There’s another dating application on the scene called Feels. Its extraordinary selling point is an interface that feels closer to a Snapchat-style story or a TikTok feed as opposed to the swipeable cards found in other dating applications. Feels right now has around 100,000 clients. Albeit the application is accessible around the world, the organization says its attention is primarily on the French market as it launches all the more broadly.
Feels is styling itself as an “anti-dating app,” yet honestly, this is a lot of still a dating application. You’re still reacting to profiles and having conversations, which, I’m certain, for a many individuals, will wind up with them going on dates. Simultaneously, however, Feels’ interface, ahem, feels different enough from the competition to make it interesting.
Profiles are comprised of a combination of pictures, videos, and answers to prewritten questions (like Hinge), however every element fills up your entire screen, and you peruse a profile by tapping on the left or right sides of the screen. Like I said, it’s very Snapchat Stories. They’re the very components that adversary dating applications have utilized before yet enveloped with a more current interface. It’s promising, if a little ailing in customization options past adding captions and locations to your photographs and recordings (however the organization discloses to me stickers are being included the not so distant future).
Feels is also making a big deal out of not relying on the same swiping gestures as other dating applications (a change we believe is long late), however the distinction is bit academic. You’re at last actually swiping through profiles; the activity is slightly extraordinary. Furthermore, you additionally can’t swipe back to a past profile without paying for a superior membership, which likewise adds different highlights like a profile visibility boost. As of this composition, this costs a to some degree costly $9.49/€9.99/£8.49 every week (however there are limits for paying month to month). TechCrunch noticed the organization is as yet emphasizing on its premium plan.
However, a dating application is just good as the individuals on it, and inside a couple of moments, they do swiped (ahem, I’m heartbroken, looked) through the mere dozen or so accounts of users registered in London.
It’s initial days for Feels, and it’s launching into an very crowded market. Set up contenders like Tinder, Bumble, and Hinge have added pandemic-centered dating highlights to help singles date with social removing and lockdowns, while Facebook has as of late shown a reestablished interest nearby with trial of another speed dating application called Sparked. Yet, with more clients and profile customization options, Feels could be an intriguing new dating application.
Feels is right now live on iOS, and the organization reveals to they it’s attempting to take its Android application back to the Google Play Store subsequent to being commenced yesterday. (Feels CEO Daniel Cheaib discloses to they the group presently can’t seem to find why its listing was removed.)