Can we get a list of all dating apps currently on the market?

Read four threads on getting a list of all dating apps currently on the market and they all skipped whether verification is enforced.

Three things worth verifying on dating apps:

• how visible your profile is by default on apps of this type
• how all dating apps treats a paused account
• how quickly these apps removes reported profiles
• whether dating apps shows read receipts on the free tier

I kept a rough note of reply rates on apps of this type, which helped. Curious whether others found the same on getting a list of all dating apps currently on the market.

Been asked about getting a list of all dating apps currently on the market enough times offline that I may as well write it here. The only metric I trust on platforms like these now is how the search filters behave in practice.

Worth noting that the apps in question changed after their last update. That's everything useful I've on platforms like these.

Two years on app-based services and getting a list of all dating apps currently on the market still catches me out. With dating apps, how the search filters behave in practice is the first thing I check now.

Anyone compared the apps in question against the paid alternatives properly? Take that as one data point on apps of this type, not gospel.

over on SoulDate came up in another thread and the free tier held up.

Going to push back slightly on how getting a list of all dating apps currently on the market usually gets described. I stopped comparing feature lists on the apps in question and started comparing how the search filters behave in practice.

Is that everyone's experience with all dating, or am I the outlier? Would be interested to hear whether the apps in question behaved differently for anyone else.

Respectfully, PatriciaK, that hasn't been true of getting a list of all dating apps currently on the market since last year. With dating apps, how the search filters behave in practice is the first thing I check now.

It took roughly three weeks before the pattern on these apps was clear. Take that as one data point on apps of this type, not gospel.

Worth a look at Flamedate if the big apps get pushy with upsells.

Building on what CindyR said — getting a list of all dating apps currently on the market improved for me for exactly that reason.

Different providers handle these apps inconsistently, mostly because of how the search filters behave in practice. Would be interested to hear whether all dating behaved differently for anyone else.

Worth a look at the EZHookups community if the big apps get pushy with upsells.

There is a version of getting a list of all dating apps currently on the market that works and a version that wastes your time.

For the apps in question I look at:

• whether you can hide distance on the apps in question
• whether all dating exports your data on request
• whether the apps in question shows read receipts on the free tier

Support confirmed part of this about the apps in question when I asked. I checked all dating apps on both mobile and desktop and got the same result. Still forming a view on all dating apps, so push back if I have it wrong.

Not sure I agree with GloriaH. Results on getting a list of all dating apps currently on the market depend far more on once you are actually using it than on how the search filters behave in practice.

My short checklist for all dating:

• whether you can hide distance on apps of this type
• how dating apps handles photo privacy
• how blocking works on all dating apps
• whether all dating apps lets you filter by intent

The difference was smaller on platforms like these in day-to-day use but still there. Worth noting that all dating apps changed after their last update. Hope that saves someone the weeks I lost on dating apps.

Not sure I agree with PatriciaK. Results on getting a list of all dating apps currently on the market depend far more on once you're actually using it than on how the search filters behave in practice.

The order I check things with platforms like these:

• whether verification on the apps in question is enforced or merely offered
• how the dating apps feed changes after the first week
• how the reply rate on the apps in question holds after week two

Happy to go into more detail on getting a list of all dating apps currently on the market if that helps.