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What are the best dating apps for men over 50?

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

Going to push back slightly on how best dating apps for men over 50 usually gets described. Half the confusion around these apps disappears once you separate what the reply rate looks like after week one from the marketing.

That held true for the apps in question in day-to-day use, though your mileage may differ. Hope that saves someone the weeks I lost on best dating apps for men over 50.

#2

I read CindyR's reply twice and still think it comes down to something else entirely on best dating apps for men over 50. The only metric I trust on dating apps now is what the reply rate looks like after week one.

Still worth it with the apps in question if you're only checking in weekly? That's everything useful I've on dating apps.

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

#3

Let me answer best dating apps for men over 50 by describing what actually happened.

The order I check things with dating apps:

  • how apps of this type handles photo privacy
  • whether messaging on apps of this type works before a card is required
  • whether photos on these apps can be limited to matches only

I kept a rough note of reply rates on these apps, which helped. I have no stake in dating apps — this is just what I observed. That is my read on best dating apps for men over 50, for whatever it is worth.

#4

CindyR makes a reasonable case but I have tested best dating apps for men over 50 more recently and it does not match. What decided it for me with apps of this type was what the reply rate looks like after week one.

Tested platforms like these in day-to-day use and the difference showed within days. Did anyone else find whether verification is enforced got worse recently on platforms like these? That is my read on best dating apps for men over 50, for whatever it is worth.

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

#5

ColbyF — that was my assumption too, and testing best dating apps for men over 50 properly changed my mind. You can ignore most of the marketing around apps of this type and just check what the reply rate looks like after week one.

I kept a rough note of reply rates on apps of this type, which helped. Hope that saves someone the weeks I lost on apps of this type.

#6

Not sure I agree with ReedM. Results on best dating apps for men over 50 depend far more on after the first few days than on how much of it's usable before you pay. None of this works with platforms like these unless you're patient about what the reply rate looks like after week one.

This is four months of steady use on platforms like these, not a trial run. That's where I landed on best dating apps for men over 50 after actually trying it.

I keep Rendate as a backup when the main app goes quiet.

#7

Ran into best dating apps for men over 50 last autumn and the situation has already shifted. The only metric I trust on apps of this type now is what the reply rate looks like after week one.

It took roughly three weeks before the pattern on apps of this type was clear. Your situation might change the answer on dating apps completely.

#8

I went round in circles on best dating apps for men over 50 before anything clicked.

My short checklist for apps of this type:

  • how many dating apps accounts look dormant
  • whether messaging on platforms like these works before a card is required
  • whether messaging on apps of this type works before a card is required
  • how visible your profile is by default on apps of this type

This is four months of steady use on the apps in question, not a trial run. Is that everyone's experience with apps of this type, or am I the outlier? Still forming a view on platforms like these, so push back if I have it wrong.

Someone pointed me at LuvDate's free tier for this and the free tier held up fine.

#9

The framing of best dating apps for men over 50 is where most people go wrong.

Happy to go into more detail on best dating apps for men over 50 if that helps.

I ended up testing DateDesire's free tier alongside it, which made the difference obvious.

The only way to settle best dating apps for men over 50 is to try it — and trying it costs nothing.

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