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Match Group Americas
For diverse dating segments including single parents, African-American singles, users over 50, and those seeking value-aligned relationships.
Known for
For diverse dating segments including single parents, African-American singles, users over 50, and those seeking value-aligned relationships.
Facilitating intentional connections through a portfolio of niche-specific dating platforms tailored to distinct demographic and psychographic segments.
Target audience
Portfolio
Free 5Last updated
Stir: Single Parent Dating App
v25.04.01
10mo ago
Primary focus
Niche-specific dating and social networking platforms
Scale
indie
Target audience
Diverse dating segments including single parents, African-American singles, users over 50, and those seeking value-aligned relationships.
The publisher maintains an intense development cadence with 24 updates across 5 active apps in the last 6 months, including a major release within the last 10 days.
5 apps analysed
Black People Meet: A black singles dating app to meet singles near you
Match: dating app for singles. Connect with singles & date people near you.
Dating app to match, chat & flirt with people online. Find & meet singles nearby
Thousands of personality questions differentiate from swipe-only discovery
Online dating for people over 50. Match, chat, meet & date singles near you.
Stir: for parents who just happen to be single. Meet like-minded single parents.
Manual profile review process builds platform trust
Distributed across 8 markets, strongest in Asia-Pacific.
Based on 3 of 5 apps with localized market data — more coverage rolling in as scans complete · last scanned .
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Positive apps
0
Neutral / mixed
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Negative apps
20/100
Avg sentiment score
Directly targets the same 'serious relationship' intent for parents, positioning itself as a high-intent alternative to mainstream dating apps.
Strategic outlook coming soon.
What fed this analysis
Tinder maintains the largest market share in the general dating category with a massive user base and high-frequency release cadence that directly competes for OkCupid's casual-to-serious audience.
Bumble captures a significant portion of the dating market by enforcing a female-first messaging dynamic that differentiates it from OkCupid's open-access model.
Hinge positions itself as the 'relationship-first' app, directly challenging OkCupid's goal of finding meaningful connections.
POF serves a similar broad-spectrum audience as OkCupid, focusing on high-volume, accessible dating for a wide demographic.
Targets the same demographic seeking serious, long-term connections, directly competing for the 'single parent' user base looking for stability.
Provides a highly specialized community-focused dating experience that competes for the same demographic's time and attention.
Represents a lifestyle-based niche app that competes for the 'like-minded' audience segment Stir targets.
Focuses on the post-match relationship lifecycle, representing a shift toward long-term retention tools.
High-velocity release cadence (21 updates in 6 months) indicates a major pivot or aggressive feature testing phase.
A very recent market entrant (Dec 2025) attempting to capture the high-end, elite segment of the dating market.
A recent entrant (Dec 2023) showing consistent update velocity in the last six months to improve core matching.
