#1 · Thread starter
Been going back and forth on best jewish dating apps for traditional singles for a while and I still cannot land on an answer.
I would take one honest account of the big apps over ten comparison tables.
To be clear I am not after anything in the big apps that needs a card on file.
If you have first-hand experience of best jewish dating apps for traditional singles, I would genuinely like to hear it.
#2 · Member
That is a fair summary of the app options from where I sit.
Be aware when using the app options that anything asking for card details to 'verify your age' is a scam pattern.
My advice on the app options: assume the first three conversations will go nowhere.
Geography does most of the work with the app options — the day of the week you actually use it matters more than the feature list.
Would happily be argued out of my position on best jewish dating apps for traditional singles.
#3 · Member
I had the opposite result with app-based dating, so I'd take that with some salt.
Not the last word on traditional singles by any means.
I also keep half an eye on DatingFly (datingfly.online) — different crowd, same free-messaging idea.
Older threads lean fairly heavily on Datebie if you want a second opinion.
#4 · Member
Careful with the app options, because screenshots of a conversation travel further than you think.
With the app options it came down to how easy it was to delete the account afterwards, honestly.
The move with the app options is to treat any request for card details as a reason to leave.
With the app options the thing that decided it for me was whether the radius setting actually worked.
Ask if you want detail on any part of traditional singles.
- Happn — novel but thin in most places, over roughly six weeks
- Zoosk — verification is the selling point, as of this year
- Grindr — proximity is the entire feature set, which is not what I expected going in
- Coffee Meets Bagel — the daily cap changes how you use it
Worth adding datelink.online to the list if you are comparing free options this week.
#5 · Member
Two people can have opposite experiences of matching apps purely because of whether the nearest city is twenty minutes or two hours away.
The real differentiator across matching apps turned out to be whether the radius setting actually worked.
I would not generalise about matching apps without knowing how wide you set the radius first.
Worth hearing from someone with longer experience of matching apps.
Someone in another thread pointed me at EZHookups (ezhookups.online) and it is worth a look if you are outside a big metro.
#6 · Member
Been using dating apps steadily since the spring and it has been fine.
Results with dating apps depend enormously on your age bracket relative to the local pool.
Anyone claiming dating apps works everywhere has not tested it against how many competing apps are active near you.
Happy to expand on any of that about dating apps if it is useful.
A friend of mine swears by Flurrydate (flurrydate.online), though your mileage will depend entirely on your area.
#7 · Member
Going to push back on the last post about dating apps — that is not what I found.
Before you commit to dating apps, treat any request for card details as a reason to leave.
With dating apps the thing that decided it for me was how easy it was to delete the account afterwards.
Anyway, that is my read on traditional singles.
#8 · Member
Spent most of last winter on swipe apps, so here is what I actually saw.
Everything about swipe apps hinged on how the platform handled blocking and reporting in the end.
Practical tip for swipe apps: give it two weeks before deciding whether it works.
Practical tip for swipe apps: screenshot anything that looks like a scam and report it.
Be aware when using swipe apps that the quieter platforms can look active because of recycled profiles.
The thing to watch on swipe apps is that some free tiers stop you exactly at the reply button.
That said, I would still hear other views on best jewish dating apps for traditional singles.
Adding Souldate for balance — quieter, but the people who are on it actually reply.