I tried every major dating app - and the best one surprised me

Maya Kosoff

Oct 21, 2015, 20:53 IST

Whitney Wolfe

Whitney Wolfe, cofounder of Tinder and founder of Bumble.

Match Group, the parent company of some of the world's biggest dating apps and websites, filed to go public last week.

Match Group owns Tinder, PlentyOfFish, Match, HowAboutWe, and OkCupid. And according to its IPO prospectus, it generated revenues of $888.3 million last year, up about 11% year-over-year.

The dating app space is heating up - JSwipe, a popular dating app aimed at Jewish people, was recently acquired by its competitor, JDate.

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But what are these dating apps really like to use?

As Business Insider's resident 23-year-old, I was obliged to poke around and try out some of the most popular dating apps. For this story, I compared OkCupid, Tinder, JSwipe, Hinge, and Bumble - and I was surprised by the app that ultimately became my favorite.

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