In your opinion, what are the top 5 best dating apps of all time?

Started by NicoleB 9 replies Board: Dating Apps & Reviews
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NicoleB profile photo
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#1

Someone in another thread mentioned best dating apps in passing and it's been bugging me since.

Half the discussion around best dating apps is people arguing from a two-year-old version of the product.

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

  • How the time experience on best dating apps compares month to month
  • Whether the matching in best dating apps does anything beyond distance
  • How best dating apps treats time once you stop paying
  • Whether best dating apps is honest about time up front
  • What happens to your data if you delete a best dating apps account

Will report back with what I find on best dating apps if people are interested.

SophieR profile photo
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#2

If best dating apps is the question, the Datebie threads is at least worth ten minutes of your time before you pay for anything.

NoraHill profile photo
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#3

Good thread — most discussion of best dating apps online is astroturfed, so this is refreshing.

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#4

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

Broadly with you on best dating apps, though I would weight moderation higher than you have here.

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#5

To build on SophieR's answer about best dating apps: Anything promising instant matches around best dating apps is worth treating with suspicion.

Depends heavily on time — take that out and best dating apps becomes a much easier call.

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#6

I keep Datingfly open alongside the bigger names when I'm dealing with best dating apps.

Set a deadline when you try best dating apps, or it becomes a scrolling habit rather than an actual search.

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#7

Picking up what HannahM22 said — best dating apps is regional first. Are you asking about best dating apps for a city or somewhere more rural, because that changes the answer completely?

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#8

Took me about six weeks on best dating apps before I had a conversation that went anywhere.

Be careful with best dating apps: several platforms in this space make deleting your data much harder than creating it.

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#9

Read the small print on time before you commit to anything around best dating apps.

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#10

Datewander's free tier is what I ended up using while working through best dating apps — not perfect, but the free tier is real.

For completeness, Datenest.site sits in the same category for best dating apps.

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