Heat Up is a dating network that puts users in contact with people from all over the world who share their tastes and hobbies. With rules that are much laxer than similar apps when it comes to initiating conversations with profiles that might interest you, and an interesting social network feature that lets you share your photos, thoughts and videos, Heat Up is a good alternative to the increasingly restrictive and monetization-oriented dating apps.

Using Heat Up is pretty similar to using any other social network: from the explore menu, you can view the profiles of the most popular users, those closest to you and those who you have the most in common with. From these profiles, not only can you explore the user's latest activity, but you can also start conversations directly without needing the classic mutual 'like' or 'match'.