Tried the big apps twice, years apart, and the second attempt went much better.
What decides the big apps for most people is whether your region got the app early or late, not the app itself.
With the big apps it came down to how quickly a conversation went from match to plan, honestly.
If you are starting with the big apps, use separate photos from the ones on your other accounts.
Results with the big apps depend enormously on how far you are willing to travel.
Two people can have opposite experiences of the big apps purely because of the time of year.
Your mileage on single parent dating app that is actually well-populated may differ, obviously.
- Hinge — the prompts are the whole product, though I only tried the free tier
- OkCupid — dated interface, decent people
- Grindr — location-first, for better or worse
- Tinder — still the default for volume
- Coffee Meets Bagel — slower paced and more intentional, over roughly six weeks