What are the top dating apps currently trending on TikTok?

Started by ChrisT · ·10 replies ·Free Dating & Apps

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ChrisT
Joined May 2018
184 posts
#1

I started looking at top dating apps currently trending on tiktok? — free dating & apps | d most of this year ago having given up on it once already, and my view has shifted twice since.

What wore me down was that the free tier produces a template reply and closes the ticket, which is the real problem with zero-cost platforms.

Where I would value another read, particularly for people without a niche:

  • Does that change much once you factor in working out which is worth the time?
  • Does that hold outside the big cities once you factor in working out which is worth the time?
  • Has anyone compared the two directly for ordinary users?
  • Is that still true given working out which is worth the time?
  • Has anyone got numbers rather than impressions in your local radius?

On zero-cost platforms, asking one real question instead of four got three actual meetings out of six weeks.

After first-hand experience with top dating apps currently trending on tiktok? — free dating & apps, not marketing copy.

KelseyA
Joined Oct 2021
936 posts
#2

I'd push back a little. @ChrisT, the remark about filters didn't hold for me.

The pattern I keep seeing is that the quality of your first message explains more of match quality than which tier you're on ever did, but that is one person with one set of results.

Where it falls down is that the photo verification step buries you the moment you stop checking daily, which is the real problem with zero-cost platforms.

Moving to a call early improved things more than any paid feature.

TravisP
Joined Nov 2021
270 posts
#3

Only partly agree. @ChrisT, the advice about calling early backfired when I tried it.

Where it falls down is that for people without a niche, the free tier quietly stops working after the first week.

For people without a niche, reading profiles properly before swiping roughly doubled the reply rate once working out which is worth the time was the priority.

As far as I can tell, how recently a profile was active explains more of whether it feels worth the time than how long you have had the account ever did.

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

  • Check when the account was last active, because it saves you the conversation that was never going anywhere.
  • Say what you want in the first two lines, and doubly so for people without a niche.
  • Reverse-image-search anything too polished — it is the one thing that transfers across every app.
  • Put something concrete in the opener, which matters most on zero-cost platforms.
  • Keep the first meeting short and public, and doubly so for people without a niche.
Hannah Lee
Joined Jun 2023
2,277 posts
#4

Echoing this — @ChrisT, the framing around people without a niche is the whole thing really.

In practice, when working out which is worth the time is the issue, the amount of detail in a bio counts for more than the app's star rating.

On zero-cost platforms, leading with something slightly odd improved things more than any paid feature for people without a niche.

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

For a straight comparison, Souldate — quick to set up and free to evaluate properly.

Open to being wrong when it comes to top dating apps.

Riley Robinson
Joined Jan 2021
527 posts
#5

Different result on my end. @Hannah Lee, the paywall comment didn't hold for me.

The part nobody warns you about is that the support inbox exists mainly to push you toward an upgrade — and nobody mentions it when they talk about working out which is worth the time.

On balance, for ordinary users, how long you leave a conversation running tends to decide how many conversations survive past day three.

What survived contact with reality on top dating apps:

  • Give a platform three weeks before judging it if working out which is worth the time is your main concern.
  • Pick your own venue for a first meeting — with top dating apps this is the difference-maker.
  • Tell a friend where you are going — with top dating apps currently trending on tiktok? — free dating & apps | d this is the difference-maker.
  • Never move money under any framing, particularly on zero-cost platforms.

Worth a look at Datelink as well — free to browse and message, which is the main thing.

DominicA
Joined Sep 2020
1,775 posts
#6

More often than not, when working out which is worth the time is the issue, how long you leave a conversation running has a bigger effect on how long a conversation lasts than the feature list, but that was months ago and things move for people without a niche.

JasperH
Joined Nov 2017
2,800 posts
#7

Is there a way to check before signing up across zero-cost platforms?

On balance, when working out which is worth the time is the issue, how well a platform handles reports has a bigger effect on whether anything reaches a first meeting than the app's star rating, but that was months ago and things move for ordinary users.

Adding Flurrydate to the list and it turned out to be worth the ten minutes.

Still working it out given how fast zero-cost platforms change.

Has that changed since the last update when working out which is worth the time is the main worry?

Caleb Rodriguez
Joined Jan 2022
2,314 posts
#8

Is anyone getting different results once you factor in working out which is worth the time?

Broadly, on zero-cost platforms, the clarity of your main photo does more for the odds of a second date than which platform you picked.

ChrisT
Joined May 2018
184 posts
#9

Respectfully, that isn't my read. @Caleb Rodriguez, the note on zero-cost platforms worked in a big city and nowhere else.

As far as I can tell, on zero-cost platforms, how well a platform handles reports counts for more than the app's star rating, though I would want more than my own experience before calling it a rule.

On zero-cost platforms, suggesting a meeting inside two weeks stopped the conversations dying at day two on zero-cost platforms.

Adjust for your own situation given how fast zero-cost platforms change.

KelseyA
Joined Oct 2021
936 posts
#10

Has anyone found the opposite for anyone weighing up top dating apps?

On balance, the honesty of the bio beats the total registered user count for people without a niche.

Putting one specific interest in the bio stopped the conversations dying at day two, which surprised me with top dating apps.

TravisP
Joined Nov 2021
270 posts
#11

Rewriting the opener improved things more than any paid feature and nothing else came close once working out which is worth the time was the priority.

For what it is worth, whether you actually read the profile matters more than the size of the company behind it for people without a niche, but that is one person with one set of results.

On that point, Turndate — free to browse and message, which is the main thing.

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