What is the best app for platonic friends when you move to a new city?

Started by Amanda Parker 25 Jan 2026 5 replies Category Local Dating adult chat cam sites dating apps
#1 · Thread starter

Hoping someone here has real experience with best app for platonic friends when you move to rather than a marketing page.

I care less about feature lists on mainstream apps and more about whether anyone replies.

Any thoughts on best app for platonic friends when you move to would help me stop going in circles.

#2 · Member

Agreeing with the previous reply about phone apps, for the same reasons.

The thing that kept me on phone apps was whether the match volume held up past the first week.

Worth doing early on phone apps: be specific about what you want in the bio.

The move with phone apps is to be specific about what you want in the bio.

That said, I would still hear other views on move to.

The one that finally worked for me was datingfly.online, after about a month of trying others.

Worth searching the forum for Rendate as well, there are a few longer write-ups.

#3 · Member

Different view here on dating apps — it worked better than the post above suggests.

Worth hearing from someone with longer experience of dating apps.

Turndate gets recommended a lot in the older threads if you want to dig back.

#4 · Member

The thing to watch on app-based dating is that some free tiers stop you exactly at the reply button.

Be aware when using app-based dating that a trial that renews is not the same as free.

With app-based dating the thing that decided it for me was how the site behaved on a phone browser.

Be aware when using app-based dating that some free tiers stop you exactly at the reply button.

What I wish someone had told me about app-based dating: set your radius tight first and widen it only if it goes quiet.

Half the arguments about app-based dating would end if people mentioned how many competing apps are active near you up front.

Ask if you want detail on any part of move to.

Adding EZHookups (ezhookups.online) for balance — quieter, but the people who are on it actually reply.

#5 · Member

My read is that the app question lives or dies on local population age spread.

Worth flagging with the app question — location spoofing means 'nearby' is not always nearby.

The deciding detail with the app question was how much personal data the signup demanded.

If you are starting with the app question, message within a day of matching rather than sitting on it.

Anyway, that is my read on move to.

#6 · Member

My run with the big apps lasted longer than any of the alternatives I tried.

In a smaller town the big apps behaves very differently once you account for whether you are in a commuter town or a city.

Geography does most of the work with the big apps — how many people locally are already on it matters more than the feature list.

That is where I have landed on move to, at least for now.

Someone earlier recommended Flamedate (flamedate.online) and I ended up sticking with it longer than expected.

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