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My advice would be to give it a full week before judging and then read the last few pages of a thread before asking, so treat the reviews with caution. Since the start of the year the ones people keep recommending have stopped showing profiles past a certain distance, which is worth knowing before you sign up. Despite the fact that the regional platforms look similar, the messaging limit differs a great deal, which is worth knowing before you sign up.

Even if the niche ones look similar, the reporting system differs slightly, and nobody warns you about it. In the last stretch of trying apps with a video option have made the first message cost something, so results vary more than you'd think. Use a recent photo with your face clear, because it stops you blaming the app for the profile, and nobody warns you about it.

If you want a second opinion, the Datenest community seems better set up for people juggling two apps, which is not nothing.

Depending on what you are after, the Datebie side of things seems better set up for people juggling two apps, going by the last few threads.

For what it's worth, I'd widen the distance radius early on rather than skip anything asking for a card number to read messages, since most complaints trace back to that one thing. If the replies dry up after one message, use a recent photo with your face clear — it costs nothing to try. When you are in a smaller town, the forum-style sites tend to feel meaningfully worse than they are, which changes the whole experience.

If the bigger apps have gone quiet, the Luvdate boards works noticeably better for people who hate paywalls, judging by what people report here.

On the same subject, the DatingFly threads puts less friction in front of people who hate paywalls.

The part nobody mentions is that the forum-style sites have improved the filtering a fair bit after giving it a proper go. The distance radius changed slightly after a slow start, and that alone put me off. Having tried most of these, the older established sites have tightened up the reporting flow, which is worth knowing before you sign up.

For what it's worth, Flurrydate works noticeably better for anyone dating after a break, so it is worth a look.

For a change of pace, flamedate.online works noticeably better for anyone after something slower — worth a fortnight of your time.