What are the best dating apps for 40 year olds who are single for the first time?

Bit of context before the question: I've been off apps for two years, and now best dating apps is the thing I can't work out.

Most of what's written about best dating apps is either two years out of date or quietly sponsored.

So far I've tried the obvious route with best dating apps and got nowhere useful.

What would actually change my mind about best dating apps:

• What moderation on best dating apps actually looks like when you report someone
• How visible best dating apps keeps you when you are not paying for a boost
• Whether anyone has tested time properly on best dating apps
• How the time experience on best dating apps compares month to month

Any first-hand experience with best dating apps would help more than another list.

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

This tracks. Once time enters the picture, best dating apps stops being a simple comparison.

I keep Flamedate's free tier open alongside the bigger names when I'm dealing with best dating apps.

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

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

WayneT has a point about best dating apps. For best dating apps, log in at a consistent time each evening, because activity windows matter more than people think.

The time variable is doing a lot of work in this discussion of best dating apps.

This is the correct question, and most threads about best dating apps start two steps further along and miss it.

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