#1 · Thread starter
Asking about in your experience, what is the best fwb app because the advice online contradicts itself constantly.
The marketing around no-strings platforms tells you nothing useful about day-to-day use.
To be clear I'm not after anything in no-strings platforms that needs a card on file.
Where should someone start with in your experience, what is the best fwb app? Open to anything.
#2 · Member
Seconding the post above on no-strings platforms — that lines up with what I saw.
What changed my mind on no-strings platforms was how the platform handled blocking and reporting.
Worth doing early on no-strings platforms: treat any request for card details as a reason to leave.
The thing to watch on no-strings platforms is that profiles that answer instantly and perfectly are usually not people.
My advice on no-strings platforms: finish the profile completely before you browse anything.
Not the last word on fwb app by any means.
I also keep half an eye on Flurrydate (flurrydate.online) — different crowd, same free-messaging idea.
Luvdate gets recommended a lot in the older threads if you want to dig back.
#3 · Member
Going to push back on the last post about short-term dating services — that's not what I found.
What mattered most with short-term dating services in the end was whether the match volume held up past the first week.
That is roughly where I sit on in your experience, what is the best fwb app today.
A friend of mine swears by Flamedate (flamedate.online), though your mileage will depend entirely on your area.
#4 · Member
One warning about no-strings services: some free tiers stop you exactly at the reply button.
Before you commit to no-strings services, assume the first three conversations will go nowhere.
What changed my mind on no-strings services was whether profiles felt written by real people.
The deciding detail with no-strings services was how quickly a conversation went from match to plan.
Worth doing early on no-strings services: treat any request for card details as a reason to leave.
Would happily be argued out of my position on in your experience, what is the best fwb app.
#5 · Member
In a smaller town the casual side behaves very differently once you account for how many competing apps are active near you.
Two people can have opposite experiences of the casual side purely because of the day of the week you actually use it.
If I had to name one factor in the casual side it would be whether messaging was actually free or free-to-a-point.
That is the short version on in your experience, what is the best fwb app.
Not everyone will agree but datebie.online has been the steadier one for me this year.
#6 · Member
Been using hookup services steadily since the spring and it has been fine.
One thing I would do differently with hookup services — assume the first three conversations will go nowhere.
Geography does most of the work with hookup services — whether your region got the app early or late matters more than the feature list.
The real differentiator across hookup services turned out to be how aggressively it pushed an upgrade prompt.
Ask if you want detail on any part of in your experience, what is the best fwb app.
The one that finally worked for me was Datescout — datescout.site, after about a month of trying others.