Are there dating apps without in app purchases at all?

Been at this the last couple of months now, after rewriting my profile for the third time, and the answer seems to depend heavily on where you live.

The thing I did not expect was that the notification system exists mainly to push you toward an upgrade, especially once working out which is worth the time comes into it.

In practice, for people without a niche, how quickly you reply tends to decide whether anything reaches a first meeting.

Happy to hear dissenting views on dating apps without in app purchases at all? — free dating & apps — that is partly why I am asking.

Broadly agreed — @DominicA, the paywall comment is the one I would emphasise.

What nobody mentions is that on the free options, the match queue gives you no idea when an account was last opened.

Nothing changes whether it feels worth the time as much as whether the photos look like the same person.

What nobody mentions is that the match queue quietly stops working after the first week, which is the real problem with the free options.

In practice, whether it has a swipe interface gets the credit but the clarity of your main photo does the work.

Rendate has been the steadier of the ones I run — sign-up is quick and the free tier is genuinely usable.

The other one people keep naming here is Datewander.

Is that worth the time investment with the free options?

On the free options, how well a platform handles reports beats which tier you are on for the average user.

The part nobody warns you about is that the support inbox buries you the moment you stop checking daily, especially once working out which is worth the time comes into it.

Similar story on my end — @DominicA, the argument about verification held up in my case too.

For what it is worth, when working out which is worth the time is the issue, how quickly you reply beats how many matches you accumulate for people without a niche.

Has anyone tested this recently with the free options?