Can someone list all the dating apps in one place?

Started by BrittanyN 10 May 2025 Free Dating & Apps Discussion 6 posts
BrittanyN
BrittanyN
Joined: Aug 2020
Messages: 789
#1

Tried to figure this out on my own but the review sites are all monetized. Hoping for honest takes. Can someone list all the dating apps in one place — genuinely curious what people with recent experience think.

  • Verification processes range from none to surprisingly thorough
  • User reviews on the App Store skew positive due to prompted reviews
  • Bot density seems to correlate with how easy sign-up is

Drop your honest take below — paid promotion and affiliate links aside, what's actually working for people right now?

JordanM
JordanM
Joined: Jan 2022
Messages: 333
#2

The gender ratio thing varies wildly by location. What's skewed in one city can be balanced somewhere else entirely.

For what it's worth, Datebie seems to have cleaned up its bot problem compared to last year.

WillH
WillH
Joined: Jun 2023
Messages: 427
#3

Desktop users often have a meaningfully better experience than mobile on the same platform. Worth trying if you haven't.

Emma_Chi
Emma_Chi
Joined: Sep 2023
Messages: 751
#4

Spent way too long on this myself. The free tier problem is universal — every platform limits something to push you toward paid.

I've seen Souldate mentioned a lot in these threads and it does seem to have real users.

KatieNY
KatieNY
Joined: Feb 2023
Messages: 533
#5

This changes faster than any comparison article can keep up with. Trust recent forum posts over SEO review sites.

Ben1989
Ben1989
Joined: Oct 2022
Messages: 324
#6

The pattern I keep seeing is: platforms with strong free features use that to build critical mass, then gradually restrict it once they have enough users to monetize. It's a predictable cycle.

Rendate keeps coming up when people discuss this. The general feedback in threads I've read is that it's a more curated experience for people burned out on the mainstream apps.

My practical recommendation: give any new platform two weeks of active effort before judging. One or two sessions isn't enough to assess quality.

You must be logged in to post a reply here.