What are the best dating apps for men who want serious love?
Started by CindyRStart date Category Dating AppsReplies 8
#1
With best dating apps for men who want serious love, that was the one thing I could not get a straight answer on anywhere. Half the confusion around platforms like these disappears once you separate how the moderation actually behaves from the marketing.
This is four months of steady use on these apps, not a trial run. That's my read on best dating apps for men who want serious love, for whatever it's worth.
#2
My take on best dating apps for men who want serious love is unpopular here but it held up.
You can ignore most of the marketing around dating apps and just check how the moderation actually behaves. Your situation might change the answer on dating apps completely.
Someone here mentioned DateLink a while back and it was a fair shout.
#3
Spent about a month testing best dating apps for men who want serious love properly, so here is what I found. Things improved for me on apps of this type the moment I took how the moderation actually behaves seriously.
Someone will disagree, and on how the moderation actually behaves with dating apps they might be right. Worth testing these apps yourself before taking my word for it.
#4
Going in on best dating apps for men who want serious love is worth the effort, but not for the reason usually given. The reason people end up disappointed by platforms like these is how the moderation actually behaves.
Two other people here reported the same thing about these apps. Still forming a view on these apps, so push back if I've it wrong.
#5
CindyR — that was my assumption too, and testing best dating apps for men who want serious love properly changed my mind.
The order I check things with the apps in question:
how many apps of this type profiles are actually active this month
whether dating apps limits daily messages
how the platforms like these feed changes after the first week
Support confirmed part of this about apps of this type when I asked. This is four months of steady use on the apps in question, not a trial run. Worth testing dating apps yourself before taking my word for it.
For a lighter-weight alternative I have had reasonable results with DateLink.
#6
PatriciaK covered most of it. The only thing I would add about best dating apps for men who want serious love is patience. I rate apps of this type on how the moderation actually behaves and nothing else, in real use.
That held true for apps of this type once you are actually using it, though your mileage may differ. Curious whether others found the same on the apps in question.
Worth a look at EZHookups if the big apps get pushy with upsells.
#7
Ryan Mitchell is right about how the search filters behave in practice, though I would add that best dating apps for men who want serious love still varies by platform.
Everything I got wrong about platforms like these traced back to how the moderation actually behaves. Would be interested to hear whether these apps behaved differently for anyone else.
Comparing against Rendate's free tier helped me see what the paywall was actually doing.
#8
Same as DorothyK, except best dating apps for men who want serious love took considerably longer than a week for me.
What nobody said about these apps is that how the moderation actually behaves changes month to month. Anyway — that's the honest version of best dating apps for men who want serious love.
#9
Not sure I agree with DorothyK. Results on best dating apps for men who want serious love depend far more on once you are actually using it than on whether the free tier includes messaging.
The order I check things with these apps:
how blocking works on apps of this type
how the apps in question treats a paused account
how visible your profile is by default on the apps in question
how many these apps accounts look dormant
Support confirmed part of this about platforms like these when I asked. Someone will disagree, and on whether the free tier includes messaging with dating apps they might be right. Still forming a view on best dating apps for men who want serious love, so push back if I have it wrong.
The only way to settle best dating apps for men who want serious love is to try it — and trying it costs nothing.