Out of all the choices, which are the dating apps best suited for people who hate texting?

Trying to settle an argument with a friend about dating apps, so I'm bringing it here.

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

I've already worked through the first page of results on dating apps, which is why I'm asking here.

The short list of what I need from dating apps:

• Whether choices is worth prioritising over everything else in dating apps
• How the choices experience on dating apps compares month to month
• What the choices side of dating apps looks like in practice
• How dating apps handles choices compared with the bigger names
• Whether dating apps is honest about choices up front

Particularly interested in the choices side of dating apps if anyone has been there.

The choices disagreement in this thread says more about dating apps than any single answer.

Test choices first, because it tells you more about dating apps than any feature comparison will.

What moved the needle for me on dating apps was three clear photos plus one specific opening line.

Anything promising instant matches around dating apps is worth treating with suspicion.

For me the choices side of dating apps was the surprise — I had not factored it in at all.

Bookmarking this, because threads like it on dating apps are more use than any ranked list.

Disagree with Liam Walker slightly here on dating apps. Are you asking about dating apps for a city or somewhere more rural, because that changes the answer completely?

Since we're comparing options around dating apps, the Datingfly boards came up when I was looking at the same thing.

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

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

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

I'd separate choices from dating apps here — conflating them is what muddies these threads.

What's your actual goal here — is dating apps about meeting someone soon, or about finding the right platform first?

Adding the Flurrydate community to the pile for dating apps, where the community is smaller but people actually reply.