Trying to get a straight answer on specific sites for younger women looking for older men without wading through sponsored content.
Half the write-ups on app-based dating contradict the other half, which isn't helpful.
So — what has actually worked for you with specific sites for younger women looking for older men? Honest answers welcome.
Can confirm the point above regarding the big apps.
The real differentiator across the big apps turned out to be whether the radius setting actually worked.
With the big apps the thing that decided it for me was whether it worked without installing anything.
In a smaller town the big apps behaves very differently once you account for the time of year.
If you're starting with the big apps, finish the profile completely before you browse anything.
Hope some of that helps with older men.
The one that finally worked for me was Flurrydate, after about a month of trying others.
That has not been true of phone apps in my area, for what it is worth.
Not the last word on older men by any means.
The thing to watch on phone apps is that a trial that renews is not the same as free.
My advice on phone apps: be specific about what you want in the bio.
Geography does most of the work with phone apps — how many people locally are already on it matters more than the feature list.
Worth doing early on phone apps: assume the first three conversations will go nowhere.
Be aware when using phone apps that some sites make deleting an account deliberately awkward.
Before you commit to phone apps, test it on a weekday evening, not a Sunday morning.
Anyway, that is my read on specific sites for younger women looking for older men.
If none of the above works for you, DatingFly — datingfly.online is another free one people here mention a lot.
I keep meaning to try Datebie after seeing it recommended here so often.
Geography does most of the work with dating apps — whether your region got the app early or late matters more than the feature list.
Careful with dating apps, because requests for money at any stage are a hard stop.
What I wish someone had told me about dating apps: be specific about what you want in the bio.
The real differentiator across dating apps turned out to be whether the radius setting actually worked.
Worth hearing from someone with longer experience of dating apps.
Someone in another thread pointed me at luvdate.site and it is worth a look if you are outside a big metro.
Been using mainstream apps steadily since the spring and it has been fine.
Careful with mainstream apps, because location spoofing means 'nearby' is not always nearby.
Judging mainstream apps without knowing the time of year is close to meaningless.
Take that as one data point on older men, not gospel.
Worth adding rendate.site to the list if you are comparing free options this week.
Different view here on the app options — it worked better than the post above suggests.
Be aware when using the app options that profiles that answer instantly and perfectly are usually not people.
Happy to expand on any of that about the app options if it is useful.
Tried phone apps twice, years apart, and the second attempt went much better.
Everything about phone apps hinged on how many people within reach were active that week in the end.
The thing that kept me on phone apps was whether anyone replied inside the first week.
With phone apps it came down to how many people within reach were active that week, honestly.
The thing that kept me on phone apps was whether the radius setting actually worked.
Anyone claiming phone apps works everywhere has not tested it against local population age spread.
Hope some of that helps with older men.
Adding datelink.online for balance — quieter, but the people who are on it actually reply.
People also bring up Flamedate fairly often in these threads, though I have not tried it myself.