Alternative to PositiveSingles
Choose the support that fits you.
PositiveSingles offers an STI-focused dating and support community, where shared experience matters. If you'd also like to explore personal matchmaking, give Known a look. Tell us about your life and what you're hoping for in a relationship. We get to know you, make an introduction, and help with the date when you both want to meet.
This is genuinely one of a kind. Went on a great date through the platform and enjoyed the entire experience
Love that there is finally a dating app without swiping!
Seriously this is the only app that doesn’t waste your time. Been on 2 dates so far and I just deleted hinge bc it doesn’t feel worth it anymore. Ty Known🩷
How is Known different?
Ready for something beyond an inbox?
Meet people looking for what you are
Known is a community of intentional daters who are ready for a real relationship. Whether you’re newly single, divorced, have been dating for a while, or simply ready to find your person - our matchmaker gets to know you and what you’re looking for so we can find the same in the people we introduce you to.
Want a date that fits your life?
Your preferences matter.
Your match, preferences, and availability help shape the date. Known looks for a place that fits, not just somewhere to meet.
Can someone else handle the planning?
We make the date happen
When you and your match are ready to meet, Known finds a time that works for both of you, picks a spot nearby, books the reservation, and sends you the details. We take care of everything so you don’t have to.
More than a questionnaire?
Meet someone chosen for you
There’s a lot about you that could never fit into a dating profile. At Known, we get to know all the little things that make you, you - your quirks, values, aspirations, and what you’re looking for in a relationship. We do the same with your potential matches, so we can introduce you to someone we believe you’ll have real compatibility with.
Do you want to browse, or be introduced?
Dating that cares about your time
Known is searching for your match every day, so you don’t have to spend hours swiping or checking for someone new. When we find someone you want to meet, we plan the date and send you the details. You just have to show up.
What will it feel like in person?
Skip the pen-pal phase
We believe chemistry is best discovered in person, not over a screen. Known skips the endless small talk and conversations that go nowhere, so you can see if there’s a spark in person. Once you both say yes to an introduction, Known finds a time that works and plans the date. Save the real getting-to-know-you part for when you meet.
Known vs PositiveSingles
The starting point
PositiveSingles offers a dating and support community for people living with STIs.
Known starts with a conversation about your values, preferences and relationship goals.
Getting to know someone
Shared experience and peer understanding are central to its positioning; Known is not a specialist health-support community.
When both people want to meet, Known helps plan the date and its practical details.
Your phone
PositiveSingles has a US iOS App Store listing. Check the publisher’s current availability before choosing it for a different device.
Known is available on iOS and Android, so you can choose the same matchmaking service on either phone.
This is the real deal- finally a proper dating app with no endless swiping
i actually liked how they took care of picking the whole date place for me.
Loved the onboarding process and hoping that this will shake up my dating experience!
How Known Works
A little more personal.
Swipeless dating.
You don't browse people. You're introduced to them.
Known starts by getting to know you. Not just your profile, but how you think, what you value, and who you're drawn to.
From there, we introduce you to one person at a time. Someone chosen with intention. Someone worth meeting.
No endless options. No small talk.
If there's mutual interest, we set the date. Time, place, everything handled. All you have to do is show up.
It gets better over time.
After each date, Known learns. What felt right. What didn't. What surprised you.
So every introduction becomes more accurate. More natural. More you.
Less searching. More knowing.
Some of our favorite places
Where Known dates take place
Lower Haight / San Francisco
Cafe Réveille
Réveille’s Steiner Street café puts specialty coffee and an all-day selection of salads and sandwiches within reach of Duboce Park. The minimalist corner space makes a useful meeting point for a daytime date: begin with coffee, then choose between something to eat and a walk.
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Downtown / San Diego
Coronado Ferry
Skip the bridge and make getting to Coronado part of the date. The ferry ride from downtown takes about 15 minutes, with views of the bay and skyline along the way.
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Jackson Square / San Francisco
Cassava San Francisco
Cassava is now a daytime Japanese-Californian café in Jackson Square, tucked into the courtyard at One Jackson Place. Meet for matcha beneath the palms, then stay for a bento or a sando if neither of you is in a hurry.
Go on a date here with KnownA few possibilities from our venue library. Your date’s location depends on your match, preferences, and availability.
Your pocket matchmaker
Less searching.
More knowing.
A conversation. An introduction. A date worth getting ready for.
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