Category: Whim

10 Little-Known Dating Apps To Watch

Posted on October 30, 2017

FORBES – Oct 27 –

  1. Hily – An AI-powered all-around dating app which emphasizes safety and quality of user experience.
  2. Rebound – An anonymous service made for local and on-demand speed dating.
  3. Appetence – The world's first "slow dating" app. The more people chat with a particular person, the more of his or her profile they get to unlock.
  4. Spin the Bottle – It lets users spin the bottle amongst their local potential dates and when it stops they get a 30-second video chat with another person.
  5. Whisperr – Users talk about themselves in their own voice before meeting each other.
  6. OH BOY / OH GIRL – Two separate apps for the same online events platform.
  7. Vouch – It allows friends and most trusted people to make matches on users' behalf.
  8. Hater – It connects people based on shared dislikes.
  9. Whim – The app cuts to the chase and all users need to do is set a date and traits of the person they would love to meet.
  10. Splish – A Q&A dating game which makes the conversation flow.

by Thomas Laurinavicius
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Tonight Is A New Dating App Optimized For Real Dates

Posted on October 27, 2017

Tonight screenshotTECH CRUNCH – Oct 26 – When Whim launched two years ago, it was based on enabling real dates, rather than chatting. But there was one problem: Whim asked users to identify the days in a given week when they'd be free for dates. "Planning ahead was hard for people," said Founder and CEO Eve Peters. So after raising money through equity crowdfunding, Peters and her team have launched a new iOS app called Tonight. The app preserves the most distinctive part of Whim – as soon as two people show interest in each other, the app tries to set them up on a date, no messaging required. With Tonight, users are no longer scheduling those dates ahead of time. Instead, they sign on when they're free for a date that very evening. They will need to sign in by 6pm. In addition, they get penalized for flaking out, and they're eventually removed if they keep doing it.

by Anthony Ha
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Is On-Demand Dating A Tinder Killer

Posted on August 22, 2015

On demand datingMASHABLE – Aug 18 – Clover, Whim, Pure and HowAboutWe's Tonight app offer on-demand functions which cut to the chase so users can aggressively get on each others' calendars. Clover just closed $2M in funding (bringing total investment to $4M). Close behind Clover is upstart Whim, which launched in LA in 2014. Markedly different from Whim and Clover is the unabashedly more hookup-focused Pure, which is so radical and in-the-moment in its "demand" nature, that there are actually no profiles or Facebook integration. Having raised 10 times less investment capital than Clover ($400K versus $4M), Pure is already cash-positive.

by Mandy Stadtmiller
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Whim Dating App Skips Messaging And Goes Straight To The Date

Posted on August 20, 2015

Whim logoFORTUNE – Aug 19 – Whim, a new dating app from OKCupid alum Eve Peters, wants to get users face-to-face faster. Instead of just swiping and chatting, the app sets up actual, face-to-face dates. Users plug in when they’re free, who they like on the app, and when Whim finds two mutually interested daters, it arranges the meet.

by Jaclyn Peiser
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Whim Dating App Sets Up Dates Quickly

Posted on January 29, 2015

Whim headerLA TIMES – Jan 28 – Eve Peters, the former product lead at OKCupid Labs, launched Whim, a dating app that takes people offline as soon as possible. If two people are interested in each other (both swipe right), they're going on a date. They tell the app when they're available, and it'll tell them when and where they're meeting. Whim will launch as a subscription service priced from $12 to $30 a month. Clover, another dating app, recently added On-Demand Dating, similar to what Whim has planned.

by Tracey Lien
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The Latest Trend: Skipping The Chat And Going On A Date

Posted on November 18, 2014

Whim screenshotsVENTURE BEAT – Nov 16 – A couple of new and upcoming dating apps, including Whim and Clover, are cutting out the chit-chat and taking users straight to the dates. Whim was founded by an Okcupid Labs alumna, Eve Peters. The app hasn’t launched yet (beta-tested in LA in the summer). It will serve up potential dates based on mutual availability, location, and a few other preferences that users can reject or accept. Once a date is mutually set, Whim tells both users when and where the date will take place. Clover launched in the spring and is now adding “on-demand dating", a feature similar to Whim.

by Kia Kokalitcheva
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