Vinylly is a niche dating app that only links users based on musical affinity.
The platform, which debuted in October 2019, uses a user’s musical DNA as the main matching factor in place of the conventional superficial bios and swiping.
Rachel Van Nortwick, a marketing expert and lifelong music lover who has seen more than 500 concerts, established Vinylly in Phoenix, Arizona.
She developed a matchmaking mobile app to emphasize musical affinity as a deeper basis for interactions after being inspired by the “meaningless connections” she saw on conventional swiping apps.
Turn Up is a social networking and matchmaking app that connects people based on their “musical DNA” and focuses on music.
Through similar likes in musicians, genres, and music, users can find platonic friends or romantic relationships.
A team focused on music-based social discovery created Turn Up, which is currently run under the developer name Dately, a French startup.
It was developed with the goal of bridging the gap between conventional dating apps and social discovery by utilizing “musical DNA” to help find platonic concert-going friends as well as love matches.
