Love It or Leave It?

Well, this is awkward. Nothing moved. Not a single app budged from last week's rankings — no dramatic rises, no spectacular crashes, just eleven dating platforms locked in a holding pattern like they're all waiting for someone else to text first. EliteSingles remains untouchable at 92/100, while OkCupid languishes at 58.4, and everyone else is content to hold their ground. It's the dating app equivalent of that moment when both people reach for the bill simultaneously.

But here's what's actually interesting: there's a massive credibility gap between our reviews and the raw scores. Match.com scores 66.9 overall but we gave it 9.4/10 — our reviewers think it's brilliant, but something (probably user experience, pricing, or that creeping sense of navigating the 2003 web) drags the number down. Same story with eHarmony: we rated it 9.8/10 but it's stuck at 64.9. Meanwhile, Hinge has the best App Store rating (4.3/5) but scores just 79.1 overall. The moral: app store ratings don't tell the whole story, and neither do our reviews alone. You need both.

If you're downloading this weekend, stick with EliteSingles or SilverSingles (both rock-solid, if you can afford them), or try Bumble if you want something with better UX and lower stakes. Avoid the bottom of the barrel — OkCupid at 58.4 and OurTime at 62.3 are where good dating potential goes to die, quietly, without matches.