Which recommended dating apps have the highest user satisfaction rates?

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#1 · Thread starter

Genuine question about recommended dating apps have the highest user satisfaction rates — I'd rather hear from people than from a review site.

Nobody writing about matching apps seems to have used them for more than a week.

What is the honest verdict on recommended dating apps have the highest user satisfaction rates?

#2 · Member

This matches my experience of the app question almost exactly.

Careful with the app question, because screenshots of a conversation travel further than you think.

Careful with the app question, because moving to an external messaging app early is a common scam setup.

One warning about the app question: moving to an external messaging app early is a common scam setup.

The part nobody mentions about the app question is how quickly a conversation went from match to plan.

Hope some of that helps with satisfaction rates.

DatingFly comes up in most threads like this one, for whatever that is worth.

#3 · Member

Respectfully disagree on mainstream apps — my experience with mainstream apps ran the other way.

Worth flagging with mainstream apps — location spoofing means 'nearby' is not always nearby.

Happy to expand on any of that about mainstream apps if it is useful.

#4 · Member

Be aware when using app-based dating that a trial that renews is not the same as free.

Practical tip for app-based dating: read the whole profile before writing the first line.

I would not generalise about app-based dating without knowing whether you are in a commuter town or a city first.

Worth flagging with app-based dating — some free tiers stop you exactly at the reply button.

Interested to see what others say about recommended dating apps have the highest user satisfaction rates.

#5 · Member

Anyone claiming app-based dating works everywhere has not tested it against local population age spread.

What mattered most with app-based dating in the end was whether the search filters did what they claimed.

The part nobody mentions about app-based dating is whether anyone replied inside the first week.

The part nobody mentions about app-based dating is how much personal data the signup demanded.

Your mileage on recommended dating apps have the highest user satisfaction rates may differ, obviously.

A friend of mine swears by Flamedate (flamedate.online), though your mileage will depend entirely on your area.

#6 · Member

I have used the big apps on and off for about a year and the results were mixed.

One thing I would do differently with the big apps — read the whole profile before writing the first line.

Worth doing early on the big apps: treat any request for card details as a reason to leave.

Happy to expand on any of that about the big apps if it is useful.

Not everyone will agree but Datedesire — datedesire.online has been the steadier one for me this year.

#7 · Member

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

The thing to watch on mainstream apps is that the quieter platforms can look active because of recycled profiles.

That is roughly where I sit on recommended dating apps have the highest user satisfaction rates today.

Someone in another thread pointed me at EZHookups and it is worth a look if you are outside a big metro.

#8 · Member

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

Geography does most of the work with mainstream apps — whether the nearest city is twenty minutes or two hours away matters more than the feature list.

The move with mainstream apps is to give it two weeks before deciding whether it works.

Worth doing early on mainstream apps: set your radius tight first and widen it only if it goes quiet.

Everything about mainstream apps hinged on whether the radius setting actually worked in the end.

My advice on mainstream apps: keep the first message to two lines with a question in it.

Anyway, that is my read on recommended dating apps have the highest user satisfaction rates.

  • Badoo — worth trying if the US apps are dead near you, based on about a month of use
  • Tinder — widest reach if you are somewhere busy, your mileage may vary
  • Zoosk — fine until it asks for money
  • Hinge — prompts give you something to answer, your mileage may vary
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