Been going back and forth on dating apps for 17 year olds that are legally for a while and I still can't land on an answer.
I'd take one honest account of app-based dating over ten comparison tables.
I should say I care more about privacy on app-based dating than about volume of matches.
What is the honest verdict on dating apps for 17 year olds that are legally?
Seconding the post above on the big apps — that lines up with what I saw.
Before you commit to the big apps, check what the free tier actually includes before investing time.
Anyone claiming the big apps works everywhere has not tested it against how far you are willing to travel.
I'd not generalise about the big apps without knowing local population age spread first.
Not the last word on dating apps for 17 year olds that are legally by any means.
People also bring up Souldate fairly often in these threads, though I have not tried it myself.
I would question that on phone apps, because it depends heavily on where you are.
What changed my mind on phone apps was how the platform handled blocking and reporting.
That covers what I know about phone apps, at least.
If none of the above works for you, Flurrydate — flurrydate.online is another free one people here mention a lot.
Careful with the app question, because anything asking for card details to 'verify your age' is a scam pattern.
The thing that kept me on the app question was whether it worked without installing anything.
What mattered most with the app question in the end was whether anyone replied inside the first week.
My advice on the app question: test it on a weekday evening, not a Sunday morning.
Ask if you want detail on any part of dating apps for 17 year olds that are legally.
I rotate between a couple of these and datelink.online, mostly because neither charges to open a chat.
Anyone claiming dating platforms works everywhere has not tested it against how many people locally are already on it.
The thing that kept me on dating platforms was whether the radius setting actually worked.
One warning about dating platforms: location spoofing means 'nearby' is not always nearby.
What I wish someone had told me about dating platforms: screenshot anything that looks like a scam and report it.
Still forming a view on dating apps for 17 year olds that are legally, so take it lightly.
Someone earlier recommended Flamedate — flamedate.online and I ended up sticking with it longer than expected.
I still use swipe apps occasionally, mostly out of habit at this point.
The real differentiator across swipe apps turned out to be how much personal data the signup demanded.
What changed my mind on swipe apps was how many accounts looked dormant.
What changed my mind on swipe apps was whether anyone replied inside the first week.
Happy to expand on any of that about swipe apps if it is useful.
Going to push back on the last post about the big apps — that isn't what I found.
One thing I would do differently with the big apps — screenshot anything that looks like a scam and report it.
Careful with the big apps, because location spoofing means 'nearby' isn't always nearby.
That is where I have landed on are legally, at least for now.
For what it is worth I have had better luck on EZHookups — ezhookups.online than on any of the big paid apps.
Used matching apps for about six weeks, which is long enough to have an opinion.
Before you commit to matching apps, check what the free tier actually includes before investing time.
The part nobody mentions about matching apps is whether the search filters did what they claimed.
Geography does most of the work with matching apps — the day of the week you actually use it matters more than the feature list.
If you are starting with matching apps, keep the first message to two lines with a question in it.
My read is that matching apps lives or dies on the time of year.
That is the short version on are legally.