Everything about Tinder: Test reports, tips and experiences with Tinder in Canada

Tinder is a flirting app that originated in the US that has gained worldwide popularity in the last several years. The special feature of Tinder is how easy it is to use and how easy it is to create a profile. Download the Tinder app, connect to your Facebook account, select your desired photos from your Facebook profile and you’re done. After you have selected which gender you are interested in, either women or men, the pictures are then displayed. With a swipe to the right or alternatively, to the left, you can express your interest or say good riddance. With mutual interest, you can then be matched and start flirting within the app.

The Tinder app is a reputable dating service that is popular all around the world. The app is connected to a large company (Match Group Inc.) that offers several other great dating apps in addition to Tinder like PlentyofFish, Match.com, and Meetic.

As in many other countries, Tinder has won a huge amount of popularity in Canada over the past several years. Many singles in Canada have already downloaded the app and given it a try. It is especially easy to find new users and to connect with new people in the metropolitan areas in Canada. Though, many users quickly deem Tinder as a superficial or boring app. As a result, many don’t put a lot of effort into their profiles or into the conversations that come from the app. The false positioning of the app has also been highly criticized. There are many users who only want sex (mainly men), but on the other hand, there are Tinder users who are seeking a serious relationship. When you bring these two groups of people together, it is impossible to avoid stress and misunderstanding.

A match is when two Tinder users have expressed interest in one another. A Tinder match happens when two people have like one another’s profiles at the same time, so when each has swiped right on the other’s picture or Tinder profile. After a match has been made, then the users can begin to communicate with one another.

A Tinder date looks like any other date. There aren’t any predetermined rules. You could choose to meet up in a café in your area or you come up with something different, but there is no guarantee that either option will succeed. Of course, that depends on the user, their respective situation, and the date involved. We recommend a date where you do something you already enjoy. Just show your true self and allow something to maybe bloom from that.

When you create a profile on Tinder, you set a few rough parameters: the sex, the age, and the radius in miles, in which the Tinder app should search for matches. Tinder then accesses your GPS function in your Smartphone. By using your approximate location and the location of other Tinder users, the nearby users that fit in your selections will appear. You can change your search settings at any time within the app.

Of course, there are specific conditions for using Tinder that you agree to when you set up a profile. For example, you agree to only use Tinder for personal means and not for commercial gain. Furthermore, you confirm that you have the full rights to the content (such as images) that you update to Tinder and of course, you also agree that you will not submit any racist or offensive content. There are always a number of standard rules that you agree to when downloading a new app. Tinder also has these rules.

Our suggestion from this is to not take the partner search on Tinder too seriously, if you take it easy, you will have the most fun. Don’t go in expecting to find a life partner from Tinder. You can easily meet new people through this app but you should also filter the people that you actually meet up with in real life.

It can sometimes happen that there weren’t be any further suggestions in your area. Maybe you have already used Tinder so much that you have go through all of the available users. You should consider changing your settings by increasing your age range, for example, or extending the perimeter of your search. Usually, you will get a few new suggestions right away. You can also buy the premium version of Tinder and with the passport targeted search option, you can extend your search into other cities. Finally, there is also Tinder Social. Try to win at least one friend to do an activity together. By using Tinder Social, you can generally access profiles that you wouldn’t normally otherwise come across.

No, unfortunately that is not possible. The simplicity of Tinder is only accessible through Facebook. If you would like to use Tinder, you first have to be registered with Facebook.

Downloading and using Tinder are both 100% free. The free version is set up with a few limitations (such as only having 200 suggested profile per day). When you would like, go ahead and try out the free version, as what more than 90% of Tinder users do. The advantages of the premium membership in comparison to the free version are minor.

You can set up a profile on Tinder, receive 200 right swipes and you can write to your matches for free. The premium membership offers you a few special features alongside the basic ones. In the fee-based version, you like as many profiles as you want in a day, you can change your location and search for contacts outside of your GPS perimeters and award more super-likes to profiles that especially catch your eye.

The payment methods depend on what Smartphone you used and the corresponding App store. If you use Tinder from an iPhone, then you will pay through the iTunes App Store. If you use Tinder from an Android device, then you will pay through the Google Play Store.

The payment for the premium membership within Tinder depends on which app store you access while using the app.

Unfortunately, there isn’t any telephone customer support on Tinder. You can contact the customer service department directly from the app by email. There are also a number of frequently asked questions already displayed where you could find the answer to your questions already there.

In order to be successful on Tinder, you have to pay attention to a few things.

1. Take a chance in the 'about me' to note that the free text field is what differentiates you from all of the other Tinder users. Do you have a cool job? Then be sure to write it in this area. Try to describe that but be humorous. "I help models combat cellulite" sounds more interesting than writing that you are a “Photoshop expert". Are you above average size? Then you should write it here too. 

In the "About me" field you should go the extra mile to raise the curiosity of the people looking at your profile. Of course, don’t dwell on this for too long. Leave 1-2 good statements with a pinch of humor, describe yourself however you like. "For example:" I am easy to please:  I am always happy with the best". However, we advise you against posting clichés that you can read anywhere else.

2. In addition to the free text field, it’s the photos on Tinder that people actual like or dislike. Here, the appearance is crucial but that isn’t always the case, of course. You cannot control what you look like. But you can influence how much of your true self that you show. Make it clear with the selection of the images that you lead an interesting life. Most people want to meet someone who rips them out from their everyday life and introduces a new and perhaps more interesting world.

One picture is quite clearly not enough. For Tinder, there are usually 3-5 images. You should have at least one picture of your face and a picture that show your entire body more. You should have a healthy mix in the other pictures. Pictures where you are alone but also any pictures with friends. But always try to emphasize your interesting lifestyle. That makes the viewer not only curious to learn more, it also creates possible topics of conversation for the first message after the match.

"Hello, how are you?" is the worst message you can write after a mutual match. This is plain and simply boring and there are hardly any women who will respond to this boring message because women typically receive many lame messages in their mailboxes on Tinder. Almost anything is better than this kind of message. No matter what you write, try to talk your match with their name. That seems personal and shows that you didn’t just copy and paste a message into ten different conversations.

More cautions for the first message on Tinder:

• Writing long texts: Tinder is a fast medium. Whoever writes a long text is "needy" and desperate. No attractive Tinder user will read a long message that has just been copied and pasted into the conversation.
• Compliments on the appearance of your match: If you compliment attractive women on their appearance, you have screwed up already in the first message. Attractive women hear these kinds of compliments every day and are obviously bored by such superficial words, words that do not radiate on their personality.
• Sexually explicit messages: even if some members on Tinder are clearly looking for a sex partner, every woman wants to be seduced. Attractive women who are on Tinder, can meet men and have sex outside of Tinder. They still use Tinder and see the app as a nice pastime, if they are bored. If you find a person that stands out from the crowd and seems interesting, a meeting is very likely and anything can happen when you meet up face to face. An opener with a unique invitation to sex will lead to nothing.

But now - what the perfect Tinder opener look like? We recommend you to keep your first message to 1 to 3 sentences to perk someone’s interest. Please no copy & paste messages. Try to find clues on the images or the information in the "About me" section instead. If often works to use existing information to try to guess the personality of the woman and to pack in a provocative statement from there. Here, it doesn’t matter whether your statement is true or false. It is important that it has entertainment value and represents you in the positive light as a creative person.

Generally, we have already given the best Tinder tricks already with the question "What is the perfect opener for Tinder?" and "How can I be more successful with Tinder? (Tips for Tinder)." Read the responses above and from those alone, you will be equipped with the perfect Tinder tricks!

Because there are currently many active Tinder members in Canada, the chance is quite high that you meet new people, if you judge your success based on how many new people you meet. For those hoping to find the partner for life here as quickly as possible, you could be disappointed. Most Tinder users are unattached. Hardly anyone wants to commit themselves to something on Tinder. The numerous and seemingly options are simply too tempting.

There are currently no Tinder vouchers and no Tinder discounts. The fundamental use of Tinder is free. Tinder has no discounts for the use of the premium features.

Tinder as well as Zoosk belong to some of the most popular flirt apps not only in Canada, but also in many other countries around the world. Compared Tinder vs. Zoosk, Zoosk is the more intelligent app. The self-learning algorithm for Zoosk always gives you more appropriate partner suggestions over time. The Tinder app boasts a simple and immediately understandable concept.

Badoo is one of the oldest flirt apps that is available on the market. With over 180 million users worldwide Badoo proves that the app is still in fashion. In recent years, Badoo has implemented other popular features to match the competition (E.g. Tinder or Happn) within the app. Nevertheless, Tinder is probably more fun at the moment.

In comparison between eHarmony vs. Tinder, it is apparent that are two completely different concepts. While Tinder offers a platform for the quick, unattached flirt, the users on eHarmony are on the hunt for a relationship. eHarmony's partner proposals are better matched than what Tinder provides as the suggestions are based on a personality test developed by psychologists. You must decide what is more important to you in your personal search. The quick flirt without obligations or a flirt partners with sincere interest in finding a relationship?

Fakes appear again and again on Tinder. Usually, you will often be contacted by professional women trying to get Tinder users to move over to other platforms. On these other platform you will be asked, for example, to access more pictures via a cashier. In addition, people with fake Facebook accounts can also create fake profiles and masquerading as a woman, although the fake person behind it is actually male.

Most of the time, the particularly attractive Tinder profiles that are too good to be true are the fake ones. You should also watch out for the profiles that provide any links to foreign platforms. Be skeptical if someone asks for money or send links where they later ask for payment information! This is a clear fake alert!

 You need to download the app on an iOS device from Apple or on an Android Smartphone to take advantage of Tinder. Registration is always done via Facebook, and this is ultimately the creation of your profile, because most of the information (pictures, interests and mutual friends) are from Facebook. After you have set up your search profile, other Tinder profiles are displayed by an image. If you like someone, you swipe right, if you don't like the person shown, then swipe left to show a lack of interest. If both users swipe right, there is a match and you can go into a conversation with the other person.

It is important to understand the difference between "cancel Tinder" and "deleting Tinder". If you delete the app from your Smartphone, this has no effect on the actual termination of Tinder. Also deleting the app does not delete your profile. To permanently delete your Tinder profile, you should press the "Delete Tinder" option within the app.

To cancel a Tinder Plus membership, you must perform the termination through the same payment platform where you have purchased the premium membership. In this specific case, this is either through the iOS app store or Google play store.

The Zoosk coins allow the user to unlock specific special features without having to subscribe to the app. You can purchase the coins in large packets (1,800/480, or 180 coins). With these coins, you can unlock the feature to view the notice of arrival for your sent messages or to put your profile in the spotlight. When using the spotlight feature, you profile becomes more visible and will appear in the search results or the carousel game feature of the app more often.