What are the best paid dating sites?

Started by Scarlett Harris · ·6 replies ·Free Dating & Apps

#compare #free #general

Scarlett Harris
Joined Jul 2021
2,361 posts
#1

Been chewing on best paid dating sites? — free dating & apps | datingfly community for longer than I'd like to admit on the recommendation of someone here, and the answer seems to depend heavily on where you live.

Where it falls down is that on the free options, the messaging limit exists mainly to push you toward an upgrade.

The questions I keep coming back to about this best paid dating sites? — free dating & apps | datingfly community problem:

  • Is that worth the time investment in your particular market?
  • Is that still true when the comparison problem is the main worry?
  • Is anyone getting different results for anyone weighing up this?

Reading profiles properly before swiping cut the wasted time by more than half.

Interested in what is actually working on a bit more depth on best paid dating sites? — free dating & apps | datingfly community right now.

Logan Wilson
Joined May 2017
798 posts
#2

My experience was almost the opposite. @Scarlett Harris, the paywall comment may have been better luck than most get.

On the free options, how often you open the app matters more than the app's star rating, though it varies enormously by city where the comparison problem is concerned.

Is that still true with the free options?

HannahB
Joined Sep 2025
1,370 posts
#3

Same experience here — @Logan Wilson, the remark about filters is underrated.

Leading with something slightly odd got three actual meetings out of six weeks, which surprised me with best paid dating sites? — free dating & apps | datingfly community.

My working theory is that the boost you paid for gets the credit but how often you open the app does the work where the comparison problem is concerned.

EZHookups is quick to set up if you want a second data point.

NathanielP
Joined Aug 2021
437 posts
#4

I read it the other way. @Logan Wilson, the profile-quality point reads as survivorship bias to me.

On balance, when the comparison problem is the issue, whether an account has been verified matters more than the app's overall download figures.

What wore me down was that the account activity indicator collapses once you move outside a major city.

BlakeSr
Joined Oct 2024
645 posts
#5

Is that still true for anyone weighing up best paid dating sites? — free dating & apps | datingfly community?

On balance, the gap between whether the photos look like the same person and the number of photos you upload is where how long a conversation lasts is actually decided.

Adding Datebie to the list and there is no paywall on the basics.

Your results may differ on the this question.

Has anyone compared the two directly in your particular market?

RiverT
Joined May 2021
3,057 posts
#6

On balance, on the free options, whether you actually read the profile predicts how many conversations survive past day three better than which tier you're on where the comparison problem is concerned.

Take what is useful and leave the rest on the | datingfly community question.

TylerK
Joined Aug 2025
583 posts
#7

Not sure I agree. @HannahB, the advice about calling early may have been better luck than most get.

For what it is worth, the gap between the amount of detail in a bio and how many matches you accumulate is where whether anything reaches a first meeting is actually decided.

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