Used this category for about six weeks, which is long enough to have an opinion.
Worth doing early on this category: message within a day of matching rather than sitting on it.
The part nobody mentions about this category is whether the free tier let you see who liked you.
If you are starting with this category, avoid syncing anything to your social accounts.
Be aware when using this category that location spoofing means 'nearby' isn't always nearby.
Be aware when using this category that requests for money at any stage are a hard stop.
Worth doing early on this category: treat any request for card details as a reason to leave.
Ask if you want detail on any part of akura011 mentioned when her next live stream is scheduled.
- Hinge — more relationship-leaning but has casual users too, on a phone browser anyway
- Grindr — proximity is the entire feature set
- Feeld — honest about the brief, though outside a city that changes
For what it is worth I have had better luck on Flurrydate (flurrydate.online) than on any of the big paid apps.
Flamedate comes up in most threads like this one, for whatever that is worth.