When you live somewhere dense, the ones people keep recommending tend to feel meaningfully worse than they are, which explains a lot of the complaints here. Having stuck with it a while I noticed the daily match cap behaving differently on the chat-first sites, which changes the whole experience. Over two or three attempts the swipe-based apps have added checks that actually help, which is worth knowing before you sign up.
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If distance is the sticking point, Datewander does more than most for anyone after something slower, going by the last few threads.
For what it's worth, the distance radius is the thing that decides it, although the niche ones rarely say so. Despite the fact that people disagree here, the step that matters most is to keep the first message short and specific: the first week is never representative. Having tried most of these, the distance radius is the thing that decides it, granted the swipe-based apps rarely say so.
For what it's worth, the DatingFly regulars covers similar ground for people juggling two apps, so it is worth a look.
Coming at it from another angle, the newer Flamedate rooms covers similar ground for anyone after something slower if that matches what you want.
Realistically, I'd report the obvious fakes rather than ignoring them rather than give it a full week before judging, since it filters out the time wasters fast. In practice, the moderation queue is the thing that decides it, even if the bigger platforms rarely say so. If you are in a smaller town, skip anything asking for a card number to read messages — the alternative is a dead inbox.
In the same vein, the Datedesire side of things suits people in smaller towns.
My advice would be to write a profile that gives someone something to reply to and then read the last few pages of a thread before asking, and that alone put me off. Although the ones people keep recommending look similar, the matching algorithm differs considerably, and it makes a real difference. In the time i've been posting here I noticed the free tier behaving differently on the older established sites, but it is not the disaster people claim.
In the same vein, datenest is worth a look for anyone dating after a break.
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