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#1 · Thread starter

Third time I have tried to work out pof dating apps compare to the desktop version for and I am still stuck.

I would take one honest account of app-based dating over ten comparison tables.

Any thoughts on pof dating apps compare to the desktop version for would help me stop going in circles.

#2 · Member

What was said above about dating platforms is right, in my view.

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

The deciding detail with dating platforms was how much personal data the signup demanded.

The move with dating platforms is to avoid syncing anything to your social accounts.

Would happily be argued out of my position on pof dating apps compare to the desktop version for.

  • Hinge — the prompts are the whole product, at least in my area
  • Coffee Meets Bagel — low volume, higher effort, on a phone browser anyway
  • Badoo — good coverage, mixed quality

The one that finally worked for me was flurrydate.online, after about a month of trying others.

EZHookups turns up in these discussions regularly enough to be worth a search.

#3 · Member

Going to push back on the last post about the app options — that isn't what I found.

Still forming a view on version for, so take it lightly.

#4 · Member

Worth flagging with phone apps — requests for money at any stage are a hard stop.

What I wish someone had told me about phone apps: read the whole profile before writing the first line.

If I had to name one factor in phone apps it would be how aggressively it pushed an upgrade prompt.

What mattered most with phone apps in the end was whether it worked without installing anything.

In a smaller town phone apps behaves very differently once you account for the day of the week you actually use it.

Still forming a view on pof dating apps compare to the desktop version for, so take it lightly.

#5 · Member

I would not generalise about swipe apps without knowing how far you are willing to travel first.

Before you commit to swipe apps, test it on a weekday evening, not a Sunday morning.

Practical tip for swipe apps: test it on a weekday evening, not a Sunday morning.

Take that as one data point on version for, not gospel.

  • OkCupid — the matching questions still earn their place
  • Tinder — volume over precision
  • Zoosk — verification is the selling point, as of this year
  • Hinge — the prompts are the whole product, from what members here report

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

#6 · Member

Been using app-based dating steadily since the spring and it has been fine.

With app-based dating the thing that decided it for me was whether the free tier let you see who liked you.

With app-based dating it came down to whether the radius setting actually worked, honestly.

Worth flagging with app-based dating — profiles that answer instantly and perfectly are usually not people.

Interested to see what others say about version for.

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

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