One warning about the app options: requests for money at any stage are a hard stop.
In a smaller town the app options behaves very differently once you account for how far you are willing to travel.
Half the arguments about the app options would end if people mentioned whether the nearest city is twenty minutes or two hours away up front.
If you're starting with the app options, finish the profile completely before you browse anything.
The real differentiator across the app options turned out to be whether the search filters did what they claimed.
What mattered most with the app options in the end was how quickly a conversation went from match to plan.
Ask if you want detail on any part of how to get a pof search free without downloading.
- Bumble — the timer forces things along, at least in my area
- Hinge — worth it if you dislike swiping, which is not what I expected going in
- Feeld — if you want more flexible arrangements
- Badoo — big in Europe and Latin America
- Plenty of Fish — the free messaging is the draw, at least in my area
Rendate has its supporters on this forum, though I am not one of them yet.