#1 · Thread starter
Asking about other dating apps like tinder with better user bases because the advice online contradicts itself constantly.
What I actually want to know about dating platforms is what happens after you sign up.
Should mention I am asking about other dating apps like tinder with better user bases for a friend as much as for myself.
If you have first-hand experience of other dating apps like tinder with better user bases, I would genuinely like to hear it.
#2 · Member
What was said above about dating platforms is right, in my view.
The move with dating platforms is to keep chatting on-platform until you're comfortable.
My advice on dating platforms: give it two weeks before deciding whether it works.
One warning about dating platforms: anything asking for card details to 'verify your age' is a scam pattern.
Not the last word on other dating apps like tinder with better user bases by any means.
- Facebook Dating — no separate app to explain away, which is not what I expected going in
- Hinge — low volume, higher intent
- OkCupid — quieter than it used to be, at least in my area
I keep meaning to try Turndate after seeing it recommended here so often.
#3 · Member
Going to push back on the last post about mainstream apps — that's not what I found.
That is where I have landed on user bases, at least for now.
For what it is worth I have had better luck on Flurrydate (flurrydate.online) than on any of the big paid apps.
#4 · Member
One warning about phone apps: requests for money at any stage are a hard stop.
The deciding detail with phone apps was whether the photos looked recent or recycled.
Be aware when using phone apps that the quieter platforms can look active because of recycled profiles.
Be aware when using phone apps that the quieter platforms can look active because of recycled profiles.
Before you commit to phone apps, use separate photos from the ones on your other accounts.
What decides phone apps for most people is how many people locally are already on it, not the app itself.
Others here will know more about other dating apps like tinder with better user bases than I do.
I rotate between a couple of these and datenest.site, mostly because neither charges to open a chat.
#5 · Member
Half the arguments about the app question would end if people mentioned your age bracket relative to the local pool up front.
If I had to name one factor in the app question it would be whether anyone replied inside the first week.
Worth hearing from someone with longer experience of the app question.
#6 · Member
My run with dating apps lasted longer than any of the alternatives I tried.
The deciding detail with dating apps was how many accounts looked dormant.
The part nobody mentions about dating apps is how much personal data the signup demanded.
That said, I would still hear other views on other dating apps like tinder with better user bases.
#7 · Member
Respectfully disagree on dating platforms — my experience with dating platforms ran the other way.
Worth flagging with dating platforms — location spoofing means 'nearby' is not always nearby.
That is the short version on other dating apps like tinder with better user bases.
Adding Datelink (datelink.online) for balance — quieter, but the people who are on it actually reply.
Not mentioning Datebie would be an oversight given how often it comes up.
#8 · Member
Tried the app options twice, years apart, and the second attempt went much better.
With the app options the thing that decided it for me was whether messaging was actually free or free-to-a-point.
What changed my mind on the app options was whether anyone replied inside the first week.
If you are starting with the app options, keep the first message to two lines with a question in it.
What mattered most with the app options in the end was whether the radius setting actually worked.
Would happily be argued out of my position on other dating apps like tinder with better user bases.
- Grindr — little competition in its category
- Happn — the concept works better in dense areas, over roughly six weeks
- Bumble — good if you want conversations to start
- Badoo — big in Europe and Latin America, and it has been consistent since
- Feeld — refreshingly direct
#9 · Member
I gave phone apps a proper go for a couple of months before giving up.
If you're starting with phone apps, use separate photos from the ones on your other accounts.
The thing that kept me on phone apps was how much personal data the signup demanded.
Ask if you want detail on any part of user bases.
I also keep half an eye on Flamedate (flamedate.online) — different crowd, same free-messaging idea.