You’re seeking a fellow Christian single and want to know what the best Christian dating apps are. We’ve got you covered. Instead of the usual list of “Christian” dating apps you’ll find listed on other review websites (sorry but Match, eHarmony, Tinder, Bumble, Hinge and Zoosk are not Christian dating apps), this list includes only apps that are Christian-specific. That means the singles on these apps share your Christian faith and profile questions cater to the Christian faith.
Considering that different dating apps work for different people (and, yes, some find no success with any of them), we can’t say for sure what the absolute “best” Christian dating app is for you, but we hope to help you narrow down your list of dating apps to try.
Criteria
To be part of our short list, the app must be:
- Christian-specific (created solely for Christians to match)
- available for both iOS (Apple) and Android
- legitimate (for example, not inundated with fake reviews in an attempt to get people to try them)
Apps could be stand-alone apps (and thus operate much like a typical dating app) or an app version of a dating site (and thus operate much like a typical dating site). A lot of times, stand-alone apps rely on swipe-matching (and communicating only with mutual matches), while dating site apps follow a more traditional approach of matching and communication (identical to the websites).
The best Christian dating apps
The best Christian dating apps, in our opinion, are listed below. While we provide a ranking, keep in mind that different apps work for different people. If you’re serious about finding a compatible Christian single, all of the apps listed below are worthy of at least creating a profile on (which you can do free of charge), and looking around to see if anyone interests you.
| Ranking | Christian dating app | App only? | Free or paid? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upward Visit  | app only | free (pay for premium features) |
| 2 | Christian Dating For Free Visit | website and app | free (pay for premium features) |
| 3 | Christian Mingle Visit | website and app | paid |
| 4 | Crosspaths Visit | app only | free (pay for premium features) |
| 5 | Christian Connection Visit | website and app | paid |
| 6 | ChristianCafe.com Visit | website and app | paid |
How did we come up with that ranking? We looked at the following criteria:
User rating
When looking at ratings, consider that these can be manipulated somewhat – and that people will poorly rate some of these apps simply because they are not free. That said, a consistently poorly rated app likely is something to take note of. One thing we suggest is to sort app ratings/comments by most recent. Read a few screens of the most recent reviews and you should be able to tell fairly quickly whether the reviews are fake or legitimate.
All that said, below are how the best Christian dating apps rank in terms of user ratings. Ratings shown summarize ratings from the App Store (US & Canada) and Google Play.
| Christian dating app | Average user rating |
|---|---|
| Christian Dating For Free | 4/5 |
| Upward | 4/5 |
| Crosspaths | 4/5 |
| Christian Connection | 3/5 |
| ChristianCafe.com | 3/5 |
| Christian Mingle | 3/5 |
Number of reviews and installs
Looking at the number of reviews and installs isn’t perfect in terms of determining app activity, but it can provide some insight on how busy they are. The approximate number of reviews (iOS and Google Play) and installs (Google Play) are listed below.
| Christian dating app | Number of reviews | Number of installs |
|---|---|---|
| Christian Mingle | 30,000+ | over 1,000,000 |
| Upward | 60,000+ | over 500,000 |
| Christian Dating For Free | 30,000+ | over 1,000,000 |
| Crosspaths | 3,500+ | over 100,000 |
| Christian Connection | 700+ | over 100,000 |
| ChristianCafe.com | almost 200 | over 50,000 |
App last updated
A good measure of how well a dating app functions, and how much the dating service is dedicated to it, can be determined by how often it’s updated. Granted our chart below picked a point in time, but it still sheds light on the quality of the app.
| Christian dating app | Last updated Google Play | Last updated iOS/Apple |
|---|---|---|
| Christian Dating For Free | less than a month ago | less than a month ago |
| Upward | less than a month ago | less than a month ago |
| Christian Connection | less than 4 months ago | less than 5 months ago |
| Christian Mingle | less than 7 months ago | less than 5 months ago |
| Crosspaths | less than 9 months ago | less than 9 months ago |
| ChristianCafe.com | well over a year ago | almost 2 years ago |
App searches
Another way to evaluate the popularity of a dating app is the number of searches the app gets in Google Play. Below are the findings for branded searches (searches for the specific app by name) within Google Play. The more traditional Christian dating services lead the way, for the most part.
| Christian dating app | Monthly searches (relative) |
|---|---|
| Christian Mingle | 210 |
| Christian Dating For Free | 180 |
| ChristianCafe.com | 100 |
| Upward | 70 |
| Crosspaths | 40 |
| Christian Connection | 30 |
Your reviews
Have you used any of these Christian dating apps? Please comment below to add your thoughts to this review. Thanks!