Just Vegan Dating vs Tinder

Tinder is the biggest general dating app there is, and plenty of vegans use it. Since April 2021 it has let you add a Plant-Based interest to your profile. Just Vegan Dating is a dating site where everyone joined because they wanted to meet vegans. The question is not which is bigger, it is how much of your time you want to spend finding the plant-based profiles among everyone else's.

Just Vegan Dating and Tinder at a glance

What you get	Just Vegan Dating	Tinder
Built for	Vegan singles looking to date	Everyone
Finding vegans	Everyone here chose a vegan dating site	A Plant-Based interest tag or your bio
How you meet people	Daily suggestions near you, then messages	Swiping
Age mix	Mostly over 35, more than half 45 or over	Adults of every age
How you use it	Any browser, or as an app on your phone	iPhone and Android app, and a website
Free to start	Yes, with a daily message limit	Yes
ID checks	Free ID and video verification with a badge	Photo verification

Finding vegans on a general app

On a mainstream app your veganism shows up as a tag on your profile or a sentence you write yourself, nothing more. That works if you live somewhere with a lot of vegans and do not mind swiping past many profiles to find them. Searchers type "vegan Tinder" and "Tinder for vegans" for a reason: they want the ease of an app with the filter already applied. On Just Vegan Dating, it is. Every suggestion comes from people who chose a vegan dating site, and the matching then works on distance, age, interests and the kind of relationship you want.

Swiping or a daily shortlist

Tinder is built around fast swiping and a huge pool. Just Vegan Dating sends a fresh set of suggestions each day and leaves the first message to you, which suits people who would rather read a profile than judge a photo in a second. Our members also skew older than most apps: more than half are 45 or over, so it is a good fit for vegans over 40 and 50 who feel out of place on a swipe app. More on vegan dating over 50.

Checks and support

Tinder offers photo verification. We go a step further at no cost: a document check or a live video call with a moderator, either of which earns a badge. Every upload is screened, attempts to move you off the site are flagged, and a person answers when you contact support, at any hour. The safety page lists the lot.

Free and paid

Tinder is free to swipe and match, with paid subscriptions on top. Just Vegan Dating costs nothing to join or browse and sends daily matches to free members, who can write a few messages a day; VIP takes the cap away. See the prices page.

Which suits you?

If you want the biggest possible pool and are happy to filter by eye, Tinder has the numbers, and adding the Plant-Based interest helps. If you want to skip straight to people who share your values, with daily matches near you, a slower pace and free ID checks, try Just Vegan Dating. Plenty of people keep both, and both are free to start.

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