If your life is too busy to squeeze in the time-consuming intricacies of a longer-term relationship, or you're just looking for a little low-stakes fun tonight, you need a quick, surefire way to find a quality fling. And the great thing is, whether you prefer chatting extensively with your new crush first or a little fantasy in your play, there are diverse options to suit your every whim and desire. Tingle If you're going on vacation and looking to meet singles, free on and is the app for you. Its Teleport feature lets you browse profiles in the city of your choice before you get there, so that you have a hookup buddy on lock before you even get off the plane. Or use the app's Radar feature, which notifies you when you're in close proximity to a potential match. And if you're unsure about taking things offline with a match, Tingle also lets you video and voice chat with matches in real time so you can get to know them better before exchanging digits. Tonight Tonight cuts to the chase. 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You can, however, choose to be hidden from friends, ensuring at least some level of privacy. Get matched with people around you and start a chat, where you can send messages that disappear after being viewed. Plenty Of Fish As one of the oldest dating services out there, boasts user base with 90 million users as of last year. Once If you're tired of incessant swiping, Once free for might be up your alley. The app's matchmakers will pick matches they think you'll like and send you a handpicked few everyday at noon. You take it from there. If you want to give the matchmaker a clue about who really gets you excited you can pair your Fitbit with the app — a heartbeat spike indicates your interest. Casualx For those who feel like they encounter too many relationship-minded people on Tinder, is billing itself as the answer. 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Meet someone in a group that you want to chat one-on-one? Just reach out to get the conversation started. The app lets you swipe for a match in typical Tinder fashion, but also gives you the option of having it set up a date for you, taking out all the annoying, never-ending messages. You can also filter by relationship intention or pick one of the in-person mixers that other app members have indicated they're going to. Hook Up Dating Hook Up Dating calls it like it is. Whim Don't feel like texting back and forth? Whim free on is the answer: The app gets rid of the kind of endless communication that can go on for days. Just create a profile and enter which days that week are good for you. When you match with a potential date, Whim will pick a time and place that works for both of you. All you have to do is show up — no messaging required. Zipskee is something most women should try at least once. But if you're also looking for some action, you may want some help meeting the local flavors — and for that you need a local. While this isn't a dating app, Zipskee free on will pair you with a local guide on your trip to show you around. Your male or female guide should know the spots you should hit so you can meet someone worthwhile while you're in town. Stud Or Dud Despite its name, this app actually has nothing to do with sorting potential dates based on physical attractiveness. If you want to make sure the bae you're hooking up with doesn't have a shady past, you can use Stud or Dud free on to quickly look up publicly available information about their identity. The app can show you whether they have a job, whether they're married, and whether they've been to court for various issues. If you're paranoid the guy you just met might be an axe murderer, this app should help you rest easy. Mimitate Want to keep it casual and just Netflix and chill? That is what Mimitate free on and is all about. Heres' how it works: Guys take a selfie of themselves and share what they're watching on Netflix. Ladies, if you're interested, respond back with a selfie imitating their face, and if you're down for that title. From there, you can meet up to watch the show…or just have it on in the background. Down Down free on and serves you up 10 local matches each day based on your location. If you're looking for a date, you can specify that, and if you're just looking to get down, well, you can specify that, too. The app boasts more than four million users globally, so hopefully you'll find someone worth your time — and ready to get down. And if you're looking to find a hookup for tonight, tomorrow, or this weekend, let's be real, you've probably got a few choice photos that show off your bits. If you've got a partner you constantly sext with, you can keep both of your photos locked up in here, only accessible when you both enter your passcodes. And your photos aren't just stored behind two passcodes — they're also encrypted. Happn You and a cutie on the subway locked eyes for a smoldering second before you had to run off and catch the express. Fret not; you may be able to find him or her on free on iOS, Android, and Windows Phone. In this app, you can browse singles and see how many times you've crossed paths and where. It's a bit like Craigslist's Missed Connections, but way less desperate-sounding. This chatting app for hetero singles uses your location to find matches near you. With 200 million users, there are a lot of potential matches to be made for no-strings-attached fun — and its bevy of male users and chatting you up. All you have to do to get started with the app is upload a selfie. The app initiates a one-hour chat limit in order to eliminate annoying noncommittal conversations that drag on and on. You can pay for a monthly subscription if you start using Whiplr a lot, but its initial free search and chatting preferences are decently robust, including starting up to 10 chat sessions a day, browsing 100 profiles at a time, and swiping through 25 profiles a day. Her Her free on is a dating and social network app exclusively for lesbian and queer women. It also includes more of a community, with a timeline on your profile for sharing photos and comments, and it serves up links and articles relating to lesbian news and culture. Several early users of Her the app were surprised by the number of bisexual, queer, and lesbian women in their community. The app has made more than 6 billion matches so far. You may even match up with someone famous — the app recently introduced verified profiles for celebs and public figures. OKCupid also has an Apple Watch app that can show you matches who are nearby. Badoo works kind of like Happn — you have the option to start chatting with people nearby and people you've bumped into — but its user base is reportedly bigger than Tinder, Happn, and OkCupid combined. This means you have more luck finding instant love at the club or coffee shop on the app than you do anywhere else, especially if you're traveling abroad. Badoo also recently acquired Lulu, a similar see-who's-nearby app, boosting its user base. You select your interests, for example, going to raves, and see people within a mile radius who share similar points of amusement. You know what it means, we know what it means — everyone knows what it means. Make plans to see the new romantic comedy, or hit up the free outdoor concert nearby. Veat Miss the good old days when you would meet people in person and actually hear their voices right off the bat? The app makes your swipes that much more more real. Instead of photos, each person uploads seven-second video profiles. Yes, they're short, but the recordings give you a better sense of someone's mannerisms and tone. Use the app for finding friends, planning dates, or making a match for a one-night stand. Pheramor This dating app is a little out there: it makes matches based on DNA. After you sign up for , you get a kit, swab your cheek, send it in. The company then analyzes 11 genes linked to attraction, along with social media profiles and interests, to match their users. Pheramor says it's the first ever U. The science , but it's certainly a fun way to meet people.