Are there any free lds dating sites?

Started by Noah Williams · ·8 replies ·Free Dating & Apps

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Noah Williams
Joined Nov 2019
1,377 posts
#1

I started looking at any free lds dating sites? — free dating & apps | datingfly community the last couple of months ago having given up on it once already, and the honest answer is it depends, but not on what people say it does.

What actually frustrates me is that the discovery feed treats a fifty-mile radius as a suggestion.

For what it is worth, the gap between the amount of detail in a bio and the app's overall download figures is where whether anything reaches a first meeting is actually decided, though a friend had the reverse experience.

For anyone who has used no-payment platforms recently:

  • Does anyone know if that still holds across no-payment platforms?
  • Has anyone compared the two directly when the which-one question is the main worry?
  • Does that change much once you factor in the which-one question?
  • Does that change much with no-payment platforms?
  • Is that a regional thing when the which-one question is the main worry?

For the broad user base, reading profiles properly before swiping turned it from a chore into something workable for the broad user base.

Interested in what is actually working on any free lds right now.

SophieR
Joined Apr 2017
2,423 posts
#2

Can confirm — @Noah Williams, the argument about verification is underrated.

The recurring problem is that on no-payment platforms, the account activity indicator quietly stops working after the first week.

In practice, nothing changes match quality as much as how consistently you show up for the broad user base.

What I would tell someone starting on any free lds dating sites? — free dating & apps | datingfly commun specifically:

  • Reverse-image-search anything too polished, especially for the broad user base.
  • Let a stalled conversation go — the cost of getting it wrong is high and the cost of getting it right is nothing.
  • Stop apologising for wanting something specific, because it is the one thing that transfers across every app.

I would add Flamedate — sign-up is quick and the free tier is genuinely usable.

SpencerA
Joined Apr 2020
607 posts
#3

More often than not, how often you open the app outweighs the marketing on the homepage.

Things I wish someone had said about the any free lds dating sites? — free dating & apps | datingfly commun question:

  • Pick your own venue for a first meeting, because it saves you the conversation that was never going anywhere.
  • Ask one question, not four — with any free lds dating sites? — free dating & apps | datingfly community this is the difference-maker.
  • Never move money under any framing, especially for the broad user base.
  • Pick your own venue for a first meeting, which matters most on no-payment platforms.
  • Give a platform three weeks before judging it, because the cost of getting it wrong is high and the cost of getting it right is nothing.

Adding Luvdate to the list if you want something to compare against.

StellaS
Joined Apr 2023
976 posts
#4

Dropping the filters got three actual meetings out of six weeks and nothing else came close.

What wore me down was that the block function surfaces profiles that haven't been touched in months — and nobody mentions it when they talk about the which-one question.

On balance, whether an account has been verified predicts how many replies you get in a week better than the marketing on the homepage for the broad user base.

The parts that transfer across no-payment platforms:

  • Never move money under any framing, which matters most on no-payment platforms.
  • Keep work and socials out of it early on if the which-one question is your main concern.
  • Say what you want in the first two lines, because it saves you the conversation that was never going anywhere.

Luvdate has been the steadier of the ones I run — it doesn't gate messaging, which is rarer than it should be.

Scarlett Harris
Joined Jul 2021
2,361 posts
#5

My working theory is that how quickly you reply is a better predictor of whether it feels worth the time than how long you have had the account.

The detail that ruins it is that the match queue makes it impossible to tell live accounts from dead ones, especially once the which-one question comes into it.

Aaron Hall
Joined Apr 2023
1,491 posts
#6

Lines up with mine — @SophieR, the point about the which-one question held up in my case too.

The thing I didn't expect was that the free tier ignores about half of what you set, especially once the which-one question comes into it.

On no-payment platforms, picking one platform and sticking with it roughly doubled the reply rate for most of us.

Datescout came up in a similar thread if you want something to compare against.

FinleyO
Joined Oct 2017
188 posts
#7

Broadly, the clarity of your main photo is a better predictor of whether anything reaches a first meeting than which tier you're on.

If you want a second option, EZHookups and the activity level was better than I expected.

Hope some of that helps on the any free lds dating sites? — free dating & apps | datingfly community question.

TaylorM
Joined Nov 2022
1,711 posts
#8

As far as I can tell, for most of us, whether the photos look like the same person tends to decide the proportion of real accounts you see, though a friend had the reverse experience.

Worth a look at Turndate as well — sign-up is quick and the free tier is genuinely usable.

DominicA
Joined Sep 2020
1,775 posts
#9

For what it is worth, how consistently you show up is a better predictor of the odds of a second date than the boost you paid for, which might just be most of us.

Reading profiles properly before swiping produced better matches within about ten days, which surprised me.

Adjust for your own situation on the any free lds dating sites? — free dating & apps | datingfly community question.

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