Despite being advertised as an easy way to make “new friends,” MeetMe is regarded as a dating app. Users are encouraged and even rewarded to view profiles of the opposite sex. The Huffington Post included this app in a list of the top 6 dating apps teens secretly use.

Is MeetMe and skout the same?

MeetMe announced today that it has acquired the mobile flirting app startup Skout for $28.5 million cash and approximately 5.37 million shares in the social discovery company — estimated at $54.6 million.