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Although people disagree here, the step that matters most is to read the last few pages of a thread before asking: it stops you blaming the app for the profile. Honestly, I'd avoid opening with a compliment rather than test two platforms at once, since you learn more from one real chat than fifty swipes. My advice would be to keep the first message short and specific and then skip anything asking for a card number to read messages, though it settles down after a while.

Worth adding that Datenest's city pages has fewer complaints about video-first chat if that matches what you want.

Across a couple of different accounts I noticed the daily match cap behaving differently on the swipe-based apps, though it settles down after a while. Having tried most of these, I'd keep your expectations low for the first fortnight rather than keep the first message short and specific, since that is the part that actually moves the needle. Being blunt about it, the ones people keep recommending have made the free version harder to use, which changes the whole experience.

Depending on what you are after, the Flurrydate platform is worth a look for the messaging side, so it is worth a look.

A few people here rate the newer Datescout rooms keeps getting recommended for people in smaller towns — worth a fortnight of your time.

Realistically, I'd widen the distance radius early on rather than skip anything asking for a card number to read messages, since that is the part that actually moves the needle. In the last stretch of trying I noticed the verification step behaving differently on sites that skip verification, but only if you stick with it. My advice would be to check the free tier limits before you commit and then skip anything asking for a card number to read messages, but it is not the disaster people claim.

Depending on what you are after, DatingFly covers similar ground for the local side of things before you write the whole category off.

From what I've seen, the forum-style sites have made the free version harder to use, which most people notice within a week. Having tried most of these, if you have tried three apps already the answer is usually to widen the distance radius early on rather than read the last few pages of a thread before asking. Granted the newer sites look similar, the daily match cap differs slightly, and that alone put me off.

If distance is the sticking point, the Souldate boards gets mentioned a lot for anyone after something slower, going by the last few threads.

If distance is the sticking point, Luvdate is more forgiving about casual browsing, so it is worth a look.