For years, when Allison, a freelance producer, told potential love interests she lived in Jersey City, NJ, she might as well have said she lived on Mars. No one was happy, she says, about a late-night trip back into the city on a PATH train.

Her dating life improved, however, thanks to Uber.

“When a guy I was dating for three or four months hopped in an Uber with me and rode home, he realized that I actually didn’t live that far,” says the 28-year-old, who declined to use her last name for professional reasons. “Now I even have guys suggesting [we] go on dates in Jersey City rather than Manhattan because they know it’s convenient for me.”

App-based car services such as Uber and Lyft are great for dates — whether for an escape from a bad one, the continuation of a good one or even a late-night hookup.

“It’s so much easier to booty-call someone or be booty-called when it’s an Uber ride away,” says dating and relationship expert Hunt Ethridge, 40, who lives in Jersey City.

‘It’s so much easier to booty-call someone or be booty-called when it’s an Uber ride away.’ - Hunt Ethridge (above)

Izzy, a 23-year-old recent college grad who lives on the Upper West Side, says that, for her, the plus is not being subjected to sidewalk catcalls or the next morning’s “walk of shame” finding a taxi.

“You could be out late, texting a guy, and he’ll be like, ‘Come over’ — and now you can,” says Izzy, who declined to use her last name for privacy reasons. “Guys have always been allowed to hook up, but Uber makes it easier for two to play that game. A girl can come and go as she pleases, and still stay safe.”

It’s also a far cry from a guy handing his date a $20 bill for her to hail a cab.

“It’s sexier when you arrive and leave in a black car,” says Izzy.

For Staten Islander William “Starda” Perry, when he orders an Uber for his dates, it’s a way of taking care of a woman, since the service is a safer option than sending her to the subway or into a cab, he says.

“Chivalry isn’t dead — you can’t take a girl out and act like you’re hanging out with your homeboys,” the 26-year-old recording artist and actor says.

But Arthur Malov, a dating coach with NewYorkDatingCoach.com, warns that the apps may actually be interfering with romance.

“We find that Uber removed that gentlemanly element where you hail a cab for your date, maybe open the door for her,” he says. Plus, he notes, it has a tendency to make dating less about chemistry and more about convenience.

But the worst offense? That would be a stingy date who doesn’t spring for a private UberX.

“One thing that definitely will not impress [your date],” says Ethridge, “is if you try and save a few dollars using Uber Pool and she gets mushed [next to] a giant, drunk, gassy man.”