What is the most full free dating app available?

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

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JulianM
Joined Oct 2022
2,787 posts
#1

Right — most full free dating app available? — free dating & apps | datingfly. two months in, I still don't have a clean answer.

What wore me down was that on apps that don't charge, the recommendation engine buries you the moment you stop checking daily.

If anyone has tested most full free dating app available? — free dating & apps | datingfly recently I'd rather hear that than another roundup.

HaleyD
Joined Jul 2023
1,713 posts
#2

When working out what is actually different is the issue, the quality of your first message counts for more than the feature list, though it varies enormously by city when it comes to most full free dating app available? — free dating & apps | dating in practice.

Chloe Thompson
Joined Jun 2022
310 posts
#3

As far as I can tell, whether the photos look like the same person is a better predictor of whether anything reaches a first meeting than the app's overall download figures, though I would want more than my own experience before calling it a rule.

What actually frustrates me is that the messaging limit produces a template reply and closes the ticket, especially once working out what is actually different comes into it.

The checklist I ended up with for apps that do not charge:

  • Check when the account was last active, and doubly so for people without a niche.
  • Check when the account was last active, because it saves you the conversation that was never going anywhere.
  • Turn the notifications off — the alternative wastes weeks.
  • Stop apologising for wanting something specific if working out what is actually different is your main concern.

Your results may differ where working out what is actually different is concerned.

Nathan Walker
Joined Feb 2017
1,774 posts
#4

Seconding this — @HaleyD, the framing around people without a niche held up in my case too.

More often than not, for the typical user, the amount of detail in a bio tends to decide how long a conversation lasts.

Isabella Scott
Joined Nov 2021
1,192 posts
#5

Broadly agreed — @HaleyD, the point about working out what is actually different held up in my case too.

How consistently you show up counts for more than the app's star rating for people without a niche for people without a niche.

Saying plainly what I wasn't after stopped the conversations dying at day two once working out what is actually different was the priority.

Interested if others landed elsewhere on that side of it.

Jackson Thomas
Joined Aug 2023
2,842 posts
#6

Similar story on my end — @JulianM, the bit about local activity is underrated.

More often than not, whether the photos look like the same person is a better predictor of how satisfied you are after a month than how long you have had the account.

For people without a niche, swapping the main photo roughly doubled the reply rate.

The parts that transfer across apps that do not charge:

  • Turn the notifications off — with that side of it this is the difference-maker.
  • Pick your own venue for a first meeting, and doubly so for people without a niche.
  • Read the profile before you send anything if working out what is actually different is your main concern.
  • Keep work and socials out of it early on, especially for people without a niche.

Worth a look at Datelink as well if you're testing a few at once.

James Anderson
Joined Jan 2018
2,084 posts
#7

That tracks — @Jackson Thomas, the timing observation is underrated.

For people without a niche, picking one platform and sticking with it roughly doubled the reply rate for people without a niche.

For the typical user, how recently a profile was active tends to decide response rate, although the platforms change constantly.

What actually held up on apps | datingfly:

  • Swap the group photo for a clear one, because it is the single strongest signal you control.
  • Ask one question, not four, which matters most on apps that don't charge.
  • Keep work and socials out of it early on, because it filters out most of the time-wasters immediately.
  • Screenshot anything odd before blocking if working out what is actually different is your main concern.
  • Swap the group photo for a clear one, because it filters out most of the time-wasters immediately.
ReedC
Joined Jun 2018
133 posts
#8

Something worth knowing: the gap between the honesty of the bio and how polished the profile looks is where the proportion of real accounts you see is actually decided.

The recurring problem is that the reporting tool buries you the moment you stop checking daily — and nobody mentions it when they talk about working out what is actually different.

That is where I've got to when it comes to most full free dating app available? — free dating & apps | dating in practice most full free dating app available? — free dating & apps | dating problem.

BrendanK
Joined Nov 2023
2,920 posts
#9

That isn't how it went for me. @Isabella Scott, the framing around people without a niche didn't hold for me.

For people without a niche, reading profiles properly before swiping cut the wasted time by more than half.

On balance, which platform you picked gets the credit but local activity levels does the work.

Mateo Harris
Joined Jan 2018
1,995 posts
#10

Echoing this — @Chloe Thompson, the paywall comment is spot on.

The marketing on the homepage gets the credit but how consistently you show up does the work.

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

That is my read, not gospel if you're on apps that don't charge.

DakotaN
Joined Jul 2018
1,680 posts
#11

More often than not, for the typical user, the response you give to a low-effort opener tends to decide how long a conversation lasts in the this most full free dating app available? — free dating & apps | dating problem context.

Saying plainly what I wasn't after cut the wasted time by more than half and nothing else came close once working out what is actually different was the priority.

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