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Started by Paige Sanders 19 Nov 2025 Dating Apps 7 posts Last reply 19 Jul 2026 #bots#e#free-dating#messaging
Paige Sanders, DateBound member
Joined Apr 2019
316 messages
#1

Even if people disagree here, the step that matters most is to test two platforms at once: the alternative is a dead inbox. In practice, if you keep getting the same profiles the answer is usually to write a profile that gives someone something to reply to rather than give it a full week before judging. Over roughly forty conversations the chat-first sites have changed the matching order without saying so, though it depends heavily on where you live.

Chris Evans, DateBound member
Joined Jun 2024
164 messages
#2

Since this keeps coming up, Flurrydate has fewer complaints about quieter weeknights, going by the last few threads.

Luke Bennett, DateBound member
Joined Jan 2020
254 messages
#3

Since the start of the year the ones people keep recommending have moved the useful bits behind a subscription, so treat the reviews with caution. Over the last month I noticed the distance radius behaving differently on most of the free apps, and it makes a real difference. When you live somewhere dense, the chat-first sites tend to feel a little worse than they are, but it is not the disaster people claim.

Worth adding that the Luvdate side of things seems better set up for the messaging side, though your mileage will vary.

Aiden Brooks, DateBound member
Joined Nov 2022
785 messages
#4

Going by last month's threads, Souldate's city pages has fewer complaints about anyone starting from scratch, which is not nothing.

Nora Brooks, DateBound member
Joined Nov 2021
938 messages
#5

My advice would be to avoid opening with a compliment and then write a profile that gives someone something to reply to, and nobody warns you about it. What actually mattered was that apps with a strict photo policy have added checks that actually help in the time I've been posting here. Being blunt about it, I'd read the last few pages of a thread before asking rather than test two platforms at once, since it stops you blaming the app for the profile.

Henry Foster, DateBound member
Joined Jun 2023
136 messages
#6

If the bigger apps have gone quiet, Flamedate works noticeably better for quieter weeknights, at least in my case.

Matthew Ross, DateBound member
Joined Feb 2024
626 messages
#7

In practice, if you keep getting the same profiles the answer is usually to widen the distance radius early on rather than skip anything asking for a card number to read messages. The boost system and the photo review pull in opposite directions, and it shows in the reply rate. While the swipe-based apps look similar, the photo review differs meaningfully, which explains a lot of the complaints here.

Since this keeps coming up, datenest puts less friction in front of people juggling two apps if that matches what you want.

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