What were the best dating apps 2021 that are still around?

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#1 · Thread starter

Third time I have tried to work out were the best dating apps 2021 that are still and I am still stuck.

There is a gap between how swipe apps are advertised and how they seem to work.

I am not looking to spend money, so free tiers of swipe apps only for now.

What is the honest verdict on were the best dating apps 2021 that are still?

#2 · Member

Can confirm the point above regarding the big apps.

The thing to watch on the big apps is that screenshots of a conversation travel further than you think.

Worth doing early on the big apps: avoid syncing anything to your social accounts.

Interested to see what others say about were the best dating apps 2021 that are still.

  • Feeld — honest about the brief, which is not what I expected going in
  • Happn — charming idea, patchy execution, your mileage may vary
  • Facebook Dating — the account link puts some people off, on a phone browser anyway

I rotate between a couple of these and ezhookups.online, mostly because neither charges to open a chat.

#3 · Member

That has not been true of mainstream apps in my area, for what it's worth.

Hope some of that helps with are still.

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

#4 · Member

Be aware when using phone apps that some sites make deleting an account deliberately awkward.

Practical tip for phone apps: avoid syncing anything to your social accounts.

With phone apps it came down to how aggressively it pushed an upgrade prompt, honestly.

The thing that kept me on phone apps was how the moderation handled obvious spam.

Happy to be corrected on any of were the best dating apps 2021 that are still.

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

#5 · Member

Half the arguments about app-based dating would end if people mentioned how dense your area is up front.

In a smaller town app-based dating behaves very differently once you account for how wide you set the radius.

Results with app-based dating depend enormously on local population age spread.

Everything about app-based dating hinged on whether anyone replied inside the first week in the end.

Worth hearing from someone with longer experience of app-based dating.

#6 · Member

My experience with app-based dating was better than I expected, with one caveat.

With app-based dating it came down to how many accounts looked dormant, honestly.

What mattered most with app-based dating in the end was how aggressively it pushed an upgrade prompt.

Would happily be argued out of my position on were the best dating apps 2021 that are still.

Worth adding DatingFly — datingfly.online to the list if you are comparing free options this week.

#7 · Member

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

Anyone claiming dating platforms works everywhere has not tested it against the time of year.

What changed my mind on dating platforms was how the site behaved on a phone browser.

Take that as one data point on were the best dating apps 2021 that are still, not gospel.

#8 · Member

Been using the big apps steadily since the spring and it has been fine.

Be aware when using the big apps that a trial that renews is not the same as free.

Half the arguments about the big apps would end if people mentioned how dense your area is up front.

Everything about the big apps hinged on how easy it was to delete the account afterwards in the end.

One thing I would do differently with the big apps — treat any request for card details as a reason to leave.

One warning about the big apps: some sites make deleting an account deliberately awkward.

One thing I would do differently with the big apps — finish the profile completely before you browse anything.

Worth hearing from someone with longer experience of the big apps.

Someone will inevitably suggest Datebound, so I will save them the trouble.

#9 · Member

I came to phone apps from the paid apps and the difference wasn'ticeable.

Hope some of that helps with were the best dating apps 2021 that are still.

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

#10 · Member

Seconding the post above on swipe apps — that lines up with what I saw.

One thing I would do differently with swipe apps — be specific about what you want in the bio.

One warning about swipe apps: some free tiers stop you exactly at the reply button.

The part nobody mentions about swipe apps is whether the search filters did what they claimed.

That is where I have landed on are still, at least for now.

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