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The 6 Best Fitness Dating Apps For Active Singles
1. Datefit
Datefit, which debuted in late August and has already had 20,000 downloads across the country, allows participants to share information about their life objectives, food habits, fitness interests, and more.
According to Steven Macecevic, Datefit’s CEO, the company also conducts events such as fitness cruises and tries to build a community through social media. “CrossFitters, runners, yogis, fitness competitors, and athletes, as well as prospective exercisers, are all a part of our community,” he says. “We don’t think of ourselves as a ‘gym rat’ app.”
2. Happn
Happn could be the ice-breaker you need if you always manage to catch the sight of the same gorgeous runner on your path. Happn is a modern-day “missed connections” app that combines location and real-time data to help users identify and reconnect with people they’ve met in their daily lives.
“A Happner’s timeline reflects their daily activity, so they can locate people who are just like them,” Eugenie Legendre, Happn’s international PR and communications manager, explains.
There’s also a new map function that allows you to zoom in on a gym, park, or sporting event to see who else was there at the same time.
3. Bumble
Bumble attracts all types, but according to Alex Williamson, Bumble’s chief brand officer, photographs of users hiking, fishing, or spending time outdoors abound on the app.
Plus, by using the app’s new “badge” feature to add an active badge to their profile and keeping an eye out for friends who have done the same, health-conscious singles may be able to streamline their success. According to Williamson, the feature also allows users to indicate whether they work out, drink, or smoke.
4. OkCupid: Online Dating App
What’s your dream yoga retreat? What are you currently training for? Which fashionable superfood can’t you imagine not having? According to an OKCupid spokeswoman, these are just some of the topics you can answer using OKCupid’s new Topics feature, which asks users questions about everything from travel to cuisine to wellness.
Fun fact: Users mention jogging 10 times more than SoulCycle and seven times more than lifting in their profiles.
According to Ettin, who describes herself as a “kettle-beller” in some profiles, including what you geek out about—be it WODs or boxing—in any mainstream dating profile is the best way to increase your chances of finding a like-minded match. “It piques the interest of those who understand what that means,” she says.
5. Coffee Meets Bagel
Athletic Greens meets barbell, to be sure, but you get the point. Coffee Meets Bagel recently developed “CMB Experiences” to bring people together in person, especially at athletic events like its Run Date Festival in Asia, however it is not solely for fitness addicts.
To avoid swipe fatigue, the app limits the amount of matches you can receive every day.
6. Sweatt
This app is known as the “OG” of fitness dating apps: Sweatt, which was launched in 2015, has outlasted some other fitness applications that tried to compete. (Rest in peace, “True Swolemate.”)
The program asks users when they prefer to exercise (early riser or up-all-nighter? ), how many times per week they work up a sweat, and what they actually do the most—be it CrossFit, yoga, or team sports—and then matches them with people who share their interests.
The obvious disadvantage? Apparently, potential users have been on the waiting for months, and those who have downloaded haven’t received many matches.