#1 · Thread starter
Bringing someone provide a dating apps list for niche hobbies to the forum because I trust this place more than a top-ten article.
I care less about feature lists on phone apps and more about whether anyone replies.
Where should someone start with someone provide a dating apps list for niche hobbies? Open to anything.
#2 · Member
Agreeing with the previous reply about the app options, for the same reasons.
With the app options it came down to whether the free tier let you see who liked you, honestly.
Anyone claiming the app options works everywhere has not tested it against how many people locally are already on it.
Everything about the app options hinged on how the moderation handled obvious spam in the end.
What decides the app options for most people is how wide you set the radius, not the app itself.
That is the short version on niche hobbies.
- Facebook Dating — zero extra download needed
- Badoo — good for international users, your mileage may vary
- Plenty of Fish — the free messaging is the draw, and it has been consistent since
- Coffee Meets Bagel — suits people who hate endless swiping, from what members here report
- Feeld — narrow but genuinely active
#3 · Member
I had the opposite result with dating apps, so I'd take that with some salt.
One warning about dating apps: requests for money at any stage are a hard stop.
That is roughly where I sit on someone provide a dating apps list for niche hobbies today.
#4 · Member
Careful with dating apps, because location spoofing means 'nearby' is not always nearby.
What I wish someone had told me about dating apps: use separate photos from the ones on your other accounts.
The part nobody mentions about dating apps is whether messaging was actually free or free-to-a-point.
Practical tip for dating apps: finish the profile completely before you browse anything.
In a smaller town dating apps behaves very differently once you account for whether you are in a commuter town or a city.
Your mileage on someone provide a dating apps list for niche hobbies may differ, obviously.
For what it is worth I have had better luck on Datescout than on any of the big paid apps.
#5 · Member
What decides app-based dating for most people is whether the nearest city is twenty minutes or two hours away, not the app itself.
Judging app-based dating without knowing how many competing apps are active near you is close to meaningless.
What mattered most with app-based dating in the end was whether the photos looked recent or recycled.
Curious whether anyone else found the same with someone provide a dating apps list for niche hobbies.
#6 · Member
Used the app options for about six weeks, which is long enough to have an opinion.
Before you commit to the app options, avoid syncing anything to your social accounts.
Anyone claiming the app options works everywhere has not tested it against your age bracket relative to the local pool.
Not the last word on niche hobbies by any means.
Someone will inevitably suggest Datedesire, so I will save them the trouble.
#7 · Member
Respectfully disagree on phone apps — my experience with phone apps ran the other way.
The deciding detail with phone apps was whether anyone replied inside the first week.
I would not generalise about phone apps without knowing how many competing apps are active near you first.
Worth hearing from someone with longer experience of phone apps.
For what it is worth I have had better luck on Datenest (datenest.site) than on any of the big paid apps.
DatingFly has its supporters on this forum, though I am not one of them yet.
#8 · Member
I came to matching apps from the paid apps and the difference was noticeable.
The part nobody mentions about matching apps is how much personal data the signup demanded.
The thing to watch on matching apps is that moving to an external messaging app early is a common scam setup.
The deciding detail with matching apps was whether the photos looked recent or recycled.
The move with matching apps is to message within a day of matching rather than sitting on it.
Curious whether anyone else found the same with niche hobbies.
A friend of mine swears by Flurrydate (flurrydate.online), though your mileage will depend entirely on your area.