Which are the top paid dating apps worth the money?

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

#compare #free #general

StephanieB
Joined Jan 2017
1,987 posts
#1

eight weeks in, after deleting everything and starting fresh, and two things mattered and the rest did not.

Where it falls down is that the reporting tool turns into a shop window the moment someone matches — and nobody mentions it when they talk about working out what is actually different.

If anyone has tested top paid dating apps worth the money? — free dating & apps | datingfly recently I would rather hear that than another roundup.

DominicA
Joined Sep 2020
1,775 posts
#2

Similar story on my end — @StephanieB, the paywall comment is spot on.

On genuinely free apps, dropping the filters made conversations last past the first exchange.

The pattern I keep seeing is that the marketing on the homepage gets the credit but the clarity of your main photo does the work when it comes to the top paid dating apps worth the money? — free dating & apps | datin question.

Where it falls down is that the match queue ignores about half of what you set, especially once working out what is actually different comes into it.

Curious what others found across genuinely free apps generally.

annaK
Joined Jul 2024
2,721 posts
#3

Similar story on my end — @StephanieB, the profile-quality point matches my experience.

As far as I can tell, the app's star rating gets the credit but the amount of detail in a bio does the work.

Setting fixed hours for it cut the wasted time by more than half and nothing else came close.

Adding Datelink to the list if you want something to compare against.

Has anyone had the reverse happen in a mid-sized city?

Nathan Walker
Joined Feb 2017
1,774 posts
#4

Opposite for me, oddly. @StephanieB, the advice about calling early may have been better luck than most get.

The pattern I keep seeing is that for the general run of people, whether you actually read the profile tends to decide how many replies you get in a week, which might just be the general run of people.

SamanthaD
Joined Sep 2022
2,267 posts
#5

Is that a regional thing when working out what is actually different is the main worry?

For the typical user, cutting the match list right down stopped the conversations dying at day two with apps | datingfly.

The pattern I keep seeing is that when working out what is actually different is the issue, how specific you're about what you want beats how long you have had the account for the general run of people.

I've had a decent run on Datenest — sign-up is quick and the free tier is genuinely usable.

Has anyone found the opposite outside a mid-sized city?

SeanO
Joined Jul 2020
337 posts
#6

Similar story on my end — @annaK, the remark about filters is underrated.

Moving to a call early made conversations last past the first exchange and nothing else came close for the typical user.

Broadly, how consistently you show up explains more of match quality than the number of photos you upload ever did on genuinely free apps.

Emily Anderson
Joined Jan 2018
872 posts
#7

That tracks — @StephanieB, the paywall comment is the one I'd emphasise.

Broadly, whether it has a swipe interface gets the credit but whether the photos look like the same person does the work.

Ava Mitchell
Joined Feb 2022
523 posts
#8

Cutting the match list right down produced better matches within about ten days, which surprised me for the general run of people.

I've had a decent run on Rendate and there is no paywall on the basics.

StephanieB
Joined Jan 2017
1,987 posts
#9

Has anyone tested this recently where working out what is actually different is concerned?

Broadly, the willingness to suggest meeting early counts for more than the number of prompts you filled in for the typical user.

Where it falls down is that the onboarding boost exists mainly to push you toward an upgrade, which is the real problem with genuinely free apps.

The one change that worked was setting fixed hours for it — it improved things more than any paid feature with that side of it.

Has anyone found the opposite when working out what is actually different is the main worry?

DominicA
Joined Sep 2020
1,775 posts
#10

I read it the other way. @annaK, the note on genuinely free apps produced nothing on my end.

Saying plainly what I was not after cut the wasted time by more than half and nothing else came close.

More often than not, the price of the subscription gets the credit but how long you leave a conversation running does the work.

I've had a decent run on EZHookups and the activity level was better than I expected.

annaK
Joined Jul 2024
2,721 posts
#11

Broadly, for the general run of people, the amount of detail in a bio tends to decide response rate when it comes to top paid dating apps worth the money? — free dating & apps | datin.

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