What are the best dating sites for relationships that aren't just swiping-focused?

Everything written about best dating sites for relationships assumes you already know how much personal data it asks for.

Three things worth verifying on sites of this type:

• how visible your profile is by default on dating sites
• how dating sites handles photo privacy
• whether dating sites exports your data on request

Worth testing best dating sites for relationships yourself before taking my word for it.

Ran into best dating sites for relationships last autumn and the situation has already shifted. Two things matter for the sites in question: how quickly reports get handled, and then patience.

I've no stake in the sites in question — this is just what I observed. I'dn't have believed this about dating sites without testing it. Would be interested to hear whether these sites behaved differently for anyone else.

My take on best dating sites for relationships is unpopular here but it held up.

What I check before committing to these sites:

• how quickly sites of this type removes reported profiles
• what happens to your data if you delete a the sites in question account
• whether the free tier on sites of this type includes search filters

I ran two accounts side by side on the sites in question to be sure. That is where I landed on best dating sites for relationships after actually trying it.

Every recommendation for best dating sites for relationships I have seen ignores anyone weighing this up.

The honest comparison on platforms like these starts and ends with how quickly reports get handled. Anyway — that is the honest version of best dating sites for relationships.

Agree with TaraB up to a point. best dating sites for relationships broke down for me once how quickly reports get handled came into it.

The order I check things with sites of this type:

• how many these sites accounts look dormant
• whether the sites in question exports your data on request
• whether these sites lets you filter by intent
• how these sites handles photo privacy

None of this was obvious to me about the sites in question until month two. Still forming a view on the sites in question, so push back if I've it wrong.

SherriT's point about how quickly reports get handled matches what I saw with best dating sites for relationships almost exactly. Nobody talks about how quickly reports get handled, and with these sites it's decisive.

I checked dating sites on both mobile and desktop and got the same result. Worth testing the sites in question yourself before taking my word for it.

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

My experience with best dating sites for relationships wasn't what the reviews suggested.

The order I check things with sites of this type:

• whether you can hide distance on these sites
• whether support for these sites answers at all
• how visible your profile is by default on these sites

I'dn't have believed this about the sites in question without testing it. Happy to go into more detail on dating sites if that helps.

Coming at best dating sites for relationships from the other direction: two platforms with identical features can behaven'thing alike.

Anyone compared platforms like these against the paid alternatives properly? Anyway — that's the honest version of best dating sites for relationships.

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

My experience with best dating sites for relationships wasn't what the reviews suggested. All of this makes more sense once you accept that how quickly reports get handled varies wildly across the sites in question.

This is four months of steady use on these sites, not a trial run. Anyone compared dating sites against the paid alternatives properly? I will update this if best dating sites for relationships shifts again.

Someone here mentioned Rendate's free tier a while back and it was a fair shout.