It’s understandable if you’re sick of online dating. You can hardly be blamed for being bored of endless swiping or cheesy chat up lines that lead to meaningless online conversations. In a year so heavily dependent on the online, you’re probably sick of even your love life being forced onto a screen.

Thanks to the pandemic, we’ve reached a dating plateau, but don’t let your love life suffer because of it.

Enter Inner Circle, the app that’s doing things completely differently. They’ve flipped online dating on it’s head and rather than coaxing you into hours of swiping and chatting, encourages offline meet-ups as quickly as possible.

It may sound weird, but right from when you set up your profile you’re prepared for offline meet-ups. By manually verifying each new member, the app makes sure that no one is worried about being catfished or tricked by any other users. Everyone is genuinely who they say they are and their pictures are up to date. It means finding that person on your first date is as easy as possible.

What’s also unique is the ‘spots’ feature. This is a list of venues that have been tried and tested for first dates. It means setting up a date is effortless, and there’s also an option to check out your favourite places and see who else likes to go there, so if venues are open you can skip the chatting and ask to meet. Another genius shortcut to IRL.

Most impressive were the Inner Circle dating events. Hosted in cities all over the world, they threw underground house parties, rooftop cocktail classes and even festivals. The pandemic has meant these have gone on hold, but with the news of a vaccine on the way, there’s reason to get excited again.

Without the events, Inner Circle turned their attention to creating a dating app with a unique UX. Expect well filled out profiles, and in-app features that mean starting conversations is easier than ever. You also won’t be tricked by anyone as they have actual people searching the app looking for fakes and scammers.

Sure, the world is real right now, but let’s turn what used to be party season into partner season and start dating again.

What have you got to lose? Sign up to Inner Circle here.