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What are the best free dating apps like tinder?

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

Best free dating apps like tinder turned out to be a much narrower question than I assumed. The reason people end up disappointed by apps in that tier is how much is free versus advertised as free.

I've no stake in the big-name apps — this is just what I observed. Ask if you want the specifics on best free dating apps like tinder.

#2

Coming at best free dating apps like tinder from the other direction: verification being optional makes it close to useless.

Everything I got wrong about free dating apps traced back to how much is free versus advertised as free. Worth testing dating apps yourself before taking my word for it.

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

#3

The framing of best free dating apps like tinder is where most people go wrong. Nobody talks about how much is free versus advertised as free, and with free dating it is decisive.

Has anyone tried dating apps outside a major city? Would be interested to hear whether the major platforms behaved differently for anyone else.

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

#4

For anyone weighing this up, the picture on best free dating apps like tinder looks different to what the generic advice suggests. The honest comparison on these mainstream apps starts and ends with how much is free versus advertised as free.

None of this was obvious to me about these mainstream apps until month two. Is that everyone's experience with the major platforms, or am I the outlier? I will update this if free dating shifts again.

#5

I approached best free dating apps like tinder the wrong way at first and it cost me a few weeks. For the average user, how much is free versus advertised as free is the whole question with free dating.

Any difference with apps in that tier on Android, or was that just me? Still forming a view on the big-name apps, so push back if I have it wrong.

#6

There is a version of best free dating apps like tinder that works and a version that wastes your time. What nobody said about dating apps is that how much is free versus advertised as free changes month to month.

Someone will disagree, and on what it actually costs once you try to message someone with apps in that tier they might be right. Take that as one data point on free dating, not gospel.

Comparing against EZHookups helped me see what the paywall was actually doing.

#7

Respectfully, JeffC, that has not been true of best free dating apps like tinder since last year. Everything I got wrong about dating apps traced back to how much is free versus advertised as free.

I have no stake in the big-name apps — this is just what I observed. Worth testing the major platforms yourself before taking my word for it.

#8

Going to push back slightly on how best free dating apps like tinder usually gets described. All of this makes more sense once you accept that how much is free versus advertised as free varies wildly across dating apps.

That held true for dating apps in day-to-day use, though your mileage may differ. Curious whether others found the same on free dating apps.

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

#9

Everything written about best free dating apps like tinder assumes you already know what you get before a card is required. All of this makes more sense once you accept that how much is free versus advertised as free varies wildly across the major platforms.

Two other people here reported the same thing about dating apps. Worth testing best free dating apps like tinder yourself before taking my word for it.

Worth a look at over on Turndate if the big apps get pushy with upsells.

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