An app like Hinge, where personality comes first

Why people look for apps like Hinge

On most dating apps, a photo decides everything in about half a second. You never find out whether the person you scrolled past would have made you laugh, because you never got that far.

People who look for an app like Hinge usually want the opposite: to get a sense of someone before deciding. MuteMate gives you a few ways to do that, and keeps it all private.

Meet first, see later: Mute Date

Mute Date currently pairs men and women. Women complete a short face check first, so the person on the other side is real.

1. 1

   Tap Start on the Mute Date tab

   There is nothing to fill in and no filters to set.

2. 2

   Meet a random stranger

   You are paired in under 60 seconds. Neither of you sees photos, names or where the other lives.

3. 3

   Decide together

   One of you can send a match request and the other accepts or declines. Either of you can leave at any time.

4. 4

   Match, or walk away clean

   If you match, a chat opens. If not, the date ends and nothing is kept.

A profile that says something

Your Thirst is your profile intro, and you can write it or record it as a voice intro. Both stay hidden on your public profile until you turn them on, and you can turn them off again at any time.

Temptations are the interests on your profile — everyday ones like Music, Gaming and Massage, and more honest ones like Open Relationships and Couples + Single. Picking them up front saves everyone time.

Find people who fit

With Premium, search filters narrow your feed to people who match what you are looking for:

• Age, Distance and Height.
• New — people who joined recently — and Online — people on the app right now.
• Verified — only people who passed the face check.
• Sexuality and “I like” — love is love, so women can find women and men can find men.
• Couples — only couple profiles.
• Temptations — pick up to five and see people who share all of them.

Conversations worth keeping

Chat messages on MuteMate disappear on their own after a while, so nothing piles up from conversations that went nowhere. When one does matter, either of you can ask to keep the chat, and once the other accepts, its messages are kept.

On selected plans, MuteMate tells you when one of your matches comes online, so you can say hello while they are actually there. You can turn these alerts off, and choose not to let your matches know when you come online.

Private from the start

• Your Google name and email are never shown — you get an anonymous display name you can swap for another one.
• Photos are optional, and any you add stay blurred until someone taps to see them.
• Chat photos are view-once, and screenshots are blocked inside the app on Android.
• Only an approximate distance is shown, never your location.

When Hinge may suit you better

• You use an iPhone — MuteMate is on Android only for now.
• You live outside India or travel often — MuteMate is available in India only.
• You want the largest possible pool of people worldwide — a global app has far more members.
• You want a public profile with your photos on show from the start — MuteMate is built to do the opposite.

A note on names

Hinge is a trademark of its owner. MuteMate is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to Hinge or its owner. This page describes only what MuteMate does.

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