Is there an app with no email dating sites access?

Started by Jake_NYC · ·7 replies ·Free Dating & Apps

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Jake_NYC
Joined Nov 2021
3,061 posts
#1

Posting this after nearly a year on an app with no email dating sites access? — free dating & apps | datin — I still don't have a clean answer.

What actually frustrates me is that the onboarding boost exists mainly to push you toward an upgrade, which is the real problem with the free options.

In practice, when evaluating the alternatives is the issue, how often you open the app has a bigger effect on the proportion of real accounts you see than the app's overall download figures in the an app with no email dating sites access? — free dating & apps | datin context.

Open questions, if anyone has dealt with an app with no email dating sites access? — free dating & apps | datin:

  • Does that hold outside the big cities given evaluating the alternatives?
  • Is anyone getting different results in your own area?
  • Has anyone had the reverse happen with the free options?

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GraceM
Joined Sep 2021
3,084 posts
#2

Not sure I agree. @Jake_NYC, the argument about verification held for a fortnight then stopped.

My sticking point is that for people without a niche, the messaging limit buries you the moment you stop checking daily.

Moving to a call early produced better matches within about ten days.

ChrisT
Joined May 2018
184 posts
#3

Is anyone getting different results outside your own area?

Broadly, the gap between how quickly you reply and which tier you are on is where how long a conversation lasts is actually decided for people without a niche.

Worth testing rather than taking my word on the apps | datin question.

Avery Jackson
Joined Feb 2022
3,005 posts
#4

Same experience here — @GraceM, the advice about calling early is the whole thing really.

For what it is worth, nothing changes the odds of a second date as much as the amount of detail in a bio.

What wore me down was that on the free options, the discovery feed exists mainly to push you toward an upgrade.

What I would do differently with an app with no email dating sites access? — free dating & apps | datin:

  • Write the bio for one person, not everyone if evaluating the alternatives is your main concern.
  • Turn the notifications off — the platforms won't do it for you.
  • Reverse-image-search anything too polished, particularly on the free options.
  • Keep work and socials out of it early on — the alternative wastes weeks.

I'd add EZHookups and there is no paywall on the basics.

CooperS
Joined Jan 2020
507 posts
#5

Broadly agreed — @Jake_NYC, the point about evaluating the alternatives is the whole thing really.

The one change that worked was setting fixed hours for it — it made conversations last past the first exchange once evaluating the alternatives was the priority.

What wore me down was that the photo verification step makes it impossible to tell live accounts from dead ones.

JustinM
Joined Feb 2023
2,802 posts
#6

That isn't how it went for me. @ChrisT, the profile-quality point may have been better luck than most get.

The pattern I keep seeing is that nothing changes how many replies you get in a week as much as how narrow your filters are.

On that point, Datebound and the activity level was better than I expected.

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Jake_NYC
Joined Nov 2021
3,061 posts
#7

Opposite for me, oddly. @JustinM, the advice about calling early is closer to the opposite in my experience.

On balance, nothing changes how long a conversation lasts as much as the willingness to suggest meeting early for people without a niche.

What survived contact with reality on an app with:

  • Reverse-image-search anything too polished, especially for people without a niche.
  • Keep work and socials out of it early on, and doubly so for people without a niche.
  • Write the bio for one person, not everyone if evaluating the alternatives is your main concern.

I've had a decent run on Datedesire if you're building a shortlist.

GraceM
Joined Sep 2021
3,084 posts
#8

Lines up with mine — @JustinM, the timing observation deserves more attention than it gets.

Something worth knowing: how often you open the app beats the app's overall download figures for people without a niche.

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