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“Bumble allows you to put yourself out there with confidence and allows you to get to know someone’s intention before deciding to meet them in person,” she says of why this service is one of the best dating apps for marriage. “Making the first move for women gives you the ability to invest your time in the connections that you feel comfortable with, which can lead to more intentional dates and relationships.”

Hinge

Our study found that the app was responsible for pairing 21% of newlyweds who met online-a 9% increase from 2020. The app, which is “designed to be deleted,” relies on a unique algorithm that pulls user preferences to introduce profiles most likely to match. Daters have the ability to like or comment on multiple profile prompts and photos, increasingly the likelihood of a match. And, with additional features like a weekly “rose” for a standout profile, a daily “Most Compatible” match and limited likes, users are able to date intentionally. As a result, thoughtful swiping creates a stronger chance of finding a compatible partner for a long term relationship.

“We lose around 25% of potential users during the sign-up process because we require people to think deeply about who they are and what they want, but that’s on purpose,” says Logan Ury, Hinge’s Director of Relationship Science. “We want our community to focus on their connection with someone instead of collecting matches, so our design helps initiate thoughtful conversations right from the beginning.”

OkCupid

According to The Knot 2021 Jewelry and Engagement Study, OkCupid was the fourth-most popular service to match future spouses, coming in just behind Hinge. The survey results indicate that the site, which launched in 2004, was responsible for setting up 6% of engaged couples who met online. The service’s unique algorithm uses extensive questioning to complete user profiles, which helps facilitate deeper, more meaningful connections (in turn making it a marriage-minded app). The site claims to orchestrate 50,000 dates per week, while over 91 million connections are made every year.

For Laura Moffat and Kelly Sanders Moffat, the founders of the menswear-inspired fashion brand Kirrin Finch, a service that encouraged meaningful connections was of the utmost importance. “We were both committed to finding someone who wanted to be in a serious relationship, and OkCupid felt like the right choice for that path,” Kelly tells The Knot. “Even though we met several years ago, OkCupid still feels like the right choice for folks who want to find someone who wants to get married and settle down.”

After making a connection on the app, poor weather almost derailed the couple’s first date. “There was a massive snowstorm and we both thought about cancelling,” Kelly explains. “But we threw on some hiking boots, and trudged out to meet each other. The rest is history.”

The couple’s love story blossomed after their first date. Laura proposed to Kelly in Grand Cayman in 2012, and the moment featured a sentimental nod to their digital beginning. “For years, we couldn’t remember if we met in 2011 or 2012, but luckily Laura saved our initial messages on OKCupid and when she asked me to marry her, she created this adorable book with pictures of our various adventures and it opened with the first messages we sent to each other.” After being engaged for two years, the former Division I athletes got .

“It was only fitting that on the morning of the wedding, we divided the wedding attendees up and had a soccer match,” says Kelly. “Later that afternoon, we cleaned ourselves up and gathered together under a tree in the field to have Lauren, our best friend, marry us. We wanted the ceremony to be a reflection of us as a couple, so we selected the parts of traditional ceremonies that we liked and adapted the parts that didn’t work for us. For example, we had a ring bearer…but she was Kelly’s 25-year-old sister.”