# Bumble

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Bumble and 11 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A dating app that some say is less bad than other Match Group apps, though critics cite pay-to-match, fake profiles and a poor user experience.

## Why people recommend it

- Less bad than Match Group's other apps (2 comments): "almost all of them, except for Bumble, are owned by the same company, Match Group" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50095389)) "Bumble seems to be the slightly less evil one" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49935635))

## What people warn about

- Fake and AI profiles not removed (2 comments): "was never flagged by the platform, even after we updated the bio to say it was AI" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47961912)) "creating loads of good-looking fake women profiles to attract male users" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47578056))
- Poor overall user experience (3 comments): "Bumble as a whole went downhill before this" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49265625)) "It's near impossible to do anything with anyone at that point" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49265922)) "that sounds like a horrible user experience" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49267337))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [OkCupid](https://hackerapproved.com/p/okcupid.md): 29 recommend
- [Tinder](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tinder.md): 7 recommend
- [Singapore government dating service](https://hackerapproved.com/p/singapore-government-run-dating-service.md): 6 recommend
- [Facebook Dating](https://hackerapproved.com/p/facebook-dating.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://bumble.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Bumble", https://hackerapproved.com/p/bumble/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).