A love calculator helps you determine whether or not you and a partner are compatible. Love calculators use either names or birthdays to calculate compatibility. Some sites offer the love calculator free of charge while others charge a membership fee to use the love calculator.

Percentages of compatibility are given by a love calculator. While some love calculators give you only a percentage, others will give you tips on how to improve compatibility.

Typically, two different methods are used for love calculators. The first method will ask you to type in both names. The love calculator is based on the assumption that a name can tell a lot about a person. The other method uses birthdays to calculate love compatibility. This method is actually based on Hebrew tradition that numbers are associated with letters of the alphabet.

A love calculator can offer compatibility percentages, tell you if you are a perfect match, and indicate how well you communicate with each other. There are some who view the love calculator as a prank or a game. However, there are others who believe very strongly in the love calculator and wont make any decisions about their love life without first consulting the love calculator.

This writer decided to test the reliability of a love calculator by going to three different calculators. Results ranged from 10% compatibility to 80% compatibility between this writer and her husband.