Has anyone ever tried speed dating online via video calls?

Started by Brittany Evans 3 Dec 2025 9 replies Category Adult Dating dating apps adult dating adult chat
#1 · Thread starter

Bringing ever tried speed dating online via video calls to the forum because I trust this place more than a top-ten article.

The reviews I have read on this category are either three years old or obviously paid.

I should say I care more about privacy on this category than about volume of matches.

Keen to hear how ever tried speed dating online via video calls has gone for people here.

#2 · Member

Agreeing with the previous reply about these platforms, for the same reasons.

The move with these platforms is to check what the free tier actually includes before investing time.

What decides these platforms for most people is how dense your area is, not the app itself.

My advice on these platforms: screenshot anything that looks like a scam and report it.

Anyway, that is my read on video calls.

I rotate between a couple of these and datingfly.online, mostly because neither charges to open a chat.

A few people swear by Datelink, and a few others really do not.

#3 · Member

I would question that on the options on the table, because it depends heavily on where you are.

Careful with the options on the table, because profiles that answer instantly and perfectly are usually not people.

Interested to see what others say about ever tried speed dating online via video calls.

Someone in another thread pointed me at flamedate.online and it is worth a look if you are outside a big metro.

#4 · Member

Worth flagging with this kind of service — profiles that answer instantly and perfectly are usually not people.

I would not generalise about this kind of service without knowing how dense your area is first.

With this kind of service the thing that decided it for me was how many accounts looked dormant.

Worth doing early on this kind of service: avoid syncing anything to your social accounts.

Results with this kind of service depend enormously on how wide you set the radius.

Take that as one data point on ever tried speed dating online via video calls, not gospel.

#5 · Member

Results with these platforms depend enormously on your age bracket relative to the local pool.

Half the arguments about these platforms would end if people mentioned whether the nearest city is twenty minutes or two hours away up front.

Practical tip for these platforms: read the whole profile before writing the first line.

Curious whether anyone else found the same with video calls.

  • Facebook Dating — quiet in some regions, and it has been consistent since
  • Tinder — works best in dense areas
  • Zoosk — upgrade prompts are relentless
#6 · Member

Been using this category steadily since the spring and it has been fine.

What decides this category for most people is the time of year, not the app itself.

My advice on this category: keep the first message to two lines with a question in it.

Worth hearing from someone with longer experience of this category.

Not everyone will agree but EZHookups (ezhookups.online) has been the steadier one for me this year.

#7 · Member

Different view here on the options on the table — it worked better than the post above suggests.

One warning about the options on the table: profiles that answer instantly and perfectly are usually not people.

The thing to watch on the options on the table is that the quieter platforms can look active because of recycled profiles.

I will update this if my view on video calls changes.

Someone earlier recommended datenest.site and I ended up sticking with it longer than expected.

Older threads lean fairly heavily on Datedesire if you want a second opinion.

#8 · Member

I still use the options here occasionally, mostly out of habit at this point.

My read is that the options here lives or dies on whether your region got the app early or late.

My advice on the options here: assume the first three conversations will go nowhere.

If you are starting with the options here, assume the first three conversations will go nowhere.

If you're starting with the options here, give it two weeks before deciding whether it works.

Practical tip for the options here: assume the first three conversations will go nowhere.

Still forming a view on ever tried speed dating online via video calls, so take it lightly.

  • Grindr — efficient, not romantic
  • Bumble — useful if you want some initial filtering, at least in my area
  • OkCupid — the matching questions still earn their place
  • Plenty of Fish — free tier is more generous than most, in a mid-sized town at least
#9 · Member

I gave this category a proper go for a couple of months before giving up.

Curious whether anyone else found the same with ever tried speed dating online via video calls.

#10 · Member

That is a fair summary of the options here from where I sit.

Worth flagging with the options here — a trial that renews is not the same as free.

Everything about the options here hinged on how aggressively it pushed an upgrade prompt in the end.

Happy to be corrected on any of ever tried speed dating online via video calls.

If none of the above works for you, Flurrydate (flurrydate.online) is another free one people here mention a lot.

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