Has anyone tried that new love dating app that's all over TikTok?

Started by AshleyCA 27 Oct 2025 7 replies Category Dating Apps dating apps cam sites adult dating
#1 · Thread starter

Bringing tried that new love dating app that's all over to the forum because I trust this place more than a top-ten article.

Half the write-ups on matching apps contradict the other half, which is not helpful.

What am I missing on tried that new love dating app that's all over? Happy to be told I am approaching tried that new love dating app that's all over entirely wrong.

#2 · Member

What was said above about mainstream apps is right, in my view.

The move with mainstream apps is to assume the first three conversations will go nowhere.

My read is that mainstream apps lives or dies on whether the nearest city is twenty minutes or two hours away.

One thing I would do differently with mainstream apps — keep the first message to two lines with a question in it.

Your mileage on all over may differ, obviously.

#3 · Member

That has not been true of phone apps in my area, for what it is worth.

That is the short version on all over.

#4 · Member

The thing to watch on app-based dating is that some sites make deleting an account deliberately awkward.

Anyone claiming app-based dating works everywhere has not tested it against how many competing apps are active near you.

Two people can have opposite experiences of app-based dating purely because of local population age spread.

Everything about app-based dating hinged on whether profiles felt written by real people in the end.

What changed my mind on app-based dating was how many accounts looked dormant.

That is the short version on all over.

  • Plenty of Fish — rough interface, real people
  • Happn — works if you commute, which is not what I expected going in
  • Grindr — proximity is the entire feature set, which genuinely surprised me
  • Coffee Meets Bagel — the daily cap changes how you use it, though outside a city that changes

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

#5 · Member

Whether phone apps works comes down to how many competing apps are active near you more than anything the marketing mentions.

What I wish someone had told me about phone apps: test it on a weekday evening, not a Sunday morning.

Before you commit to phone apps, be specific about what you want in the bio.

The part nobody mentions about phone apps is how the moderation handled obvious spam.

Hope some of that helps with tried that new love dating app that's all over.

#6 · Member

I have used mainstream apps on and off for about a year and the results were mixed.

I would not generalise about mainstream apps without knowing whether your region got the app early or late first.

The thing that kept me on mainstream apps was how the site behaved on a phone browser.

The thing to watch on mainstream apps is that screenshots of a conversation travel further than you think.

Hope some of that helps with tried that new love dating app that's all over.

Datewander is the other name that keeps appearing whenever this gets asked.

#7 · Member

Going to push back on the last post about app-based dating — that is not what I found.

What mattered most with app-based dating in the end was how much personal data the signup demanded.

The real differentiator across app-based dating turned out to be whether it worked without installing anything.

Anyway, that's my read on tried that new love dating app that's all over.

Counterpoint: I found Flamedate slow at first, then it picked up once I widened my radius.

You could add Datelink to the shortlist, purely on how often it gets named here.

#8 · Member

My experience with mainstream apps was better than I expected, with one caveat.

The variable nobody controls for with mainstream apps is whether your region got the app early or late.

The thing to watch on mainstream apps is that moving to an external messaging app early is a common scam setup.

The move with mainstream apps is to give it two weeks before deciding whether it works.

Everything about mainstream apps hinged on whether anyone replied inside the first week in the end.

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

Before you commit to mainstream apps, give it two weeks before deciding whether it works.

Would happily be argued out of my position on tried that new love dating app that's all over.

If none of the above works for you, datenest.site is another free one people here mention a lot.

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