A dating app in India, built around conversation

Searching for a dating app in India usually means choosing between big global apps and a handful of Indian ones. The global apps were designed elsewhere, and it sometimes shows: English-only interfaces, card-only payments and an assumption that everyone lives alone in a big city. Titli was built in India, by GenZ Philam Entertainment in Noida, for adults who want to meet new people on video in a way that fits life here.

Honesty first: Titli is listed in the Social category on Google Play, not Dating. It is a live video chat app for meeting new people. Many adults in India use it for video dating, which simply means getting to know someone face to face on a call before anything else.

Titli is only for adults aged 18 and over (see our Terms).

Built for how India talks

Your language, not just English

Titli works in nine languages: English, Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Gujarati, Urdu and Arabic. You choose on the very first screen. On calls, you can speak whatever language you and the other person share, and incoming chat messages can be auto-translated into your language. That matters when a conversation starts in Hinglish and the other person replies in Bengali. Read more on our Indian languages page.

Payments that work here

Calls are billed per minute in coins to the man (a woman pays only when she calls a man directly from his profile), and coins are bought inside the app with UPI, cards or netbanking through secure payment gateways. No international card needed.

Sign-in with a phone number

You can sign in with a one-time password sent by SMS to your Indian mobile number, or with Google. Your number is never shown to people you talk to. Because every account is tied to a phone or Google sign-in, people who are removed for breaking the rules cannot simply come back a minute later.

Made for real-life privacy

Lots of adults in India share a home with family or flatmates. Video calls on Titli work fine with earphones in a quiet corner, and you control your mic and camera throughout. If you are not ready for video, audio rooms let you hang out on mic seats without a camera.

How meeting people works

There are two main routes:

1. Match. Tap Tap to connect and Match connects you with a member of the opposite gender at random for a 1-on-1 video call. You can set interests to match on, like cricket, films, music or travel. There are no age or location filters, and Match calls are billed per minute to the man.
2. Explore. Browse the Popular and New lists, filter by country (it starts on India) and search. Open a profile to message or call.

Because there is no distance filter, you will meet people from all over the country. Many users enjoy that: a conversation between someone in Guwahati and someone in Kochi can be far more interesting than talking to someone two streets away.

Dating in Indian cities

Titli does not filter by city, but the way people date does change from place to place: the languages they speak, when they finish work and how they spend weekends. We have written separate guides for seven cities:

• Dating app for Mumbai: long commutes and late evenings.
• Dating app for Delhi: Hindi-first conversations and busy schedules.
• Dating app for Bangalore: a mix of Kannada, English, Tamil and Telugu.
• Dating app for Hyderabad: Telugu, Urdu and Hindi in one city.
• Dating app for Chennai: talking in Tamil, comfortably.
• Dating app for Kolkata: Bengali conversation at its best.
• Dating app for Ahmedabad: Gujarati, and a quieter pace.

Safety for dating in India

Online dating in India comes with its own risks, including scams that start with friendly chats and move quickly to requests for money. Titli has several layers of protection:

• Block or report anyone from their profile or chat. Reasons include harassment, nudity, fake profile, spam and underage user.
• Call moderation. Still snapshots may be captured during video calls and reviewed by moderation for safety, with an on-screen indicator and consent at sign-up.
• Written rules. Our Community Guidelines ban explicit content, harassment, hate speech and scams. They also say not to ask for or offer money, payment or meetings outside the app.

Our guide on how to stay safe on dating apps in India has a practical checklist, and if you are worried about fraud, read about romance scams in India. If you are ever threatened or defrauded, you can also report it at the government's National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal or call the cyber crime helpline 1930.

Titli compared with other Indian dating apps

India has several homegrown dating apps, such as TrulyMadly, Aisle and QuackQuack. They are built around profiles and matching. Titli is built around live video. We have written fair comparisons, including when the other app is the better choice: see the TrulyMadly comparison and the full compare hub.

Who Titli suits in India

• People who would rather talk than text.
• People more comfortable in Hindi or another Indian language than in English.
• People who enjoy meeting someone from another state.
• People who like group spaces too: live streams and audio rooms.

If you specifically want to meet people within a few kilometres, a dating app with a distance filter is a better fit.

Frequently asked questions