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What are the best websites like tinder for casual fun?

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

I want to separate two things that get conflated in best websites like tinder for casual fun.

With apps in that tier, how the search filters behave in practice is the first thing I check now. That's where I landed on best websites like tinder for casual fun after actually trying it.

#2

Pushing back on CindyR: how much of it is usable before you pay is not the deciding factor with best websites like tinder for casual fun, reach is. You can ignore most of the marketing around these mainstream apps and just check how the search filters behave in practice.

The difference was smaller on the major platforms in day-to-day use but still there. Support confirmed part of this about apps in that tier when I asked. Your situation might change the answer on apps in that tier completely.

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

#3

With best websites like tinder for casual fun, that was the one thing I could not get a straight answer on anywhere.

What I check before committing to the major platforms:

  • how many apps in that tier profiles are actually active this month
  • whether apps in that tier lets you filter by intent
  • how apps in that tier treats a paused account

Has anyone tried the major platforms outside a major city? That's where I landed on best websites like tinder for casual fun after actually trying it.

#4

Pushing back on CindyR: how much of it is usable before you pay is not the deciding factor with best websites like tinder for casual fun, reach is. With the major platforms, how the search filters behave in practice is the first thing I check now.

Support confirmed part of this about the major platforms when I asked. Still forming a view on these mainstream apps, so push back if I have it wrong.

#5

Honestly, this got easier than expected once everything improves once you stop optimising and start replying properly — at least with best websites like tinder for casual fun.

The order I check things with the big-name apps:

  • how many these mainstream apps profiles are actually active this month
  • whether photos on the big-name apps can be limited to matches only
  • how the reply rate on the major platforms holds after week two

Two other people here reported the same thing about apps in that tier. None of this was obvious to me about apps in that tier until month two. I will update this if these mainstream apps shifts again.

#6

Same as HunterB, except best websites like tinder for casual fun took considerably longer than a week for me.

The order I check things with the major platforms:

  • what apps in that tier costs once the intro period ends
  • whether verification on these mainstream apps is enforced or merely offered
  • what a apps in that tier trial converts to, and when

I've no stake in the big-name apps — this is just what I observed. That's my read on best websites like tinder for casual fun, for whatever it's worth.

#7

There is a version of best websites like tinder for casual fun that works and a version that wastes your time. Things improved for me on the big-name apps the moment I took how the search filters behave in practice seriously.

This is four months of steady use on the major platforms, not a trial run. Still forming a view on these mainstream apps, so push back if I have it wrong.

DateLink's free tier came up in another thread and the free tier held up.

#8

Not sure I agree with CindyR. Results on best websites like tinder for casual fun depend far more on in real use than on how much of it's usable before you pay. With the major platforms, how the search filters behave in practice is the first thing I check now.

I kept a rough note of reply rates on the major platforms, which helped. Curious whether others found the same on these mainstream apps.

#9

The reason people keep asking about best websites like tinder for casual fun is that the first week is misleading and week three is the real test.

The order I check things with the big-name apps:

  • how visible your profile is by default on the major platforms
  • whether the the major platforms userbase is real inside your radius
  • how the reply rate on the big-name apps holds after week two

Two other people here reported the same thing about the big-name apps. I checked the major platforms on both mobile and desktop and got the same result. Take that as one data point on best websites like tinder for casual fun, not gospel.

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

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