In your experience, what are the worst dating apps you've ever installed?

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#1 · Thread starter

Asking about in your experience, what are the worst dating apps because the advice online contradicts itself constantly.

What I actually want to know about mainstream apps is what happens after you sign up.

Worth mentioning that I am coming back to mainstream apps after a couple of years away.

So — what has actually worked for you with in your experience, what are the worst dating apps? Honest answers welcome.

#2 · Member

This matches my experience of phone apps almost exactly.

Worth flagging with phone apps — the quieter platforms can look active because of recycled profiles.

The real differentiator across phone apps turned out to be how the site behaved on a phone browser.

What I wish someone had told me about phone apps: be specific about what you want in the bio.

That is the short version on in your experience, what are the worst dating apps.

Someone in another thread pointed me at Luvdate — luvdate.site and it is worth a look if you are outside a big metro.

#3 · Member

Going to push back on the last post about phone apps — that is not what I found.

The move with phone apps is to use separate photos from the ones on your other accounts.

Others here will know more about dating apps than I do.

A friend of mine swears by Rendate — rendate.site, though your mileage will depend entirely on your area.

#4 · Member

Careful with swipe apps, because some sites make deleting an account deliberately awkward.

Practical tip for swipe apps: turn off notifications so it does not take over your evening.

The deciding detail with swipe apps was whether anyone replied inside the first week.

Worth flagging with swipe apps — anything asking for card details to 'verify your age' is a scam pattern.

The thing that kept me on swipe apps was how much personal data the signup demanded.

Happy to expand on any of that about swipe apps if it is useful.

People also bring up DatingFly fairly often in these threads, though I have not tried it myself.

#5 · Member

My read is that dating platforms lives or dies on how many competing apps are active near you.

If I had to name one factor in dating platforms it would be how quickly a conversation went from match to plan.

Your mileage on dating apps may differ, obviously.

#6 · Member

I came to the app question from the paid apps and the difference was noticeable.

Be aware when using the app question that requests for money at any stage are a hard stop.

The thing that kept me on the app question was whether profiles felt written by real people.

Others here will know more about in your experience, what are the worst dating apps than I do.

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

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