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Third time I've tried to work out best dating app for older women looking for younger and I'm still stuck.
Nobody writing about the app question seems to have used them for more than a week.
For context I am not in a major metro, which I suspect changes the answer on the app question.
Where should someone start with best dating app for older women looking for younger? Open to anything.
#2 · Member
This matches my experience of the app question almost exactly.
With the app question it came down to whether profiles felt written by real people, honestly.
With the app question it came down to how the platform handled blocking and reporting, honestly.
The move with the app question is to use separate photos from the ones on your other accounts.
One thing I would do differently with the app question — finish the profile completely before you browse anything.
Curious whether anyone else found the same with best dating app for older women looking for younger.
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I would question that on the big apps, because it depends heavily on where you are.
Worth flagging with the big apps — location spoofing means 'nearby' is not always nearby.
Your mileage on best dating app for older women looking for younger may differ, obviously.
I rotate between a couple of these and rendate.site, mostly because neither charges to open a chat.
People also bring up Datescout fairly often in these threads, though I have not tried it myself.
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Be aware when using the app question that profiles that answer instantly and perfectly are usually not people.
Everything about the app question hinged on how many accounts looked dormant in the end.
One warning about the app question: anything asking for card details to 'verify your age' is a scam pattern.
Worth doing early on the app question: use separate photos from the ones on your other accounts.
That is roughly where I sit on for younger today.
#5 · Member
The variable nobody controls for with phone apps is how wide you set the radius.
My read is that phone apps lives or dies on whether your region got the app early or late.
The move with phone apps is to turn off notifications so it doesn't take over your evening.
Anyone claiming phone apps works everywhere has not tested it against how dense your area is.
Hope some of that helps with best dating app for older women looking for younger.
Worth adding flamedate.online to the list if you are comparing free options this week.
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Spent most of last winter on swipe apps, so here is what I actually saw.
With swipe apps the thing that decided it for me was whether anyone replied inside the first week.
The deciding detail with swipe apps was whether anyone replied inside the first week.
Happy to be corrected on any of best dating app for older women looking for younger.
- Badoo — good for international users
- Plenty of Fish — rough interface, real people
- Bumble — less noise than the obvious alternative
I rotate between a couple of these and datedesire.online, mostly because neither charges to open a chat.
#7 · Member
Different view here on the big apps — it worked better than the post above suggests.
The deciding detail with the big apps was how quickly a conversation went from match to plan.
With the big apps it came down to whether the free tier let you see who liked you, honestly.
That covers what I know about the big apps, at least.
I also keep half an eye on Flurrydate — different crowd, same free-messaging idea.
Worth searching the forum for Datenest as well, there are a few longer write-ups.
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I've used the app options on and off for about a year and the results were mixed.
Before you commit to the app options, finish the profile completely before you browse anything.
With the app options it came down to whether profiles felt written by real people, honestly.
The move with the app options is to read the whole profile before writing the first line.
The thing that kept me on the app options was whether it worked without installing anything.
Half the arguments about the app options would end if people mentioned whether your region got the app early or late up front.
Ask if you want detail on any part of best dating app for older women looking for younger.
- Feeld — refreshingly direct, in a mid-sized town at least
- Facebook Dating — zero extra download needed, on a phone browser anyway
- Coffee Meets Bagel — not for anyone in a hurry
- Happn — novel but thin in most places, on a phone browser anyway
- OkCupid — good if you like data, though that may well be regional
I also keep half an eye on DatingFly (datingfly.online) — different crowd, same free-messaging idea.
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Used dating apps for about six weeks, which is long enough to have an opinion.
The move with dating apps is to be specific about what you want in the bio.
Anyone claiming dating apps works everywhere has not tested it against whether you are in a commuter town or a city.
Would happily be argued out of my position on best dating app for older women looking for younger.