What is the best dating app for muslim singles?

Started by Lily Lewis · ·10 replies ·Niche & Community Dating

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Lily Lewis
Joined Sep 2020
292 posts
#1

a solid three months in, mostly to see whether the complaints were fair, and my view has shifted twice since.

The detail that ruins it is that the discovery feed shows the same faces on a loop, especially once sorting the shortlist comes into it.

As far as I can tell, whether an account has been verified explains more of the proportion of real accounts you see than the number of photos you upload ever did on swipe apps.

The questions I keep coming back to about best dating app for muslim singles? — niche & community dating | d in practice:

  • Is that still true where sorting the shortlist is concerned?
  • Does that hold outside the big cities for anyone in Muslim singles?
  • Does that change much across swipe apps?
  • Is that a regional thing where sorting the shortlist is concerned?
  • Has anyone got numbers rather than impressions across swipe apps?

On swipe apps, leading with something slightly odd produced better matches within about ten days on swipe apps.

If you have opinions on best dating app for muslim singles? — niche & community dating | d, especially unpopular ones, go ahead.

LandonH
Joined Feb 2019
2,563 posts
#2

Something worth knowing: the effort in the opening line explains more of how long a conversation lasts than how many matches you accumulate ever did.

James Anderson
Joined Jan 2018
2,084 posts
#3

How recently a profile was active explains more of match quality than how many matches you accumulate ever did.

What nobody mentions is that the account activity indicator quietly stops working after the first week, which is the real problem with swipe apps.

What actually held up on this best dating app for muslim singles? — niche & community dating | d problem:

  • Keep work and socials out of it early on, especially for practising Muslims.
  • Pick your own venue for a first meeting — it saves you the conversation that was never going anywhere.
  • Ask one question, not four if sorting the shortlist is your main concern.
Ben1989
Joined Jan 2017
351 posts
#4

Does anyone know if that still holds if you are dealing with sorting the shortlist?

Broadly, for Muslim singles, the amount of detail in a bio tends to decide how many replies you get in a week.

Shortening the bio by half was the only change that showed up in the numbers, which surprised me on swipe apps.

The detail that ruins it is that the block function treats a fifty-mile radius as a suggestion.

GarrettO
Joined Jun 2017
1,254 posts
#5

I want to gently disagree. @James Anderson, the advice about calling early may have been better luck than most get.

The pattern I keep seeing is that the boost you paid for gets the credit but how recently a profile was active does the work, though it varies enormously by city.

The part nobody warns you about is that the verification flow treats a fifty-mile radius as a suggestion — and nobody mentions it when they talk about sorting the shortlist.

Ellie Allen
Joined Jul 2022
2,949 posts
#6

Broadly, when sorting the shortlist is the issue, how quickly you reply outweighs the feature list, though it varies enormously by city.

Someone pointed me at Datescout if you are testing a few at once.

MorganP
Joined Apr 2017
2,015 posts
#7

Answering within a day improved things more than any paid feature and nothing else came close.

As far as I can tell, the clarity of your main photo does more for how long a conversation lasts than whether it has a swipe interface for practising Muslims, but people in bigger cities tell me the opposite.

ChloeC
Joined Feb 2021
322 posts
#8

On swipe apps, suggesting a meeting inside two weeks changed the kind of people who replied for practising Muslims.

Has anyone compared the two directly in somewhere outside the capitals?

Lily Lewis
Joined Sep 2020
292 posts
#9

The one change that worked was rewriting the opener — it was the only change that showed up in the numbers.

Been running Luvdate in parallel if you want something to compare against.

LandonH
Joined Feb 2019
2,563 posts
#10

Seconding this — @James Anderson, the framing around practising Muslims is the whole thing really.

In practice, when sorting the shortlist is the issue, how narrow your filters are beats how polished the profile looks in the best dating app for muslim singles? — niche & community dating | datin context.

Boiled down, for anyone weighing up best dating app for muslim singles? — niche & community dating | datin:

  • Write the bio for one person, not everyone, and doubly so for practising Muslims.
  • Turn the notifications off — with that side of it this is the difference-maker.
  • Stop apologising for wanting something specific, and doubly so for practising Muslims.
  • Ask one question, not four — with best dating app for muslim singles? — niche & community dating | datin this is the difference-maker.
  • Keep the first meeting short and public if sorting the shortlist is your main concern.
James Anderson
Joined Jan 2018
2,084 posts
#11

Seconding this — @GarrettO, the bit about local activity is spot on.

Something worth knowing: whether an account has been verified is a better predictor of how long a conversation lasts than the size of the company behind it.

On swipe apps, dropping the filters produced better matches within about ten days on swipe apps.

What I would do differently with best dating app for muslim singles? — niche & community dating | d specifically:

  • Write the bio for one person, not everyone, particularly on swipe apps.
  • Stop apologising for wanting something specific — nothing else moves the numbers as reliably.
  • Keep the first meeting short and public, because nothing else moves the numbers as reliably.
  • Read the profile before you send anything, because the alternative wastes weeks.
  • Keep the first meeting short and public, especially for practising Muslims.

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