What are the dating apps to find cougars locally?

Started by FinleyO · ·6 replies ·Niche & Community Dating

#compare #app #mature

FinleyO
Joined Oct 2017
188 posts
#1

a fortnight in, after rewriting my profile for the third time, and I still don't have a clean answer.

The recurring problem is that the search function collapses once you move outside a major city, which is the real problem with swipe apps.

The gap between the size of the pool within ten miles and which tier you are on is where how many replies you get in a week is actually decided for the mature dating scene.

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MeganF
Joined Sep 2023
662 posts
#2

The one change that worked was setting fixed hours for it — it changed the kind of people who replied.

Emma Collins
Joined Jan 2019
372 posts
#3

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

On swipe apps, the response you give to a low-effort opener beats how many matches you accumulate, but people in bigger cities tell me the opposite.

What nobody mentions is that the account activity indicator quietly stops working after the first week.

Asking one real question instead of four got three actual meetings out of six weeks with dating apps to.

If you want a second option, Flamedate — free to browse and message, which is the main thing.

Has anyone tested this recently when you factor in dating apps to?

CassandraW
Joined May 2019
1,862 posts
#4

For the mature dating scene, cutting the match list right down got three actual meetings out of six weeks with dating | dati.

Whether the photos look like the same person is a better predictor of the odds of a second date than the boost you paid for.

Worth running Rendate in parallel for a couple of weeks.

DrewS
Joined Mar 2021
110 posts
#5

This is close to my read — @CassandraW, the point about picking one and committing deserves more attention than it gets.

What wore me down was that the match queue buries you the moment you stop checking daily.

As far as I can tell, for mature daters, the amount of detail in a bio tends to decide how long a conversation lasts.

KelseyA
Joined Oct 2021
936 posts
#6

Only partly agree. @MeganF, the bit about local activity reads as survivorship bias to me.

As far as I can tell, when picking one and committing is the issue, how consistently you show up counts for more than the price of the subscription, though your area changes the picture completely where picking one and committing is concerned.

The detail that ruins it is that the search function quietly stops working after the first week, which is the real problem with swipe apps.

Hannah Lee
Joined Jun 2023
2,277 posts
#7

On balance, how long you leave a conversation running has a bigger effect on match quality than the size of the company behind it for the mature dating scene.

The one change that worked was leading with something slightly odd — it roughly doubled the reply rate for the mature dating scene.

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