Is it possible to build a Tinder clone with no-code?
Hi,
I wanted to build an app similar to Tinder, with the swiping feature and all of that. Does anyone know if there is any way to build it with no-code?
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Hi,
I wanted to build an app similar to Tinder, with the swiping feature and all of that. Does anyone know if there is any way to build it with no-code?
Yes! I made a full tutorial on how to build an app like Tinder using Glide: https://www.nocode.mba/courses/tinder
Thank you! I will check it out
Are you able to publish the app to IOS or Android? I thought that wasn't easy and maybe only a couple people have in the past.
You can't currently publish to the app store using Glide, though I think you will be able to in the future.
@marcobrito There's a few video on YouTube about building a Tinder-ish clone via Glide :)
Would be awesome to exchange opinions on nocode, let's chat on Twitter
thanks, @felix12777. I will check it out. I don't use Twitter that much, but feel free to connect on Linkedin if you want, link on profile
Others will answer the 'no-code' part, but I want to give heads-up regarding building dating apps in general.
I had privacy focussed chat-app-network dating platform(i.e. Messenger<->Viber<->Telegram<->Line App) in my former startup, which was accelerated by Facebook(I know, it's ironical but the image of Facebook then was not it is now).
The foremost problem to crack would be 'Chicken-and-Egg' which plagues any network based product and dating apps especially(There was even a YC application question specifically for this).
i.e. Users would expect matches of their preference as soon as they install the app, but they would get a match only when there are other users matching their preference in the first place.
So, I would recommend targeting very small area when you start e.g. A city or a portion of the city (if it is a large city) and monitoring the chicken-and-egg problem carefully.
Also, don't assume online ads can fix that,
I had a competitor, who put International Facebook Ads without targeting for their dating platform, soon majority of females where from country X, males where from country Y and they were too late to fix it; they eventually moved to the country X and made the app specific to that region(which was a wise decision).
Hi, @Abishek_Muthian! Thanks for such a thorough answer :)
Honestly, the idea is not really for a dating app. I want to take the principles used by Tinder and apply it to the “intellectual dark web”, as they call it, and help people develop meaningful conversations. I will explain it in a later post here on IH and hopefully will get feedback from the community.
It is then, basically, a community building app, but, in this case, a community of two. However, the way I thought of making this happen would be similar to Tinder, tech-wise. Your points will still be valid, tho, and I will def keep them in mind!
Thanks a lot.
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You're welcome and you are right; Chicken-and-egg applies to all network based platforms.
There isn't many (if at all) no code tools in the mobile world yet. So unless you plan on doing this on the web, I believe you are out of luck.
Thanks @shanefromfargo. So I’ve thought, mate. :(
Check out https://www.adalo.com/ for no/low-code mobile app building. At the non-free pricing tiers you can publish to the app stores. I don't know the final form of the app (whether it is sort of an html app running in a shell, or whether it actually puts together native components ala react-native), but I did prototype out a copy of a real native app we made, and was able to complete it 100%.
This is a pretty good FAQ of capabilities: https://help.adalo.com/resources/what-can-adalo-do
plus 1 for Adalo, they have the swiper component for you to to build something similar to Tinder.
thanks, @Edwardmsmith and @knight! I will check Adalo as well :)
Hi Marco, sure. You can follow https://bubble.io/blog/build-no-code-tinder-clone/ and it should have the swiping feature, too.
Thanks, @darou. Bubble is for web apps, and I’m looking to build a mobile application. Thanks anyways!
I did not try, other users claim that with https://jasonette.com/ you could do the native app if you have a bubble.io website ( https://forum.bubble.io/t/convert-bubble-apps-to-mobile-application/37122/4 ).
yeah but that seems like double work to have to create a web app to then convert it to a mobile. plus, it would never be the same native experience if was not built for that in the first place. Thanks!