Comparison

Blindmate vs YapHive

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Blindmate

This social dating app lets your friends find matches for you by answering questions and swiping. Singles can chat with matches their friends discover, while friends enjoy an invisible profile as matchmakers. It aims to provide authentic connections through trusted friends.

Highlights
  • Friends answer questions to create profiles
  • Friends swipe and find matches
  • Singles chat with friend-found matches
  • Invisible profile for matchmakers
  • Icebreaker prompts for chats
Features
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Blindmate is the new social dating app where your friends swipe for you and find your matches. Great matches if you're the single, great fun (and an invisible profile) if you're the matchmaker! Are you fed up with dating apps? Then you've come to the right place: - On blindmate, friends answer fun questions about each other. This creates positive and authentic dating profiles. - Friends swipe and find matches for each other as matchmakers. If you are a matchmaker, your profile is invisible. - As a single, you get to chat with the matches your friends find for you - Icebreakers in our chats make it easy and natural to get to know each other. - Trust us and our many happy couples: Friends are absolutely amazing at finding great dates! Blindmate - friends swipe. you match. Privacy: https://blindmate.app/app-privacy-en Terms of use: https://blindmate.app/app-agb-en

About

YapHive

Features
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YapHive is a private place to talk with the people you already know — a team, a club, a family, a training group, a crew. You get in by invitation, and that is the only way in. There are no public rooms, no strangers and no algorithm deciding what you see. HIVES A Hive is a private room. Nothing inside one is visible from outside it, and no Hive can see into another. In each Hive you wear a persona of your own: a name, a picture and a line about you that belong to that Hive alone. The same person can be "Sam" in one Hive and nobody at all in the next. YAPS A Yap is what you post — up to 500 characters, carrying four pictures or a video, a voice note, a poll. Reply to it, react to it, save the ones worth keeping. Address it to the whole Hive, or to a Swarm: a named group inside the Hive, so the five-a-side side of a club never has to mute the rest of it. CALENDAR A Yap can happen at a time. Give it a date and it becomes an event, with Going, Maybe and Can't underneath it and a roster of who answered what. Every event in the Hive lands on a shared calendar you can read by month, by week or by day. CHAT One to one or in a group, with pictures and voice notes, inside the Hive where you know each other. FEEDBACK SWARM Every Hive has a room for saying what's working and what isn't. Opening it puts you in it: you read what everybody else has said and add your own, filed under a category and answered in replies underneath, where it does not sink out of sight. FOR THE PEOPLE WHO RUN ONE Invite codes with a use count and an expiry. A noticeboard with read receipts. Roles, a member directory, and a handover. Reports from members, triaged in the app. QUIET BY DESIGN No advertising. No analytics. No tracking. Nothing about you is sold, because there is nobody to sell it to. YapHive is in English and German, and it follows the language on your account to every device you sign in on. YapHive is invitation-only: you will need a code from a Hive that has asked you to join. Minimum age 16. Privacy policy: https://yaphive.com/privacy Terms of use: https://yaphive.com/terms

Screenshots

Blindmate4 screens
YapHive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: YapHive at none against Blindmate's 8. YapHive also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Blindmate sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $14.00 per month. YapHive asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blindmate ships an update every 9 days, YapHive every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Blindmate versus YapHive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlindmateYapHive
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (185 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings185 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB51 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperBlindMate GmbHVorster Consulting GmbH

Bugs and requests

Blindmate

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional typos and grammatical errors
  • Location settings can be difficult to navigate

Requested features

7 requests
  • More filter options (e.g., for polyamorous users)
  • More precise location settings and distance options
  • Ability to filter by desired relationship type (e.g., serious, friendship)
  • Option to see compatibility score as a matchmaker later (premium)
  • Indication of when a person was last online
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  • System theme adjustment instead of default light mode
  • Features to prevent ghosting

YapHive

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Blindmate

Subscriptions5
  • Team Bundle$14.001 Month
  • Crew Bundle$14.001 Month
  • Team Bundle2 variants$18.001 Month
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  • Team Bundle2 variants$25.001 Month
  • Team Bundle$35.001 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$69.00
None

YapHive

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Blindmate free?
Blindmate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is YapHive free?
YapHive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Blindmate or YapHive have ads?
Neither Blindmate nor YapHive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blindmate or YapHive?
Blindmate ships an update every 9 days, and YapHive every 3 days. Most recently, Blindmate was updated on November 7, 2026 and YapHive on October 31, 2026.

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