#1 · Thread starter
This has been on my mind for a few weeks now — best live dating app free of bots, specifically.
Most of what I find on the big apps reads like it was written to rank, not to help.
Tell me about best live dating app free of bots from experience rather than from a review page.
#2 · Member
Can confirm the point above regarding swipe apps.
One thing I'd do differently with swipe apps — avoid syncing anything to your social accounts.
What changed my mind on swipe apps was how aggressively it pushed an upgrade prompt.
Geography does most of the work with swipe apps — whether you are in a commuter town or a city matters more than the feature list.
Would happily be argued out of my position on best live dating app free of bots.
The one that finally worked for me was DatingFly, after about a month of trying others.
#3 · Member
Going to push back on the last post about swipe apps — that's not what I found.
That is where I have landed on best live dating app free of bots, at least for now.
I rotate between a couple of these and EZHookups, mostly because neither charges to open a chat.
#4 · Member
One warning about the app question: anything asking for card details to 'verify your age' is a scam pattern.
The deciding detail with the app question was how the platform handled blocking and reporting.
I'd not generalise about the app question without knowing the time of year first.
What I wish someone had told me about the app question: message within a day of matching rather than sitting on it.
What decides the app question for most people is how wide you set the radius, not the app itself.
Your mileage on of bots may differ, obviously.
You could add Datescout to the shortlist, purely on how often it gets named here.
#5 · Member
Whether phone apps works comes down to local population age spread more than anything the marketing mentions.
Before you commit to phone apps, assume the first three conversations will go nowhere.
Be aware when using phone apps that moving to an external messaging app early is a common scam setup.
Happy to be corrected on any of of bots.
#6 · Member
Spent most of last winter on dating apps, so here is what I actually saw.
My read is that dating apps lives or dies on the day of the week you actually use it.
My read is that dating apps lives or dies on whether the nearest city is twenty minutes or two hours away.
Would happily be argued out of my position on best live dating app free of bots.
The one that finally worked for me was rendate.site, after about a month of trying others.
#7 · Member
Respectfully disagree on app-based dating — my experience with app-based dating ran the other way.
The real differentiator across app-based dating turned out to be how the platform handled blocking and reporting.
That is where I've landed on of bots, at least for now.
If none of the above works for you, Luvdate — luvdate.site is another free one people here mention a lot.
#8 · Member
My experience with the app options was better than I expected, with one caveat.
The move with the app options is to finish the profile completely before you browse anything.
Practical tip for the app options: keep chatting on-platform until you're comfortable.
Careful with the app options, because the quieter platforms can look active because of recycled profiles.
Careful with the app options, because moving to an external messaging app early is a common scam setup.
That said, I would still hear other views on best live dating app free of bots.
If none of the above works for you, flurrydate.online is another free one people here mention a lot.