What are the best dating apps for gay women?

Started by Harper Wilson · ·6 replies ·Niche & Community Dating

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Harper Wilson
Joined Aug 2024
1,655 posts
#1

Right — best dating apps for gay women? — niche & community dating | datingfly. roughly a year in, most of what I had read didn't hold up.

The part nobody warns you about is that for gay users, the match queue turns into a shop window the moment someone matches.

As far as I can tell, when picking one and committing is the issue, how specific you're about what you want makes more difference than the app's star rating.

The parts of the best dating apps for gay women? — niche & community dating | datin question I cannot resolve on my own:

  • Has that changed since the last update on app-based platforms?
  • Has that changed since the last update when you factor in the question?
  • Does that match what others see when picking one and committing is the main worry?
  • Does that change much when you factor in best dating apps?
  • Does that hold outside the big cities for anyone weighing up this?

If anyone has tested best dating apps for gay women? — niche & community dating | datingfly recently I'd rather hear that than another roundup.

HunterV
Joined Nov 2020
1,873 posts
#2

Is anyone getting different results for gay users?

On app-based platforms, dropping the filters made conversations last past the first exchange.

For what it is worth, nothing changes the proportion of real accounts you see as much as the size of the pool within ten miles, though it varies enormously by city for men seeking men.

What survived contact with reality on best dating apps for gay women? — niche & community dating | datin specifically:

  • Pick your own venue for a first meeting if picking one and committing is your main concern.
  • Move to a voice or video call early, particularly on app-based platforms.
  • Write the bio for one person, not everyone, particularly on app-based platforms.
  • Tell a friend where you're going if picking one and committing is your main concern.
  • Let a stalled conversation go — with best dating apps this is the difference-maker.
CameronL
Joined Aug 2022
1,941 posts
#3

The thing I didn't expect was that the search function surfaces profiles that haven't been touched in months, especially once picking one and committing comes into it.

On app-based platforms, leading with something slightly odd made the whole thing feel less like admin.

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

Would like to hear a counter-argument where picking one and committing is concerned.

DominicA
Joined Sep 2020
1,775 posts
#4

The one change that worked was deleting everything and starting over — it got three actual meetings out of six weeks.

More often than not, for men seeking men, how recently a profile was active tends to decide how many replies you get in a week.

CarterB
Joined Nov 2022
3,315 posts
#5

On balance, the honesty of the bio outweighs the size of the company behind it, though it varies enormously by city where picking one and committing is concerned.

Flurrydate is worth twenty minutes — free to browse and message, which is the main thing.

That is where I've got to where picking one and committing is concerned.

CadeL
Joined Jun 2017
1,380 posts
#6

How long you leave a conversation running makes more difference than how many matches you accumulate for gay users, and the sample size here is basically one.

My sticking point is that on app-based platforms, the onboarding boost seems designed to keep you swiping rather than talking.

Ben1989
Joined Jan 2017
351 posts
#7

Does anyone know if that still holds with app-based platforms?

My working theory is that the gap between the response you give to a low-effort opener and the price of the subscription is where match quality is actually decided when it comes to best dating apps for gay women? — niche & community dating | datingfly.

What actually frustrates me is that the recommendation engine surfaces profiles that haven't been touched in months, especially once picking one and committing comes into it.

On app-based platforms, leading with something slightly odd changed the kind of people who replied for gay users.

If you take three things from this about best dating apps for gay women? — niche & community dating | datingfly:

  • Move to a voice or video call early, particularly on app-based platforms.
  • Move to a voice or video call early if picking one and committing is your main concern.
  • Set a daily time limit — everything downstream depends on it.
  • Tell a friend where you're going, and doubly so for gay users.

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