Today, the majority of relationships begin via meeting online, whether through social media or a purpose-built dating app. But with so many flooding the market, targeting every conceivable niche and using no small amount of gimmicks, it can be hard to tell where to invest your time and effort.
So, to help simplify matters, we put together a list of the top apps and services to improve your love life — so check out our picks for the 2025 AskMen Dating Awards, Dating Apps and Services edition:
Editor’s Note: Because it’s 2025 and AI slop is everywhere online, we wanted to let you know that generative AI and LLMs were not used in the production of the Dating Awards. This is 100% human-based labor, baby!
Dating Apps
Best Overall Dating App
Hinge
If you went by viral posts online, you’d swear that Hinge was the worst dating app out there. People seem to regard re-downloading it or interacting with people on it as catastrophically unpleasant. But if you’re paying close attention, you’ll realize that’s not exactly what’s going on. What’s going on is young people find dating itself deeply unpleasant — and Hinge takes the fall because it’s become synonymous with dating these days. That synonymousness is, well, because Hinge is a better online dating option than any of the other ones out there right now. It’s effortlessly good-looking, packed with interesting and attractive people, and full of carefully thought-out design details to invite more intentional engagement in the practice of dating. If people hate it, it’s not because it’s a bad app, it’s because love, flirting and attraction will always feel fraught — and besides DM sliding on your social media app of choice, Hinge is the place to go for those feelings these days.
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Best Dating App for Relationships
eharmony
Hate hookup culture? You’re far from alone. And while Hinge used to be all about serious connections, its popularity meant that lots of people seeking short-term stuff flocked to it nonetheless. Luckily for you, eharmony is still an app that aligns a bit more with your thinking. Their lengthier signup process means they’re able to better match you with people you’re more compatible with, rather than just shoving hundreds or thousands of randoms at you. That’s a commitment to old-school quality that makes them seem like old-timey artisans of the online dating space, and we respect it.
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Best Dating App for LGBTQ+ Guys
OkCupid
What, did you think this category was going to be won by Grindr? There’s a category further down the article for it, actually. As anyone who’s used the OG gay hookup app knows, it’s not exactly for dating, per se. If you’re queer and looking for something a little slower than a hot anonymous bathroom hookup, you might have better luck with an app like OkCupid. The app (which is old enough that it was once a dating site) was never created explicitly for LGBTQ+ people, but over the years it’s solidified its reputation as a space for more progressive daters, boasting a sizable user base as well as features to help you find someone whose personality matches yours (a relative rarity in today’s online dating climate).
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Best Elite Dating App
Raya
While Raya is genuinely used by celebrities, you don’t need to be an A-lister to access it. (We know firsthand — one of our editors got in.) You only gain access by being vetted by existing users and any contacts you have who are already on the app, and once you’re in, everyone you see is some combination of cool, hot, successful and interesting. The user base isn’t nearly as deep as the more popular apps, but that’s exactly the point.
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Best Exclusive Dating App
The League
Successful? Busy? Still open to love? If you said yes to those three questions, you should consider downloading The League. It’s an invite-only dating site, so no guarantees you make it in, but if you do, you’ll be treated to a curated selection of singles who are more likely to be your speed than the people you encounter on any run-of-the-mill, regular-degular dating app.
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Best Dating App for Travel
Tinder
Go anywhere on the planet and there’ll be Tinder users — presumably, people have matched in Antarctica by now. Though it may no longer be the coolest app, it’s still the most successful online dating platform, and that has serious benefits for people who are on the go, whether you’re looking for a one-night stand during a weekend trip for a concert, or a summer fling while subletting an apartment across the Atlantic. Wherever you go, while you can’t be sure that less popular apps will have the same number of users, you can bet Tinder will have lots of profiles to swipe through.
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Best Dating App for Professionals
Coffee Meets Bagel
Ever wished life was a little bit simpler? Maybe you’re chronically busy with your career and want to feel the little thrill of someone matchmaking for you? If you don’t have the significant scratch required to hire a real-life matchmaker, Coffee Meets Bagel might be the next best thing for you. Every day, its algorithm serves up a curated selection of other users it thinks you might click with, and learns about your tastes over time, which most other apps these days don’t — or don’t seem to.
Check out Coffee Meets Bagel
Best Mature Dating App
Silver Singles
Romantic love and passion may be more associated with youth than with age, but young people don’t have a monopoly on falling for someone. At a time when high divorce rates mean there are more single people in their 50s and up than probably ever before, finding a good dating app that genuinely caters to Gen Xers and Boomers is paramount. SilverSingles takes the cake here; its simple and intuitive user experience pairs nicely with a sizable user base to make it the destination for people who are striking out at the bingo game.
Check out SilverSingles
Best Dating App Paid Upgrade
Tinder Platinum
While Tinder’s features may be more aligned with keeping you swiping than serving up your best options immediately, we can’t deny that anteing up to their Platinum tier does allow you to witness the firepower of a fully armed and operational battle station— er, dating app. Platinum unlocks features like zero ads, no daily ‘like’ limits, and adds personal traits to your search ability, features that seriously supercharge the regular Tinder experience.
Check out Tinder Platinum
Spicy Apps & Services
Best Overall Hookup App
Feeld
Look, not everyone on Feeld is seeking hookups. Lots of the people on the app are looking for something monogamous, or they’re demisexual or ace. But the vast majority, given that the app primarily caters to kinky and non-monogamous people, are either actively seeking or open to no-strings- or not-many-strings-attached sex, and no one will think you’re a weird creepy freak for saying that’s what you’re into on your profile. The app’s gotten better over the years, and its user base seems to have grown in step with that increase in UX quality, meaning it’s now an online dating destination we feel comfortable recommending without reservation.
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Best LGBTQ+-Friendly Hookup App
Grindr
The continued existence and widespread popularity of Grindr is something of a miracle. Never before in human history has gay sex been this accessible, and millennia’s worth of gay men would weep if they could have only imagined having a no-fuss hookup the way guys today can. The fact that private equity or culture war crusaders somehow haven’t ruined it over a decade and a half after it launched is a testament to its ongoing greatness. It’s not perfect — no app is — but damn if it doesn’t do what it’s designed to do. Grindr, we salute you. And that’s not even a men-in-uniform kink thing.
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Best Kink-Forward App
Feeld Majestic
Beep beep! It’s Feeld again. While the app is great for lots of reasons, kinky people with a few extra bucks per month to spare would be foolish not to invest in Feeld’s paid option, Majestic, which lets you filter by desires as well as the basic gender, age and distance categories. That means you can easily find people you’ll connect with, whether that’s a dominant or a submissive; someone who’s into one-on-one action or into MMF threesomes, or seeking monogamy or FWB.
Check out Feeld Majestic
Best Free Adult Content Site
Pornhub
Grindr isn’t the only black-and-orange themed online option that has an absolute vise grip on its category. Pornhub has been the most popular adult entertainment provider for a long time, and the end of its reign doesn’t seem imminent. With that power comes great responsibility, of course — it’s debatable whether PH is the best site it could be when it comes to its potential to positively or negatively impact its users. But we can’t deny that its trove of content and high powered UX are currently unmatched among the tube sites.
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Best Paid Adult Content Site
Vixen Plus
So many people seem to think of porn as inherently dirty, gross or naughty. So we have to salute the folks at Vixen for continuing to make porn that’s both seriously hot while also being seriously polished. Subscribe to Vixen Plus and you’ll see that each video feels noticeably high-quality, from the talent onscreen to the directing choices (yes, really) across their suite of different brands, including their new one, Wifey, featuring cuckold/hotwife-themed storylines.
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Best Audio Erotica App
Quinn
While men are supposed to be visual creatures (according to popular stereotypes), try listening to a little bit of audio porn and see if it doesn’t get your motor running. Since these creators don’t need to film anything, they’re free to create incredibly detailed sex scenes exploring every different thing you could possibly imagine (and many more you probably couldn’t). Right now, Quinn is the No. 1 destination for top-quality audio porn, attracting famous narrators and building up a huge cache of horny stories to listen to before bedtime. (Or at any point during the day.)
Check out Quinn
Best Cam Site
Jerkmate
Isn’t the future crazy? These days, you can jerk off with a seemingly endless number of people from all around the world, thanks to the invention of cam sites. While there are lots of compelling options to choose from, this year we’re feeling extra compelled by Jerkmate. It boasts a roster of incredibly diverse and sexy models, and its smooth and sleek interface makes finding your favorites and spending time with them all the more enjoyable.
Check out Jerkmate
Best AI Chat Service
[no winner]
Call us crazy, or call us in the pocket of Big Environment, but we believe in saving the planet. The data out there suggests that AI burns through water at a genuinely alarming rate. Though the idea of a service where a software will engage in flirtatious, romantic or sexy chat with you may feel fun — and might seem extra useful for inexperienced guys to practice with — we can’t in good conscience support AI chat sites or apps. Too many possible issues, from the environmental ones to minors being exposed to computer generated sexual imagery or text to putting real live sex workers out of business. No thank you.
Best Sex Ed Service
Beducated
The sex education that most people received in school was, let’s face it, overly focused on risk management. What would sex ed look like if it was less judgmental and more exploratory? That’s a question that’s answered in a very pleasing way by Beducated, which wants to help you genuinely enjoy sex to your fullest potential as a sexual being, rather than simply making sure you don’t catch an STI or cause an unplanned pregnancy. Beducated offers reams of online courses covering topics like the basics of being a good lover to exploring non-monogamy to feeling good about your body.
Check out Beducated
Best Anal Education Service
b-vibe Anal Academy
Look, sometimes you encounter something with a fresh concept that kind of demands its own category. That was the case when we checked out sex toy brand b-vibe’s beautiful Anal Academy platform, which is a gorgeous online destination devoted to education on all things related to butt-based pleasure. We love the look and feel of it, as well as its refusal to shy away from the occasionally gross realities of anal play. It’s a loving homage to an act that, to this day, remains under-explored by many. Full marks.
Check out b-Vibe Anal Academy
Best STI Testing Service
Everlywell
If you’ve ever found yourself thinking, “Gee, I should really get tested more often,” maybe you’re one of the people who would benefit from STI testing by mail. Another benefit of living in the future — you can find out whether you have a sexually transmitted infection or not without leaving the house. Everlywell is a leading, established telehealth provider that offers a variety of different STI tests to screen for chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, and more, as well as setting you up with a physician if you test positive for anything.
Check out Everlywell
Best Sex-Themed Subscription Box
The Fantasy Box
Subscription boxes have definitely lost a bit of steam since their peak seven or eight years ago, but they’re far from obsolete. The Fantasy Box proves that with their service; their boxes are a great way to either explore or keep things spicy in your relationship.
Our testers say: “I was really surprised by how much I liked the box! I thought it was a really fun way to learn more about my long-term partner, who I already knew quite well, and we had a lot of fun with it. The products inside are high quality, the survey invited a lot of delightful conversations, and it feels like a fun, cheeky, flirty way to try something new.”
Check out The Fantasy Box
Best Sex Toy Review Platform
ToyChats
Ever been curious about which sex toys are the best? Sure you have! But once you’re done reading AskMen’s 2025 list of our favorite Bedroom Products, if you’re hungry for more, ToyChats has your back. The recently launched online platform is a centralized location for real people to share their thoughts and feedback on all the toys around, from the biggest of big names to exciting new releases from up-and-coming brands.
Check out ToyChats
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