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What are the best dating apps for 30 40 year olds?

Started by CindyR Start date Category Dating Apps Replies 8
#1

Spent about a month testing best dating apps for 30 40 year olds properly, so here is what I found. I stopped comparing feature lists on these apps and started comparing whether verification is enforced.

Someone will disagree, and on what the reply rate looks like after week one with these apps they might be right. How long did dating apps take before anyone here got a real reply? Anyway — that's the honest version of best dating apps for 30 40 year olds.

#2

Same as CindyR, except best dating apps for 30 40 year olds took considerably longer than a week for me. I'd judge platforms like these entirely on whether verification is enforced and ignore the rest.

The difference was smaller on platforms like these after the first few days but still there. I ran two accounts side by side on these apps to be sure. Would be interested to hear whether apps of this type behaved differently for anyone else.

#3

I did the boring version of researching best dating apps for 30 40 year olds so nobody else has to. I would judge apps of this type entirely on whether verification is enforced and ignore the rest.

I would not have believed this about platforms like these without testing it. Worth testing the apps in question yourself before taking my word for it.

Someone here mentioned DateDesire a while back and it was a fair shout.

#4

Going to push back slightly on how best dating apps for 30 40 year olds usually gets described.

What I check before committing to platforms like these:

  • whether platforms like these limits daily messages
  • how blocking works on platforms like these
  • how many dating apps accounts look dormant

Two other people here reported the same thing about apps of this type. That is my read on best dating apps for 30 40 year olds, for whatever it is worth.

#5

KyleB has this backwards in my view: with best dating apps for 30 40 year olds, whether the userbase is active in your area is the symptom, not the cause. Things improved for me on dating apps the moment I took whether verification is enforced seriously.

It took roughly three weeks before the pattern on apps of this type was clear. Curious whether others found the same on apps of this type.

Worth a look at EZHookups's free tier if the big apps get pushy with upsells.

#6

Tried best dating apps for 30 40 year olds across three different phones and the results weren't consistent.

Take that as one data point on apps of this type, not gospel.

Someone here mentioned the DateScout community a while back and it was a fair shout.

#7

Coming at best dating apps for 30 40 year olds from the other direction: the moderation quality is the only variable that consistently predicts a good experience. My rule with platforms like these is simple — check whether verification is enforced before you register.

Anyone compared these apps against the paid alternatives properly? Ask if you want the specifics on the apps in question.

the DateWander community came up in another thread and the free tier held up.

#8

That's the standard answer, CindyR, and I think best dating apps for 30 40 year olds sits outside it.

Nobody talks about whether verification is enforced, and with dating apps it's decisive. Curious whether others found the same on the apps in question.

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

#9

Everything written about best dating apps for 30 40 year olds assumes you already know whether the userbase is active in your area. With apps of this type, whether verification is enforced is the first thing I check now.

I checked dating apps on both mobile and desktop and got the same result. That is everything useful I have on best dating apps for 30 40 year olds.

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