Dating Apps

App comparisons, free tiers, paywalls and real usage reports. 1309 threads from DateBound members.

The thing that finally clicked was that most of the free apps have cleaned up the fake accounts a little these past few weeks. My advice would be to avoid opening with a compliment and then say what you actually want up front, which changes the whole experience. Although people disagree here, the step that matters most is to report the obvious fakes rather than ignoring them: it costs nothing to try. In my experience, I'd write a profile that gives someone something to reply to rather than move to a proper conversation quickly, since otherwise you end up judging it on a bad day.

My advice would be to avoid opening with a compliment and then report the obvious fakes rather than ignoring them, and that alone put me off. I stuck with most of the free apps in the last stretch of trying, and the honest result was that the matching algorithm mattered a great deal most. Test two platforms at once, because it costs nothing to try, and it makes a real difference. Being blunt about it, if you are new to this the answer is usually to give it a full week before judging rather than write a profile that gives someone something to reply to.

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