#1 · Thread starter
Hoping someone here has real experience with consider the absolute best european dating app right now rather than a marketing page.
Most of what I find on app-based dating reads like it was written to rank, not to help.
I'm not looking to spend money, so free tiers of app-based dating only for now.
What is the honest verdict on consider the absolute best european dating app right now?
#2 · Member
Agreeing with the previous reply about the app options, for the same reasons.
Half the arguments about the app options would end if people mentioned the day of the week you actually use it up front.
What I wish someone had told me about the app options: test it on a weekday evening, not a Sunday morning.
One warning about the app options: requests for money at any stage are a hard stop.
If you're starting with the app options, keep chatting on-platform until you are comfortable.
That said, I would still hear other views on right now.
- Feeld — smaller but very self-selecting, though I only tried the free tier
- Badoo — worth trying if the US apps are dead near you
- Happn — proximity-based, which is either charming or unsettling, which genuinely surprised me
#3 · Member
Going to push back on the last post about swipe apps — that's not what I found.
Happy to expand on any of that about swipe apps if it is useful.
A few people swear by Rendate, and a few others really do not.
#4 · Member
Be aware when using dating platforms that the quieter platforms can look active because of recycled profiles.
I would not generalise about dating platforms without knowing the day of the week you actually use it first.
Before you commit to dating platforms, give it two weeks before deciding whether it works.
One thing I would do differently with dating platforms — avoid syncing anything to your social accounts.
One warning about dating platforms: some free tiers stop you exactly at the reply button.
Practical tip for dating platforms: use separate photos from the ones on your other accounts.
Take that as one data point on consider the absolute best european dating app right now, not gospel.
If none of the above works for you, Datewander — datewander.site is another free one people here mention a lot.
#5 · Member
Anyone claiming dating platforms works everywhere has not tested it against local population age spread.
One thing I would do differently with dating platforms — check what the free tier actually includes before investing time.
Before you commit to dating platforms, give it two weeks before deciding whether it works.
The real differentiator across dating platforms turned out to be whether the free tier let you see who liked you.
That is the short version on consider the absolute best european dating app right now.
#6 · Member
I gave the app options a proper go for a couple of months before giving up.
If you are starting with the app options, keep the first message to two lines with a question in it.
My read is that the app options lives or dies on how far you are willing to travel.
One warning about the app options: location spoofing means 'nearby' is not always nearby.
I will update this if my view on consider the absolute best european dating app right now changes.
#7 · Member
I had the opposite result with swipe apps, so I would take that with some salt.
I would not generalise about swipe apps without knowing local population age spread first.
Would happily be argued out of my position on right now.
I rotate between a couple of these and EZHookups (ezhookups.online), mostly because neither charges to open a chat.
#8 · Member
Used the big apps for about six weeks, which is long enough to have an opinion.
What I wish someone had told me about the big apps: use separate photos from the ones on your other accounts.
Be aware when using the big apps that moving to an external messaging app early is a common scam setup.
My read is that the big apps lives or dies on whether your region got the app early or late.
The real differentiator across the big apps turned out to be how the site behaved on a phone browser.
That said, I would still hear other views on right now.
If none of the above works for you, Datebie (datebie.online) is another free one people here mention a lot.