eSAFETY GUIDE
Hinge

Hinge

18+
Minimum age according to Hinge
18+ Minimum age according to Hinge

What is Hinge?

Hinge is a dating app designed for people interested in longer term relationships. When creating your profile, you must include six photos or videos. Profiles also feature details such as age, height and religion, but instead of free-form text Hinge features a library of prompt questions. You need to answer three of these questions to complete your profile. These responses can be written or recorded as audio.

When using Hinge’s ‘like’ feature, you can like an individual image, video or answer, not the entire profile. Free users can send up to eight likes per day, which reset daily at 4:00 am local time. In September 2024, Hinge introduced a feature called ‘Your Turn Limits’ – if you have eight or more matches that you haven’t responded to, you won’t be able to like or match with other users until you reply to or unmatch with some of your current matches.

Sending a virtual rose indicates you really like someone’s content. Free users can send a maximum of one rose per week, which resets every Sunday. You can review your likes and roses and then match with that person to begin a conversation – you can only chat with someone once you have matched with them. Hinge is free but in-app purchasing lets you access additional features, such as advanced filtering options, unlimited likes and boosts to display your profile more prominently.

Website: www.hinge.co

Apps: Android app, Apple iOS

How do people use Hinge?

Learn more about the benefits and risks associated with how people use online dating services like Hinge.

Hinge is used for: in-app purchasing, location sharing, messaging/online chat, online dating, online relationships, photo/video sharing and screen capture.

How can you block someone or report online abuse?

These links are provided by Hinge:

How can you protect your personal information?

These links are provided by Hinge:

Key safety links

These links are provided by Hinge:

Social media changes are coming

From 10 December 2025, certain social media platforms won’t be allowed to let Australian children under 16 create or keep an account.

Find out more at eSafety’s social media age restrictions hub.

About The eSafety Guide

The eSafety Guide helps you find out how to protect your personal information and report harmful content on common social media, games, apps and sites. Entries are for information only and are not reviews or endorsements by eSafety. Before choosing to use any online service or platform it’s best to:

  • do your own research to understand the risks and benefits
  • check the age rating and requirements
  • consider privacy
  • check the permissions and other settings
  • check the in-app reporting options.

If you are a parent or carer who is deciding whether a child should be allowed to use an online service or platform, you can also:

  • consider your child's readiness for the types of content and experiences they might encounter
  • help them understand what to do if they need help
  • provide ongoing support and monitoring, for example through regular check-ins with your child
  • agree to some rules about use of each service or platform.

To find out more, you can read the App checklist for parents, as well as information about parental controls in social media, games and apps and mental wellbeing resources for families.