Swipe cards

A stack of cards where you decide about each one by swiping it in a particular direction.

Also called: swipe cards, card swipe, swipe right, swipe left, tinder, tinder cards, dating app cards, swipe a card away, stack of cards, card stack, flashcards, like or nope

What it is for

A game-like way to sort things on mobile: each item needs a yes-or-no choice. It speeds up decisions. For accessibility, the same choices are also offered as buttons.

Where you see it

• Dating apps — sorting through profiles
• Recommendation systems — quickly learning a user’s preferences
• Learning apps — flashcards, marking what you’ve learned

What it is called in code

• swipe cards
• pointer events

See also

• Swipe actions — A swipe is a finger sliding across the screen. Swipe a list row left or right to delete or archive it, an email for example.
• Card — A rectangular block that gathers everything about one thing: a photo, a name, a price, a button.
• Like button — A one-tap way to show you approve of something, or to save it to your own collection.