A movie-matching app that works on both iPhone and Android matters more than it sounds, because the single most common reason a couple gives up on one isn't a bad recommendation. It's that one partner's phone can't talk to the other's at all.
What's My Next works the same way on iPhone and Android, and matching between the two platforms works exactly as it should: you each swipe on your own phone, on whichever operating system it runs, and a match is a match regardless of which app store you downloaded from.
Matched, one of the better-known apps in this space, has this exact problem according to its own users. A one-star App Store review puts it plainly.
The same reviewer adds that the app hasn't seen an update in a long time, which matters here: a cross-platform bug does not fix itself. As of writing, Matched's last update was in November 2024, nearly two years ago.
“my partner uses Android and we are unable to match... sad to see that the last update was a year ago”1-star App Store review, Matched
Building a couples app for two platforms at once is more work than building it for one, so it is a real and understandable corner to cut. The problem is that mixed-platform couples are not a niche case. iPhone and Android households are extremely common, and a matching app that only half-works for them is not a small bug, it is the core feature failing for a large share of the people who might use it.
Before committing to any matching app as a couple, it is worth checking two things directly: does it say explicitly that it supports both iOS and Android, and does it say when it was last updated. An app store listing usually shows both, and a stale update date on a couples app is a signal worth taking seriously, since these apps depend on both sides of a match working correctly.
You each install the app on your own phone, iPhone or Android, it makes no difference. You swipe on your own device, at your own pace, and the matching happens on our side rather than depending on the two phones talking to each other directly. When you both like the same title, it's a match for both of you at the same time, regardless of what either of you is holding.
You should be able to, but not every app supports this well. Check the app store listing for both platforms and how recently the app was updated before relying on it.
Yes. Each person swipes on their own phone on either platform, and matching works the same way regardless of which operating system either of you uses.
Building and maintaining two versions of the same real-time feature is more work than one, so some apps ship it well on one platform and leave the other behind. If an app hasn't been updated in a long time, an existing cross-platform bug is unlikely to have been fixed.
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Written by Kevin Mertens · updated 15 September 2026