13 dating sites compared with Blacklight privacy scans. Tinder has 0 trackers and 0 cookies — here's how alternatives compare.
Tinder scores 7.4/10 in our review — solid, though room for improvement exists. Sniffies at 7.2/10 closely matches it overall. The privacy picture is where things get interesting: Tinder runs 0 trackers, and drops 0 cookies. Below you'll find every dating site we've reviewed with Blacklight scan data, ranked by overall quality. No opinions on trackers — just the numbers.
| # | Site | Score | Trackers | Cookies | Fingerprint | VT | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SniffiesTOP PICK | 7.2 | 2 | 0 | ✓ No | 0/94 | Free–$19.99/mo | Review → |
| 2 | FetLife | 7 | 0 | 0 | ⚠️ Yes | 0/94 | Free (optional supporter donations) | Review → |
| 3 | Feeld | 6.8 | 1 | 0 | ✓ No | 0/94 | Free / $29.99/mo Majestic / $149.99/yr | Review → |
| 4 | Bumble | 6.2 | 7 | 11 | ✓ No | 0/94 | $17–$40+/mo | Review → |
| 5 | Grindr | 6 | 1 | 0 | ✓ No | 0/94 | Free / $22.99/mo XTRA / $44.99/mo Unlimited | Review → |
| 6 | Adam4Adam | 5.8 | 1 | 7 | ✓ No | 0/94 | Free–$30/mo | Review → |
| 7 | Ashley Madison | 5.5 | 5 | 7 | ✓ No | 0/94 | Free (women) / credits | Review → |
| 8 | Seeking.com | 5.4 | 11 | 0 | ✓ No | 0/94 | Free basic / ~$100/mo Premium | Review → |
| 9 | Seeking | 5.4 | 11 | 0 | ✓ No | 0/94 | $130–$375/mo | Review → |
| 10 | DoubleList | 5.4 | 7 | 2 | ⚠️ Yes | 0/94 | Free–$20/mo | Review → |
| 11 | AdultFriendFinder | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | ✓ No | — | Free / $20-40/mo Gold | Review → |
| 12 | Secret Benefits | 4.8 | 1 | 0 | ✓ No | 1/94 | $0.29–$0.59/credit | Review → |
| 13 | Alt.com | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | ✓ No | 0/94 | $12.50–$29.95/mo | Review → |
All tracker data from The Markup's Blacklight tool. Scans performed February 2026.
Dating · Free–$19.99/mo · 2 trackers · 0 cookies
Map-based cruising platform for gay, bi, and curious men. 51.8M monthly visits, founded 2018 by Blake Gallagher. 2 trackers, 0 cookies — cleanest dating platform after Tinder's 0/0. Browser-based by design (iOS app launched and removed 2025). Free tier fully functional. $9.99-$19.99/mo Plus.
Dating · Free (optional supporter donations) · 0 trackers · 0 cookies
The world's largest kink social network — 60 million monthly visits, 15-minute average sessions, 18 pages per visit. Numbers that make every other site in this project look like a bounce. Blacklight returned 0 trackers and 0 cookies, which sounds perfect until the fingerprinting flag appears. On a social network where people share BDSM interests under pseudonyms, browser fingerprinting connects their device to their kink identity whether they want that connection or not. Founded by a Concordia software engineer from Montreal who's still running it eighteen years later.
Dating · Free / $29.99/mo Majestic / $149.99/yr · 1 tracker · 0 cookies
The dating app for people who outgrew Tinder's binary swiping — couples, polyamorous, queer, curious, whatever you are. Clean Blacklight at 1 tracker and 0 cookies, gorgeous design, but $30/month for Majestic on an app with a fraction of Grindr's user base is a tough ask.
Sniffies is our highest-rated alternative to Tinder with an overall score of 7.2/10. It has 2 trackers and 0 cookies per our Blacklight scan.
Our Blacklight scan detected 0 third-party trackers and 0 cookies on Tinder. No fingerprinting detected. VirusTotal score: 0/94.
Feeld scores 7/10 on privacy. Blacklight detected 1 tracker and 0 cookies. Among all dating alternatives we've reviewed, Feeld has the cleanest tracking footprint.
Tinder has 0 trackers, 0 cookies, no fingerprinting detected. VirusTotal scan is clean at 0/94. See our full safety report for details.