What is the dating app for over 60 with the most users?

Started by RachelM · ·4 replies ·Niche & Community Dating

#compare #app #seniors

RachelM
Joined Nov 2023
2,537 posts
#1

Been at this the last couple of months now, because the alternative was doing nothing, and here is roughly where I landed.

The part nobody warns you about is that the onboarding boost collapses once you move outside a major city, which is the real problem with app-based platforms.

As far as I can tell, the gap between the quality of your first message and the number of prompts you filled in is where how many conversations survive past day three is actually decided.

Open questions, if anyone has dealt with & community dating:

  • Is that a regional thing outside your own area?
  • Does that hold outside the big cities outside your own area?
  • Does anyone know if that still holds when you factor in the question?

Keen to hear from anyone who has dealt with up-to-date views on dating app for over 60 with the most users? — niche & community da lately.

Nora Rodriguez
Joined Jun 2021
1,065 posts
#2

I'd push back a little. @RachelM, the advice about calling early produced nothing on my end.

The part nobody warns you about is that for people in their sixties and beyond, the messaging limit makes it impossible to tell live accounts from dead ones.

For what it is worth, how recently a profile was active outweighs the marketing on the homepage where evaluating the alternatives is concerned.

Does that hold outside the big cities given evaluating the alternatives?

Aiden Taylor
Joined Aug 2017
1,169 posts
#3

The amount of detail in a bio explains more of the proportion of real accounts you see than the boost you paid for ever did in the dating app for over 60 with the most users? — niche & community da specifically context.

Where it falls down is that for people in their sixties and beyond, the free tier ignores about half of what you set.

Has anyone got numbers rather than impressions in your own area?

DominicA
Joined Sep 2020
1,775 posts
#4

I'd push back a little. @Nora Rodriguez, the remark about filters held for a fortnight then stopped.

The detail that ruins it is that the reporting tool produces a template reply and closes the ticket.

The pattern I keep seeing is that on app-based platforms, the size of the pool within ten miles does more for match quality than the boost you paid for, which may say more about how I use them.

The checklist I ended up with for app-based platforms:

  • Turn the notifications off, because it is the one thing that transfers across every app.
  • Set a daily time limit — the platforms won't do it for you.
  • Never move money under any framing if evaluating the alternatives is your main concern.
  • Tell a friend where you're going, because nothing else moves the numbers as reliably.
  • Write the bio for one person, not everyone, because it is the one thing that transfers across every app.

Your results may differ especially for people in their sixties and beyond.

Elizabeth Thomas
Joined Jan 2021
1,080 posts
#5

My working theory is that for older daters, the size of the pool within ten miles tends to decide response rate on app-based platforms.

Picking one platform and sticking with it roughly doubled the reply rate.

Adding Datescout to the list — quick to set up and free to evaluate properly.

Would that apply in a smaller town if you are dealing with evaluating the alternatives?

The other one people keep naming here is Datelink.

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