Meet people who fit your Sydney — not everyone else's.

Why Sydney needs a different kind of dating app

Sydney is a big, spread-out city. A match in Cronulla is a long way from a match in Hornsby, and most dating apps happily show you both. Vely puts distance first: you set how far you are willing to travel, and discovery shows people inside that radius, whether you are in the CBD, the Inner West, the Eastern Suburbs, the Hills or out west in Parramatta and Penrith.

Sydney also has one of the most open-minded dating scenes in Australia, and plenty of couples who want to meet other couples or singles without using an app built for something else. Vely supports both single and joint couple profiles, so couples can be upfront about who they are and singles can choose whether they want to meet singles, couples or both.

Safer first meetings in Sydney

Mutual matching means nobody can message you until you have both liked each other, which cuts out most of the noise people leave other apps over. Block and report are one tap away, every profile is for adults only, and couple profiles can verify their partner. For a first meeting, pick a public spot such as a café in Surry Hills, a walk along the harbour or a bar in Newtown, tell a friend where you are going, and keep the first conversation in the app.