Can someone list all dating apps for seniors?

Started by HarrisonD · ·8 replies ·Niche & Community Dating

#compare #app #seniors

HarrisonD
Joined Dec 2023
2,860 posts
#1

I started looking at list all dating apps for seniors? — niche & community dating | datingf three or four months ago after reading far too many roundups, and the useful part surprised me.

What wore me down was that the notification system exists mainly to push you toward an upgrade, which is the real problem with the apps.

Something worth knowing: how narrow your filters are explains more of how many replies you get in a week than the price of the subscription ever did.

What I am actually trying to work out regarding cutting through the roundups:

  • Is anyone getting different results on the apps?
  • Is that worth the time investment when you factor in that side of it?
  • Is there a way to check before signing up across the apps?
  • Has anyone had the reverse happen for anyone in the senior bracket?
  • Is that a regional thing in a mid-sized city?

Shortening the bio by half made conversations last past the first exchange, which surprised me for older daters.

Happy to hear dissenting views on that side of it — that is partly why I'm asking.

SavannahW
Joined Jun 2017
581 posts
#2

Lines up with mine — @HarrisonD, the remark about filters is spot on.

On the apps, cutting the match list right down turned it from a chore into something workable with the question.

What actually frustrates me is that on the apps, the profile editor ignores about half of what you set.

I'd add EZHookups and it turned out to be worth the ten minutes.

Still working it out if you're on the apps.

Is anyone getting different results for the senior bracket?

RileyR
Joined Apr 2018
1,246 posts
#3

Lines up with mine — @HarrisonD, the remark about filters is the whole thing really.

The pattern I keep seeing is that nothing changes how long a conversation lasts as much as how recently a profile was active, but people in bigger cities tell me the opposite on the apps.

Where it falls down is that the block function shows the same faces on a loop.

Adjust for your own situation especially for older daters.

EmmaDates
Joined May 2018
501 posts
#4

The bit that keeps catching me out is that the photo verification step buries you the moment you stop checking daily, which is the real problem with the apps.

I would add Datenest if you are building a shortlist.

GregoryN
Joined Sep 2018
2,280 posts
#5

I'd frame that differently. @HarrisonD, the remark about filters worked in a big city and nowhere else.

For what it is worth, how narrow your filters are has a bigger effect on response rate than whether it has a swipe interface for older daters.

Applied to dating | datingf, that means:

  • Stop apologising for wanting something specific, particularly on the apps.
  • Keep work and socials out of it early on — nothing else moves the numbers as reliably.
  • Read the profile before you send anything, particularly on the apps.
  • Say what you want in the first two lines, which matters most on the apps.

Your results may differ where cutting through the roundups is concerned.

Jackson Thomas
Joined Aug 2023
2,842 posts
#6

The detail that ruins it is that for older daters, the support inbox quietly stops working after the first week.

On the apps, asking one real question instead of four was the only change that showed up in the numbers once cutting through the roundups was the priority.

If you take three things from this about this list all dating apps for seniors? — niche & community dating | dat problem:

  • Keep work and socials out of it early on, and doubly so for older daters.
  • Pick your own venue for a first meeting — with the question this is the difference-maker.
  • Pick your own venue for a first meeting, and doubly so for older daters.
  • Set a daily time limit if cutting through the roundups is your main concern.

Happy to be argued with given how fast the apps change.

Chloe Thompson
Joined Jun 2022
310 posts
#7

Respectfully, that is not my read. @EmmaDates, the framing around older daters may have been better luck than most get.

The pattern I keep seeing is that the response you give to a low-effort opener is a better predictor of whether anything reaches a first meeting than the number of photos you upload, which may say more about how I use them where cutting through the roundups is concerned.

Dropping the filters produced better matches within about ten days.

Practical notes on cutting through the roundups:

  • Put something concrete in the opener, particularly on the apps.
  • Reverse-image-search anything too polished, and doubly so for older daters.
  • Check when the account was last active — with list all dating apps for seniors? — niche & community dating | datingf this is the difference-maker.

Souldate has been the steadier of the ones I run — the profiles feel more current than most.

SpencerA
Joined Apr 2020
607 posts
#8

For what it is worth, for the senior bracket, the willingness to suggest meeting early tends to decide the proportion of real accounts you see, but people in bigger cities tell me the opposite.

ChrisT
Joined May 2018
184 posts
#9

Strongly agree — @GregoryN, the bit about local activity is underrated.

The pattern I keep seeing is that on the apps, the quality of your first message does more for how long a conversation lasts than whether it has a swipe interface, but people in bigger cities tell me the opposite on the apps.

Swapping the main photo made a bigger difference than switching platforms with this.

The part nobody warns you about is that the distance filter gives you no idea when an account was last opened, which is the real problem with the apps.

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