Hinge Dating App: Match & Date
74
Quality Score
Strong
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Hinge Dating App: Match & Date is an iOS app from Hinge, Inc. in the Business category, currently rated 4.4★ across 1,109,036 ratings. Initial signal reads as no scraped reviews yet: judgment based on metadata only.
Quality Score is 74: Strong (healthy traction). For a Business app, that means healthy traction. The full BU Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.
Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below: live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.
💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast
● Right now
$1.4M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$1.5M – $2.3M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$1.8M – $3.3M
per month
BIG tier
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- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
6 snapshots on record
Rating
4.4
Reviews
1,109,036 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$1.4M
Snapshots tracked
6
since Apr 2026
🤖Also on Android
$361/mo · 479K ratings · 3.5★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$220K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $165K – $295K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in under a month at current MRR
Synthetic estimate. Inputs: category complexity, file size, screen count, monetization layer, platform reach, age × team-size proxy. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-agency rate surveys. Full math + source list on /methodology.
Where the money goes
| 🧱 MVP baseline (design + 1-store ship) | +$28K |
| 📱 5 unique screens × $4.5K | +$22K |
| 📦 Asset bundle (298 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Business complexity ×1.50 | +$45K |
| ⚙ 13.7y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$81K |
Total estimate
$220K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$32.5M
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $24.0M – $42.0M · 23× MRR multiple
💸
~148× return on build cost
Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from ad-supported + age, rating quality, category demand, and user-base maturity. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-app-marketplace closed-deal medians. Full math + comparable deal list on /methodology.
How the multiple was built
| 📺 Ad-supported base | 15× MRR |
| 📅 13.7y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Business category multiple | +10% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings) | +8% |
Final multiple
23× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
50.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
3.3M
Daily active
990K
Synthetic estimate from ratings × category benchmarks. Calibrated against 2024-2026 mobile-attribution retention + DAU/MAU reports. Numbers are US-storefront-equivalent — true global audience can be 5-10× larger for international apps. Full math + source list on /methodology.
How we sized it
| 📲 Business engagement | ~65 installs / rating |
| 📅 13.7y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Business D30 retention | 22% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
DAU / MAU
30% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (Swift / UIKit)
Medium confidence · 55%
Also possible
React Native
Flutter
Heuristic guess from app bundle size, category, store description signals, and release-date stack era. Bumetric does not disassemble binaries — for binary-level certainty you would need an SDK intelligence tool or the manifest itself. Reasoning chain on the right. Full ruleset on /methodology.
Signals we read
| 📦 App bundle size | 298 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Business |
| 📦 Large iOS bundle | → Native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) + assets |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
5%
Last shipped 2026-09-21 · 13 days ago
0 · Active
50 · At risk
100 · Abandoned
Heuristic risk score from time-since-last-update + ratings velocity proxy + Editor's Choice / curated featuring signals. Calibrated against 2024-2025 app-store ranking decay reports. Not a guarantee — a quiet app with a healthy codebase looks the same as an abandoned one until something breaks. Full math on /methodology.
Risk signals
| 📅 13 days since last update | Active development |
Verdict
Active
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$1.4M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$1.4M – $1.9M
12 months
$1.5M – $2.3M
24 months
$1.8M – $3.3M
Compound growth at +2.5% MoM (tier baseline for BIG). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±15% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Concerning · 53/100BIG TIERbelow benchmarksGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.8
Product Quality
8.8
Revenue Strength
6.1
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $560K - $3080K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.41★ across 1,109,036 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: dev shipping weekly.
- ⚠️ Risk: Low — no material risk signals detected.
🎯 For competitors: Mixed picture. Worth competing if you have a clear UX or pricing edge — otherwise crowded segment.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $25.2M-$44.8M.
Composite of 8 dimensions computed deterministically from public signals — no LLM, every score traces back to a measurable input. Default weights shown; "compete" / "acquire" / "invest" lenses re-weight without re-fetching.
Range:
💰 Forecast Revenue / mo
MODELRevenue forecast computed from BU's 234 trigger model on each snapshot. Calibrated against ground-truth from 58 verified-revenue apps.
🔬Forecast Breakdown — Why This Estimate?Top 6 of 6 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (1,109,036 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| Mature app (13y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (12 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Good rating (4.4★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 |
METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)
📈 Reviews Growth
LIVECumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.
⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
🆕 What's New · v10.5.0
We made performance improvements which means you may end up deleting our app even sooner than you intended.
The dating app designed to be installed, updated, and then deleted.
The dating app designed to be installed, updated, and then deleted.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Hinge Dating App: Match & Date
- Developer
- Hinge, Inc.
- Bundle ID
- co.hinge.mobile.ios
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Business
- Content rating
- 17+
- Languages
- DA, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, IT, NB, PL, PT, ES, SV
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Today
- Description
- Find apps and games for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and more on the App Store.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Available
Revenue
- Reported revenue signal / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- Model estimate / mo
- $1.4M/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇮🇳#1 /100 🇺🇸#2 /100 🇬🇧#2 /100 🇩🇪#2 /100 🇫🇷#2 /100 🇨🇦#2 /100 🇦🇺#2 /100
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
Founder data not yet collected for this app.
Funding
Funding data not yet collected for this app.
Press & Links
Press & Links data not yet collected for this app.
Contacts & Socials
Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank8 countries
🇮🇳IN#1 /100
🇺🇸US#2 /100
🇬🇧GB#2 /100
🇩🇪DE#2 /100
🇫🇷FR#2 /100
🇨🇦CA#2 /100
🇦🇺AU#2 /100
🇧🇷BR#7 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#1 now · best #1 · worst #1
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter5 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline5 releases tracked
Profile is built from iTunes Lookup + developer site scrape + ML revenue model. Empty fields show "Not found" — additional sources (Crunchbase, X, IndieHackers, Acquire.com) coming.
📝 About this app
HINGE, DESIGNED TO BE DELETED
Hinge is the dating app for people who want to get off of dating apps. With profiles that show your personality through text, photos, video, and voice, you have unique conversations that lead to great dates.
HOW WE GET YOU OFF HINGE
When it comes to online dating, people are so busy matching that they’re not actually connecting, in person, where it counts. Hinge is on a mission to change that. So we built an app that’s designed to be deleted. Here’s how:
* We quickly learn your type. You’ll only be introduced to the best people for you.… View full description on the official store →
Hinge is the dating app for people who want to get off of dating apps. With profiles that show your personality through text, photos, video, and voice, you have unique conversations that lead to great dates.
HOW WE GET YOU OFF HINGE
When it comes to online dating, people are so busy matching that they’re not actually connecting, in person, where it counts. Hinge is on a mission to change that. So we built an app that’s designed to be deleted. Here’s how:
* We quickly learn your type. You’ll only be introduced to the best people for you.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 298 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 17.0+🔖 v10.5.0🔄 updated 1w ago🌐 DA, NL, EN, FI, FR +7📂 Business💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2013 (13y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
10 EVENTS TRACKEDDetected changes in this app over its tracked lifetime — each event links cause (what changed) to effect (what moved). Sorted newest first.See full history →Version history →
2026-09
📦
Bundle ↑ 223MB → 312MB — likely major code refresh
2026-09
🔧
Shipped update — v10.1.0 → v10.5.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +12,283 medium · co-occurring
2026-08
📸
Refreshed store screenshots — 3 of 3 updated
→ 30 days after: reviews +12,283 medium · co-occurring
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v9.131.0 → v10.1.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +26,149 low · multiple changes
2026-07
📸
Replaced 1 store screenshot
→ 30 days after: reviews +13,866 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v9.126.0 → v9.131.0
→ 30 days after: revenue +$258/mo · reviews +29,590 low · multiple changes
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v9.121.0 → v9.126.0
→ 30 days after: revenue +$258/mo · reviews +30,253 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +14,529 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v9.121.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,081,284 low · multiple changes
2026-04
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,066,755 high confidence
📸
Store Page History
4 SCREENSHOT CHANGESEvery time a developer swaps a store screenshot we archive both versions. Compare side-by-side to see what messaging / visuals changed.
iPhone screenshots
Slot 5
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-14
2026-08-28
Slot 6
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-14
2026-08-28
Slot 7
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-14
2026-08-28
Slot 8
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-14
2026-07-25
🔎
ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #1Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
dating·#1🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 8 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.30323★ | 68,347 | 4.30323★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.57833★ | 2,917 | 4.57833★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.22424★ | 103,018 | 4.22424★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.22146★ | 35,081 | 4.22146★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.35707★ | 26,303 | 4.35707★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.34191★ | 195,399 | 4.34191★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.28092★ | 35,167 | 4.28092★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.4063★ | 1,123,157 | 4.4063★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Hinge Dating App: Match & Date: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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About this analysis
Why high confidence: 1,109,036 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Hinge Dating App make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Hinge Dating App earns approximately $1.4M/mo. This is a US-storefront-equivalent estimate; global revenue can be several times larger for internationally-distributed apps. See the methodology page for the full formula and confidence bands.
Is Hinge Dating App profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $220K and monthly revenue $1.4M, Hinge Dating App looks highly profitable — pays back its build investment in under a month at the current run-rate. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does Hinge Dating App have?▴
Estimated audience: ~50.0M lifetime downloads, ~3.3M monthly active users, and ~990K daily active users. Derived from ratings count × category installs-per-rating × age decay. US-storefront-equivalent — global audience can be 5-10× larger for internationally-distributed apps.
What apps are like Hinge Dating App?▴
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What is Hinge Dating App built with?▴
Our heuristic places Hinge Dating App on the Native iOS (Swift / UIKit) stack (Medium confidence, 55%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: React Native, Flutter.
Is Hinge Dating App still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (5% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 13 days ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would Hinge Dating App sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $32.5M (marketplace range $24.0M – $42.0M). Calculated as 23× monthly revenue using the standard multiple for the detected monetization model + adjustments for age, rating quality and category demand. Calibrated against 2024-2026 Flippa / Acquire.com / MicroAcquire closed-deal medians.
When was Hinge Dating App last updated?▴
Hinge Dating App last shipped a new version on 2026-09-21 — less than a month ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Hinge Dating App?▴
Hinge Dating App is published by Hinge, Inc. on the Apple App Store. See the full publisher portfolio (other apps by the same developer) via the More by developer block on the product page above.
What is Hinge Dating App's BU Score?▴
Hinge Dating App has a BU Score of 74/100 (Strong). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.