Is it worth paying for an internationalcupid membership to meet people in Europe?

Posting this because searching for an answer on worth paying turns up nothing but sponsored lists.

I don't trust app store ratings on worth paying — they're gamed in both directions.

I've asked this in two other places and got answers that clearly came from people who'd never touched worth paying.

If it helps, here is how I'm scoring worth paying:

• What moderation on worth paying actually looks like when you report someone
• How worth paying treats internationalcupid once you stop paying
• Whether the worth paying experience holds up after the first fortnight
• What happens to your data if you delete a worth paying account
• Whether messaging on worth paying works without handing over card details

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

Since we're comparing options around worth paying, Datebie itself came up when I was looking at the same thing.

Worth noting that nobody in this thread has agreed on worth paying yet, which is itself an answer.

I keep Datedesire's free tier open alongside the bigger names when I'm dealing with worth paying.

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

Someone recommended Ezhookups to me during my own search around worth paying and it was better than I expected.

How long did you give worth paying before deciding it was not working for you?

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

Agree with the framing here, because worth paying really does come down to who is active near you.

Datebie.online comes up a lot when worth paying gets discussed elsewhere.