Consumer Corner: Managing the cost of dates as the use of dating apps falls

"You want a rich man? That’ll be an extra €20 a month on your subscription. OK, maybe they don’t work quite like that, but the dating world can be expensive, for both online and offline."

The number of UK adults who were using dating apps in May was 2.9m, down from 3.2m a year before. Picture: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

News broke recently that people in search of love are using dating apps less often. 

The apps had rapidly become popular in the past decade or so as people moved from clubs to computers as a way of meeting a partner.