What is the best dating app for guys who don't have professional photos?

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I have spent longer than I would like reading about best dating app for guys who don't have professional and come away more confused.

I care less about feature lists on app-based dating and more about whether anyone replies.

Background: I've tried two of the mainstream app-based dating and neither stuck.

What is the honest verdict on best dating app for guys who don't have professional?

#2 · Member

That is a fair summary of app-based dating from where I sit.

With app-based dating it came down to how quickly a conversation went from match to plan, honestly.

What decides app-based dating for most people is how many competing apps are active near you, not the app itself.

Before you commit to app-based dating, treat any request for card details as a reason to leave.

Happy to expand on any of that about app-based dating if it's useful.

If none of the above works for you, Flamedate — flamedate.online is another free one people here mention a lot.

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Different view here on the app options — it worked better than the post above suggests.

What I wish someone had told me about the app options: assume the first three conversations will go nowhere.

Hope some of that helps with best dating app for guys who don't have professional.

Older threads lean fairly heavily on DatingFly if you want a second opinion.

#4 · Member

Careful with matching apps, because a trial that renews is not the same as free.

Results with matching apps depend enormously on the time of year.

My advice on matching apps: set your radius tight first and widen it only if it goes quiet.

Anyone claiming matching apps works everywhere has not tested it against how many people locally are already on it.

What I wish someone had told me about matching apps: treat any request for card details as a reason to leave.

Worth hearing from someone with longer experience of matching apps.

#5 · Member

Geography does most of the work with dating apps — whether you're in a commuter town or a city matters more than the feature list.

Careful with dating apps, because some free tiers stop you exactly at the reply button.

Before you commit to dating apps, be specific about what you want in the bio.

Happy to expand on any of that about dating apps if it's useful.

If none of the above works for you, Datebie is another free one people here mention a lot.

#6 · Member

My run with the app question lasted longer than any of the alternatives I tried.

Be aware when using the app question that requests for money at any stage are a hard stop.

The thing that kept me on the app question was how easy it was to delete the account afterwards.

That is roughly where I sit on best dating app for guys who don't have professional today.

  • Plenty of Fish — better in smaller markets than you would guess, at least in my area
  • Badoo — the international reach is the point
  • Hinge — prompts give you something to answer
  • Bumble — better signal-to-noise than most, which is not what I expected going in
  • Feeld — refreshingly direct, in a mid-sized town at least

Adding Rendate for balance — quieter, but the people who are on it actually reply.

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