Othiri: Kerala Dating App

Othiri is a Kerala dating app for Malayali singles — free to match and free to message. Whether you live in Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode or Dubai, Othiri is a Malayalam dating app built for people who feel most at home in their own language.
No payment to talk to anyone. No swiping into silence. Just Malayalis who understand your background from the first "hello".
Some people call it a mallu dating app. Whatever you call it, it is a dating app Kerala can actually use.
💚 FREE TO MATCH. FREE TO MESSAGE.
Matching and messaging are free, with no limit on how many messages you send. You never pay to start a conversation or to reply to one.
Plenty of apps get this wrong. They let you match for free, then charge for the first message — so you collect matches you cannot speak to. Here, the conversation is the free part. Paid plans add unlimited likes, seeing who liked you first, private browsing and Travel Mode. They never unlock talking to people.
🌴 A MALAYALI DATING APP — IN KERALA AND ABROAD
Meet Malayali singles who share your language, traditions and family warmth.
Across Kerala: Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode, Thrissur, Kollam, Kottayam and Kannur.
For Malayalis living away: Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai — and abroad in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UK, the USA, Canada and Australia.
Serious relationship, companionship or friendship — find people who actually get you.
👩 WOMEN SEND THE FIRST MESSAGE
In an opposite-gender match, she opens the conversation.
It sounds small. It changes everything. It removes the queue of fifty identical openers that makes most dating apps exhausting for women, and it means a match here is one somebody chose to act on. She has seven days to send it. If she does not, the match moves to Missed Connections, where either of you can bring it back. After that first message there is no reply timer — answer in an hour or in three days.
🛡️ EVERY PHOTO IS CHECKED BY A PERSON
A real person reviews every profile photo before it goes live. Not a filter. Not an algorithm. A person. Slower and costlier than the automatic way. Also the only way that works.
No blank profiles. No pictures pulled off the internet. Profile verification is available on top for anyone who wants it.
🔒 YOUR PRIVACY IS YOURS
Your phone number is never shown to another user — not to a match, not to anyone.
Block someone and they cannot see you or contact you again — only you can undo it. Reporting someone blocks them from you immediately, and a real person reviews every report. Nobody is ever punished automatically by a counter. Private incognito browsing is available on the paid plans.
🧩 MATCHING THAT UNDERSTANDS KERALA
Filter Kerala singles by distance, age, faith, education, family plans and lifestyle. Suggestions use your interests, not just your photos.
💬 EASY CHAT AND NATURAL ICEBREAKERS
Conversation prompts drawn from everyday Malayali life — a favourite Kerala dish, a memory of Onam — so starting a chat feels natural. Build a profile that shows the real you, not just photos.
✈️ TRAVEL MODE FOR MALAYALIS ABROAD
On the paid plans, browse from a Kerala city while you are sitting in the Gulf, the UK or the US — the way many Malayalis abroad look for someone back home.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Othiri is younger and smaller than the global apps, and we would rather tell you that than have you find out. The app itself is in English. What we have is a community that shares your background, and photos checked by a human being. If you widen your distance setting, you will see more people — Kerala is long and narrow, and an hour on a train is an ordinary distance here.
The word "Othiri" means abundance — of conversations, of warmth, of chances to meet someone who feels familiar.
For adults 18 and over.
Find people who feel like home.
Made in Kerala, for Malayalis everywhere.