Dating App Builder

Meeting Consumer Expectations from a Dating App

A dating app, or any other app can only be successful when it meets the expectations of the consumer. However, you, as an app owner can only attempt to meet the expectations, if you know what they are.

• The foremost concern among dating app users is privacy and safety. As per some of the recent surveys and polls 72% dating app users confess to have blocked at least one user in past six months and 60% of them have reported another app user. Meeting this expectation can give you an edge over other dating apps in the market as 11% of people who delete their dating apps do so because they didn’t feel safe using it
• The second most important expectation from a dating app is an intuitive user interface. We all know how the ‘Swipe’ gesture revolutionized the online dating world. That is how important user interface is, for a dating app user. Find your own proprietary gesture to lure your app users in
• Some app users prefer a niche dating apps based on various factors like food habits – Veggiedate, hobbies and interests – Trek Passions, religious beliefs, and more
• Dating app users from the LGBT community would definitely prefer to have a niche app not just for convenience but more importantly for their safety and discretion, like Grindr, HER, and more.

Basic Features of a Dating App

The features given below are user intended and every dating app needs to have them.

• Profile: Profile: Every dating app needs a profile section. The profile is the first wave of interaction between two users and getting a date. The profile can be as detailed or as minimal as you like.

• Chat capability: No dating website can exist without a chat and messaging inbox. It forms the basis of a dating app and allows your users to talk, meet and date.

• Geolocation: Dating apps are location-based. A dating app that does not support geolocation will fail.

• Matching Mechanic: You need your own iconic ‘swipe’. How you match people and how well your machine learning works directly determines how successful your app will be.

• Social Media Integration: Allowing people to connect their other social media with your dating app is a great way to increase interaction with your app.

• Settings: Allowing people to customize all that has been mentioned above is crucial to ensure the success of your app.

These are the basic features of a dating app. Everything else is additional, but these features form the core of your app.

How to Develop a Dating App

There are multiple things that go into creating a dating app. Before you start, however, you must first create a strong plan which would form the foundation for your successful dating app.

• Planning the audience: Before you begin developing your app, you need to know what audience you will target. If you are creating an app for a general audience, you need to ensure you target a wide variety of targets like ages, hobbies, music taste, thoughts, etc. The more value you plan to give, the more likely your app will succeed.

• UI/UX Design: An intuitive design is the greatest demand for a dating app customer. Your design should incorporate the most important information on a single screen. Planning where everything appears and settling on a solid UI design path is important for your app.

• Back-End Development: Creating secure, powerful servers and databases is a necessity for your app. You will be dealing with tons of personal information. The more secure you make it, the better it is for your future.

• Front-End Development: In short, front-end developers will render and organize the data from the back-end server into the mobile software itself. It is obligatory to create a dating app for both platforms, so just make a choice on native or hybrid development.

• Testing & Launching: Once you’ve developed your app, you can test it and launch it in the respective market.

You might feel that your job is done. But that is not the case. The next step for your dating app is to find a way to earn revenue. Once you have a significant audience, you can start charging for subscriptions or go with a freemium revenue model. You will have to add in-app purchases, push notifications and new features regularly into your app and maintain your app.

Developing a dating app by yourself is a high investment process. What if you were told that you could create your own app in an easier way? Create an app without needing to code.

Step 1: Go to www.appypie.com and click on Get Started.
 

Step 2: Enter your business’ name and click Next.

Step 3: In the next menu, choose Dating as your business category.

Step 4: Pick a color scheme. Remember, you can change this later.

Step 5: Before you go ahead with creating your app, you need to choose a platform to test your app on. Don’t worry, your final app will work on multiple platforms. This is just to test your app.

Step 6: Go on ahead and create an account on Appy Pie.

Step 7: Sign up with Appy Pie.

Step 8: Once you sign up, the app maker dashboard will be opened with a barebones app ready. What you need to do now is click on Save & Continue. This is a crucial step.

Step 9: Clicking on Save & Continue will start making a test version of your app. Once it is done, you can download your test app. Our real-time update feature lets you edit an app and have it reflect the changes in the app immediately.

Downloading your test app first allows you to test and create your app simultaneously saving time in the process.

Step 10: After downloading the test app, your dating app dashboard will open. To start editing your app, click on Edit. It will open up your app builder dashboard.

Step 11: Click on View All.

Step 12: In the view all section search for ‘dating’. Click on it to add it to your app.

Step 13: Once you add it, the dating section will open up for you to edit your app. The dating widget is pre-coded and already has a backend code ready-to-use.

However, to enable the chat feature, you need to link your app with a simple Firebase code. Here is a link which shows you how to add your chat-enabled Firebase to your dating app. It takes 5 minutes to do.

We’re actively working on adding a chat feature, but this is an unfortunate compromise you must make for now. However, you will be glad to know that this is completely safe and does not compromise the security and encryption of your app.

Once you have successfully enabled chat, you can move on to setting up your payment and revenue model. To do that, click on Payment Settings.

Step 14: You can either keep your dating app free or have In-App Purchases enabled. Click on the option.

Step 15: The tooltips will guide you on setting up your payment credentials. Once you’ve set up your user subscription plans for both Android and iOS.

Step 16: Next click on the Design icon to open the design page.

Step 17: It will open the design page which you can customize the way you want to. Once you’re done, click on Save & Continue.

Step 18: You can explore the other features of Appy Pie’s app builder. If there are some you like, you can add as per your requirements. Keep testing your app simultaneously to know how the app works and appears to your users. Once you feel satisfied with your app, you can move on to publishing it on the Store of your choice.

Appy Pie’s Dating App Builder is a quick, clean solution to make a dating app. Affordable, customizable and modern, Appy Pie ensures that you get to create the exact app you want without worrying about security, privacy, UI and backend design. Create your no-code dating app today!