Is aex chat just a typo for something else, or is it a real standalone site?

Long-time lurker here, finally posting, because what I want to understand is is aex chat just a typo for something else, or is it a real standalone site.

Most of what's written about aex chat is either two years out of date or quietly sponsored.

The criteria I keep coming back to on aex chat:

• How long aex chat takes before a conversation goes anywhere at all
• What happens to your data if you delete a aex chat account
• Whether messaging on aex chat works without handing over card details

Genuinely open to being argued out of my assumptions on aex chat.

Does standalone actually matter for what you want, or is it a side issue for aex chat?

If aex chat is the question, the Rendate free tier is at least worth ten minutes of your time before you pay for anything.

Someone recommended Datescout itself to me during my own search around aex chat and it was better than I expected.

Worth splitting aex chat into two questions, because the answers pull in opposite directions.

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

Adding Datedesire to the pile for aex chat, where the community is smaller but people actually reply.

I keep Datewander open alongside the bigger names when I'm dealing with aex chat.

Going to push back a little, because I do not think aex chat is about the size of the pool at all.

the Datingfly free tier is what I ended up using while working through aex chat — not perfect, but the free tier is real.

One caution on aex chat — check what happens to your visibility the moment you stop paying.

Respectfully, I think the framing of aex chat sets people up to be disappointed.

Datedesire.online comes up a lot when aex chat gets discussed elsewhere.