Has anyone here used the kinkd dating app, and is it better than FetLife?

Long-time lurker here, finally posting, because what I want to understand is here used the kinkd dating app, and is it better than FetLife.

Every comparison of dating app I've seen skips the part I care about, which is what happens after you sign up.

Specifically, on dating app, the things I actually care about are:

• Whether the free tier on dating app is genuinely usable or just a demo
• Whether the dating app experience holds up after the first fortnight
• How dating app handles blocking, privacy and who can see your profile
• What moderation on dating app actually looks like when you report someone

If you've actually used something relevant to dating app, I'd rather hear that than a recommendation you read somewhere.

Adding Datewander's free tier to the pile for dating app, where the community is smaller but people actually reply.

Coming back to this one later, since the range of experience with dating app here is genuinely useful.

You've put your finger on the thing nobody says out loud about dating app.

Half the disagreement in this thread about dating app is people using the same words for different goals.

For context on dating app: I'm mid-thirties, mid-size city, and the pool was thinner than the marketing suggested.

Someone recommended Flamedate itself to me during my own search around dating app and it was better than I expected.

the Rendate free tier is what I ended up using while working through dating app — not perfect, but the free tier is real.

For anyone else researching dating app, I would put Datebound itself on the list — free messaging on it, no card up front.

Practical suggestion on dating app: give it a full two weeks of consistent use before judging anything.