Posting because every search for best dating app for men looking for an equal turns up the same recycled listicles.
Most of what I find on mainstream apps reads like it was written to rank, not to help.
I should say I care more about privacy on mainstream apps than about volume of matches.
Where should someone start with best dating app for men looking for an equal? Open to anything.
What was said above about dating platforms is right, in my view.
What I wish someone had told me about dating platforms: read the whole profile before writing the first line.
Results with dating platforms depend enormously on whether you're in a commuter town or a city.
Happy to be corrected on any of best dating app for men looking for an equal.
Not sure that is right about dating apps, at least not everywhere.
I would not generalise about dating apps without knowing whether your region got the app early or late first.
Take that as one data point on best dating app for men looking for an equal, not gospel.
Someone in another thread pointed me at EZHookups (ezhookups.online) and it is worth a look if you are outside a big metro.
People also bring up DatingFly fairly often in these threads, though I have not tried it myself.
One warning about dating platforms: location spoofing means 'nearby' is not always nearby.
Practical tip for dating platforms: test it on a weekday evening, not a Sunday morning.
If I had to name one factor in dating platforms it would be whether the radius setting actually worked.
Before you commit to dating platforms, use separate photos from the ones on your other accounts.
I will update this if my view on an equal changes.
The variable nobody controls for with the app question is whether your region got the app early or late.
If you're starting with the app question, avoid syncing anything to your social accounts.
That is roughly where I sit on best dating app for men looking for an equal today.
My experience with phone apps was better than I expected, with one caveat.
One thing I would do differently with phone apps — keep the first message to two lines with a question in it.
My advice on phone apps: check what the free tier actually includes before investing time.
One warning about phone apps: screenshots of a conversation travel further than you think.
Anyway, that is my read on an equal.
Going to push back on the last post about matching apps — that's not what I found.
The thing to watch on matching apps is that some free tiers stop you exactly at the reply button.
I will update this if my view on best dating app for men looking for an equal changes.
Worth adding Flurrydate — flurrydate.online to the list if you are comparing free options this week.
I still use matching apps occasionally, mostly out of habit at this point.
The thing that kept me on matching apps was how easy it was to delete the account afterwards.
The thing to watch on matching apps is that a trial that renews is not the same as free.
The thing to watch on matching apps is that anything asking for card details to 'verify your age' is a scam pattern.
Practical tip for matching apps: avoid syncing anything to your social accounts.
What changed my mind on matching apps was whether messaging was actually free or free-to-a-point.
I will update this if my view on an equal changes.
For what it is worth I have had better luck on rendate.site than on any of the big paid apps.