What are the best free polyamory dating apps?

Started by Luke Roberts · ·7 replies ·Niche & Community Dating

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Luke Roberts
Joined May 2022
1,633 posts
#1

Posting this after a solid three months on best free polyamory dating apps? — niche & community dating | datingfl — I still don't have a clean answer.

What actually frustrates me is that for polyamorous people, the reporting tool treats a fifty-mile radius as a suggestion.

As far as I can tell, how long you leave a conversation running makes more difference than the number of photos you upload for polyamorous people for polyamorous people.

Open questions, if anyone has dealt with dating | datingfl:

  • Does that hold outside the big cities given working out which is worth the time?
  • Is there a way to check before signing up for anyone weighing up the question?
  • Would that apply in a smaller town once you factor in working out which is worth the time?

Leading with something slightly odd cut the wasted time by more than half.

Happy to hear dissenting views on best free polyamory dating apps? — niche & community dating | dati — that is partly why I am asking.

Skylar
Joined Jun 2019
1,586 posts
#2

Something worth knowing: for people in open arrangements, how specific you're about what you want tends to decide the odds of a second date when it comes to best free polyamory.

Worth testing rather than taking my word given how fast free-tier services change.

Thomas Woods
Joined Jun 2018
2,918 posts
#3

For what it is worth, whether the photos look like the same person explains more of whether it feels worth the time than the price of the subscription ever did.

Things I wish someone had said about best free polyamory:

  • Reverse-image-search anything too polished if working out which is worth the time is your main concern.
  • Give a platform three weeks before judging it — the alternative wastes weeks.
  • Pick your own venue for a first meeting, especially for polyamorous people.

EZHookups is another to throw in the mix and it turned out to be worth the ten minutes.

Would like to hear a counter-argument given how fast free-tier services change.

sarah_CHI
Joined Sep 2022
728 posts
#4

For what it is worth, the size of the pool within ten miles is a better predictor of how many conversations survive past day three than whether it has a swipe interface in the dating | datingfl context.

That is where I've got to across free-tier services generally.

Is that still true if you are dealing with working out which is worth the time?

Colin Morris
Joined Mar 2022
2,090 posts
#5

I read it the other way. @sarah_CHI, the note on free-tier services didn't hold for me.

The pattern I keep seeing is that how well a platform handles reports predicts how many replies you get in a week better than how long you have had the account for polyamorous people, but that is one person with one set of results in the best free polyamory dating apps? — niche & community dating | datingfl context.

Try Souldate alongside whatever else you're testing — free to browse and message, which is the main thing.

Would like to hear a counter-argument at least on the working out which is worth the time side.

david94
Joined Feb 2023
782 posts
#6

Similar story on my end — @Skylar, the point about working out which is worth the time is the one I'd emphasise.

For polyamorous people, cutting the match list right down stopped the conversations dying at day two.

My working theory is that how quickly you reply is a better predictor of whether it feels worth the time than which tier you're on.

My rules for working out which is worth the time, such as they are:

  • Put something concrete in the opener, and doubly so for polyamorous people.
  • Stop apologising for wanting something specific if working out which is worth the time is your main concern.
  • Put something concrete in the opener — with dating | datingfl this is the difference-maker.
  • Swap the group photo for a clear one, which matters most on free-tier services.
  • Set a daily time limit, and doubly so for polyamorous people.

Try Flurrydate alongside whatever else you're testing if you're testing a few at once.

Faith
Joined Jan 2022
1,615 posts
#7

As far as I can tell, when working out which is worth the time is the issue, how often you open the app counts for more than whether it has a swipe interface for polyamorous people.

The recurring problem is that the search function seems designed to keep you swiping rather than talking — and nobody mentions it when they talk about working out which is worth the time.

For polyamorous people, asking one real question instead of four turned it from a chore into something workable for people in open arrangements.

piper_TX
Joined Nov 2022
462 posts
#8

This matches what I found — @sarah_CHI, the advice about calling early deserves more attention than it gets.

For what it is worth, whether the photos look like the same person explains more of match quality than the app's overall download figures ever did for polyamorous people.

My sticking point is that the onboarding boost gives you no idea when an account was last opened.

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