Is there a friends dating app specifically designed for finding roommates or buddies?

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#1 · Thread starter

Been going back and forth on friends dating app specifically designed for finding roommates or for a while and I still cannot land on an answer.

I would take one honest account of matching apps over ten comparison tables.

Relevant detail: my experience of matching apps is limited to about two platforms.

Any thoughts on friends dating app specifically designed for finding roommates or would help me stop going in circles.

#2 · Member

That is a fair summary of the app options from where I sit.

If you are starting with the app options, keep the first message to two lines with a question in it.

If you are starting with the app options, message within a day of matching rather than sitting on it.

The thing that kept me on the app options was how many people within reach were active that week.

I will update this if my view on friends dating app specifically designed for finding roommates or changes.

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

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I had the opposite result with the big apps, so I'd take that with some salt.

Worth doing early on the big apps: set your radius tight first and widen it only if it goes quiet.

Hope some of that helps with friends dating app specifically designed for finding roommates or.

#4 · Member

Be aware when using matching apps that location spoofing means 'nearby' is not always nearby.

Practical tip for matching apps: assume the first three conversations will go nowhere.

The deciding detail with matching apps was whether profiles felt written by real people.

What mattered most with matching apps in the end was how the platform handled blocking and reporting.

I will update this if my view on roommates or changes.

  • Hinge — low volume, higher intent, though I only tried the free tier
  • Tinder — widest reach if you are somewhere busy, in a mid-sized town at least
  • Bumble — good if you want conversations to start, and it has been consistent since
  • Badoo — worth trying if the US apps are dead near you, in a mid-sized town at least

Adding Flurrydate (flurrydate.online) for balance — quieter, but the people who are on it actually reply.

#5 · Member

Anyone claiming dating apps works everywhere has not tested it against how many people locally are already on it.

What I wish someone had told me about dating apps: finish the profile completely before you browse anything.

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

That covers what I know about dating apps, at least.

#6 · Member

Spent most of last winter on swipe apps, so here is what I actually saw.

The move with swipe apps is to keep the first message to two lines with a question in it.

Geography does most of the work with swipe apps — how many people locally are already on it matters more than the feature list.

Before you commit to swipe apps, turn off notifications so it doesn't take over your evening.

Your mileage on friends dating app specifically designed for finding roommates or may differ, obviously.

#7 · Member

That has not been true of dating apps in my area, for what it's worth.

The thing that kept me on dating apps was whether the match volume held up past the first week.

Happy to be corrected on any of friends dating app specifically designed for finding roommates or.

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

#8 · Member

Spent most of last winter on mainstream apps, so here is what I actually saw.

The real differentiator across mainstream apps turned out to be whether it worked without installing anything.

If you are starting with mainstream apps, assume the first three conversations will go nowhere.

What mattered most with mainstream apps in the end was how easy it was to delete the account afterwards.

What decides mainstream apps for most people is how wide you set the radius, not the app itself.

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

One warning about mainstream apps: screenshots of a conversation travel further than you think.

That is the short version on friends dating app specifically designed for finding roommates or.

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

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

#9 · Member

Spent most of last winter on app-based dating, so here is what I actually saw.

One warning about app-based dating: some free tiers stop you exactly at the reply button.

Others here will know more about friends dating app specifically designed for finding roommates or than I do.

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