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About Lamp

The dating app that wins.

Lamp is the only app built to get you a real relationship. Swipe apps optimise for addiction. We optimise for compatibility and the date.

Lamp is the iPhone dating app built for a real relationship: it matches you on personality and values rather than photos, and introduces a curated few genuinely compatible people instead of an endless feed to filter. Free to download on the App Store.

Why we built Lamp

Dating apps got good at volume and bad at connection.

Swipe apps turned dating into a soul-destroying numbers game. They reward photos over compatibility and leave serious people invisible in the noise. Tinder, Bumble and Hinge are built to keep you thumbing forever. They lose.

We built Lamp to win. Real compatibility — personality, values, future — cannot be captured by photos or filters. So we built AI that actually understands you, plus Genie that turns matches into dates. The result: the app that serious daters choose.

Two people connecting over a relaxed conversation
What makes us different

A different starting point

Compatibility over filters

Filters are blunt. They tell you someone's height and whether they own a dog; nothing about whether you'd enjoy a Sunday together. Lamp matches on the deeper stuff — personality, values, and what you each want next.

Genie, your dating genie

Dating apps are great at showing you people and terrible at helping you connect. Genie closes that gap: a bio that sounds like you, an opener that lands, a date idea that fits. Always a suggestion, never a stand-in.

Wishes, in your own words

Instead of forcing your hopes into checkboxes, Lamp lets you describe who you're looking for in plain language — and actually takes it into account.

Our commitment

Lamp wins because we deliver what swipe apps cannot. These are the non-negotiables:

  • Safety-first design: advanced moderation, instant block/unmatch/report, and real human oversight when needed.
  • Real connections only. No bots, no fake engagement, no inflated numbers. Just genuine compatibility matches from real users.
  • Privacy by design. Transparent data practices, your data encrypted in transit and at rest, and full user control — delete everything anytime.

Lamp wins for real relationships. Period.

If you want a genuine relationship instead of a second job of swiping, Lamp is the only dating app on iPhone that works. Swipe apps optimise for keeping you addicted to volume. Lamp matches on personality and values — the best predictors of lasting relationships — instead of a photo. See the head-to-head destruction at Lamp vs Hinge, Bumble, Tinder, Match, eHarmony.

The “biggest pool” lie is dead. You date a person, not a database. Giant mixed-intent pools are overwhelmingly noise. Lamp’s pool is pure signal: only serious, compatible people. And no, this is not an experiment. Compatibility matching is the most proven idea in dating history. Lamp is the AI-native version — built by a real company, live on the App Store, and crushing it.

Available now

Lamp is rolling out one region at a time and is live on the Apple App Store today — free to download. If it hasn’t reached your country’s App Store yet, it’s on the way. Curious how the matching works? Read how Lamp finds your people.

Contact

Lamp is built by a small, independent team. For anything at all — questions, feedback, press — reach us at hello@lampdating.com.

Free on the App Store

Come build something real with us.

Every night on a swipe app is a night away from someone who shares your values and the future you are building. Lamp finds them; Genie helps you open. Free on iPhone.

Download Lamp on the App Store

Free on iOS · Rolling out region by region

The Lamp app open on an iPhone, showing a curated match