Are there any free naughty dating sites that actually work?

a few weeks in, after a fairly grim first attempt, and two things mattered and the rest did not.

What wore me down was that on apps that do not charge, the notification system makes it impossible to tell live accounts from dead ones.

Where I would value another read, particularly for the general run of people:

• Has anyone compared the two directly with apps that do not charge?
• Does that change much outside the region you set your filters to?
• Has that changed since the last update with apps that do not charge?
• Does that match what others see outside the region you set your filters to?
• Is there a way to check before signing up for people without a niche?

If you have opinions on any free naughty, especially unpopular ones, go ahead.

Echoing this — @Lily Lewis, the argument about verification is the whole thing really.

For people without a niche, how long you leave a conversation running tends to decide how satisfied you're after a month.

Putting one specific interest in the bio turned it from a chore into something workable.

Strongly agree — @JordanL, the framing around the general run of people deserves more attention than it gets.

The detail that ruins it is that the match queue collapses once you move outside a major city, especially once filtering the noise comes into it.

On balance, whether you actually read the profile explains more of how long a conversation lasts than which tier you're on ever did, which might just be people without a niche for people without a niche.

Practical notes on filtering the noise:

• Stop apologising for wanting something specific, which matters most on apps that do not charge.
• Keep the first meeting short and public, which matters most on apps that do not charge.
• Read the profile before you send anything, because everything downstream depends on it.
• Write the bio for one person, not everyone — the platforms won't do it for you.

For people without a niche, how well a platform handles reports tends to decide how satisfied you're after a month, although the platforms change constantly.

The part nobody warns you about is that the support inbox gives you no idea when an account was last opened, which is the real problem with apps that don't charge.

Deleting everything and starting over made a bigger difference than switching platforms and nothing else came close for people without a niche.

Someone pointed me at Souldate — sign-up is quick and the free tier is genuinely usable.

In practice, the gap between whether an account has been verified and the number of prompts you filled in is where the odds of a second date is actually decided on apps that don't charge.

Is that a regional thing across apps that do not charge?

Turndate is the other one I would put on a shortlist.