app-market-uk): Which dating apps UK adults use, who owns them, what the Online Safety Act and age checks require, and how app store fees and payments work in 2026.
- [The US dating app market in 2026: owners, numbers and new laws](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/dating-app-market-us): The US dating app market in 2026: who owns the big apps, what the companies report, how many Americans use dating apps, and the new age and safety rules.
- [Tinder: revenue, payers and strategy in 2026](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/tinder-business-profile): Tinder's revenue, payers and revenue per payer every quarter from 2024 to Q2 2026, with its tiers, Face Check, leadership changes and turnaround plan.
- [Top dating apps by revenue and paying members, Q2 2026](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/top-dating-apps-by-revenue): Tinder, Hinge, Bumble, Badoo and Grindr ranked by revenue, payers and revenue per payer for April to June 2026, from company results.
- [What it takes to run a dating app: the backend checklist](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/dating-app-tech-stack): The ten backend systems every dating app needs, from accounts and matching to moderation, ID checks, payments and compliance, and what breaks without each.
- [Who owns which dating app? The 2026 ownership map](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/who-owns-dating-apps): Which company owns Tinder, Hinge, Bumble, eharmony, Zoosk, happn and EliteSingles in 2026, and how ownership changed after Spark Networks and the Bumble deal.
- [The 2026 squeeze: why dating apps are rebuilding, and why most can't afford to](https://www.datingapi.io/insights/2026-squeeze): Fewer payers, double the cost of growth, old platforms, failing operators and new safety law. What is happening to dating apps in 2026, with sources.

## Glossary
- [Age assurance](https://www.datingapi.io/glossary/age-assurance): Age assurance is the umbrella term for checking that someone is old enough to use a service, from ID document checks to facial age estimation.
- [Alternative payments](https://www.datingapi.io/glossary/alternative-payments): Alternative payments means letting app members pay outside Apple's or Google's in-app billing, for example on the web or through another billing provider, where rules allow it.
- [ARPPU](https://www.datingapi.io/glossary/arppu): ARPPU (average revenue per paying user) is revenue divided by the number of payers in a period. In this industry it is often called revenue per payer.
- [ARPU](https://www.datingapi.io/glossary/arpu): ARPU (average revenue per user) is revenue divided by all active members, paying or not. It measures how well an app earns from its whole audience.
- [Backfill](https://www.datingapi.io/glossary/backfill): Backfill means showing an app's own members first, then filling gaps with real members from a shared network when the local pool runs thin.
- [Chargeback](https://www.datingapi.io/glossary/chargeback): A chargeback is when a bank reverses a card payment after the cardholder disputes it. The merchant loses the money and pays a fee unless it wins the dispute.
- [Churn](https://www.datingapi.io/glossary/churn): Churn is the share of members or payers who leave in a period. For subscriptions it usually means payers who cancel or fail to renew.
- [ID verification](https://www.datingapi.io/glossary/id-verification): ID verification confirms that a member is a real person who matches their photos, usually by checking a government ID and a live selfie.
- [Liquidity](https://www.datingapi.io/glossary/liquidity): Liquidity is whether members can find enough relevant, active people nearby. A dating app with good liquidity always has someone new to show.
- [Merchant of record](https://www.datingapi.io/glossary/merchant-of-record): The merchant of record is the company that legally sells to the customer: it takes the payment, handles tax and refunds, and carries chargeback risk.
- [Monthly active members (MAU)](https://www.datingapi.io/glossary/mau): Monthly active members, often written MAU, is the number of people who open an app or website at least once in a calendar month.
- [Online Safety Act](https://www.datingapi.io/glossary/online-safety-act): The Online Safety Act is the UK law that requires online services, including dating apps, to protect members from illegal content and keep children off adult services.
- [Payer](https://www.datingapi.io/glossary/payer): A payer is a member who paid for a subscription, feature or virtual item during a period. Listed dating companies report payers alongside active members because payers drive revenue.
- [Payer conversion](https://www.datingapi.io/glossary/payer-conversion): Payer conversion is the share of active members who pay in a period: payers divided by monthly active members.
- [Shared member network](https://www.datingapi.io/glossary/shared-member-network): A shared member network is a pool of members that several dating brands can show to each other, with rules on who sees whom.
- [Trust and safety](https://www.datingapi.io/glossary/trust-and-safety): Trust and safety is the work of keeping members safe and the service honest: moderation, scam and fraud prevention, reporting, ID checks and enforcement.
- [White label dating platform](https://www.datingapi.io/glossary/white-label-dating-platform): A white label dating platform is technology that runs a dating site or app under another company's brand, so the brand owner does not build or run the backend.

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- [Full text of all articles](https://www.datingapi.io/llms-full.txt): Every article as plain Markdown.
- [How we research](https://www.datingapi.io/how-we-research): Editorial standards and sourcing rules.