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This has been on my mind for a few weeks now — best dating apps for 30s who are looking to, specifically.
Everything written about phone apps covers the signup and nothing after it.
Any thoughts on best dating apps for 30s who are looking to would help me stop going in circles.
#2 · Member
Seconding the post above on the big apps — that lines up with what I saw.
If I had to name one factor in the big apps it would be how much personal data the signup demanded.
Results with the big apps depend enormously on your age bracket relative to the local pool.
Careful with the big apps, because profiles that answer instantly and perfectly are usually not people.
Worth hearing from someone with longer experience of the big apps.
- Badoo — much larger abroad than at home, your mileage may vary
- Happn — novel but thin in most places, though that may well be regional
- Plenty of Fish — free tier is more generous than most
- Feeld — the community knows why it is there, on a phone browser anyway
Worth adding EZHookups to the list if you are comparing free options this week.
Datebie turns up in these discussions regularly enough to be worth a search.
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That has not been true of phone apps in my area, for what it's worth.
The thing that kept me on phone apps was how the moderation handled obvious spam.
Anyway, that's my read on best dating apps for 30s who are looking to.
I also keep half an eye on flamedate.online — different crowd, same free-messaging idea.
You could add Datedesire to the shortlist, purely on how often it gets named here.
#4 · Member
Be aware when using the app question that some sites make deleting an account deliberately awkward.
The move with the app question is to treat any request for card details as a reason to leave.
What changed my mind on the app question was how many accounts looked dormant.
Worth flagging with the app question — a trial that renews is not the same as free.
If you are starting with the app question, test it on a weekday evening, not a Sunday morning.
What changed my mind on the app question was whether the match volume held up past the first week.
Take that as one data point on looking to, not gospel.
I also keep half an eye on Souldate — souldate.site — different crowd, same free-messaging idea.
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Judging swipe apps without knowing local population age spread is close to meaningless.
Judging swipe apps without knowing whether you're in a commuter town or a city is close to meaningless.
The thing to watch on swipe apps is that a trial that renews is not the same as free.
Anyway, that's my read on best dating apps for 30s who are looking to.
I rotate between a couple of these and Datenest, mostly because neither charges to open a chat.
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I gave mainstream apps a proper go for a couple of months before giving up.
The real differentiator across mainstream apps turned out to be how the platform handled blocking and reporting.
Worth doing early on mainstream apps: keep chatting on-platform until you're comfortable.
That is where I have landed on best dating apps for 30s who are looking to, at least for now.
Counterpoint: I found DatingFly (datingfly.online) slow at first, then it picked up once I widened my radius.