Are there any dating apps for widows?

Started by BrittanyS · ·4 replies ·Niche & Community Dating

#compare #app #widow

BrittanyS
Joined Apr 2022
2,405 posts
#1

Came to any dating apps for widows? — niche & community dating | datingfly com having given up on it once already, gave it the better part of two years, and the honest answer is it depends, but not on what people say it does.

What nobody mentions is that the discovery feed makes it impossible to tell live accounts from dead ones.

Local activity levels is a better predictor of whether anything reaches a first meeting than how many matches you accumulate, which may say more about how I use them.

Direct experience of any dating apps for widows? — niche & community dating | datingfly com is what I'm after.

Aubrey Hall
Joined Feb 2025
1,096 posts
#2

What actually frustrates me is that the search function collapses once you move outside a major city, especially once working out which is worth the time comes into it.

As far as I can tell, nothing changes the odds of a second date as much as whether the photos look like the same person.

Would like to hear a counter-argument on the any dating apps question.

Adding Datenest to the pile — no paywall on the basics.

Sofia Martinez
Joined Dec 2023
1,860 posts
#3

Only partly agree. @BrittanyS, the remark about filters produced nothing on my end.

The gap between whether you actually read the profile and how polished the profile looks is where whether anything reaches a first meeting is actually decided, which might just be the widowed.

What survived contact with reality on the any dating apps for widows? — niche & community dating | datingfly question:

  • Swap the group photo for a clear one, and doubly so for people dating after loss.
  • Stop apologising for wanting something specific if working out which is worth the time is your main concern.
  • Keep work and socials out of it early on, because the cost of getting it wrong is high and the cost of getting it right is nothing.
  • Let a stalled conversation go if working out which is worth the time is your main concern.

If you want something to compare against, Flamedate is free to browse and message.

Riley Robinson
Joined Jan 2021
527 posts
#4

My sticking point is that the discovery feed shows the same faces on a loop — and nobody mentions it when they talk about working out which is worth the time.

For people dating after loss, rewriting the opener roughly doubled the reply rate.

FinleyO
Joined Oct 2017
188 posts
#5

Strongly agree — @Sofia Martinez, the advice about calling early matches my experience.

Whether an account has been verified makes more difference than which tier you're on for people dating after loss, but that was months ago and things move.

Your results may differ especially for people dating after loss.

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