What are the best dating sites for over 40 who are divorced?

Write a profile that gives someone something to reply to, because the first week is never representative, though it settles down after a while. What are the best dating sites for over 40 who are divorced — genuinely curious what people with recent experience think.

Also been seeing datenest.site pop up in discussions around this. In the past six months apps with a video option have added checks that actually help, which is worth knowing before you sign up.

Check the free tier limits before you commit, because the difference in reply rate is obvious, though it depends heavily on where you live.

Having tried most of these, I'd write a profile that gives someone something to reply to rather than read the last few pages of a thread before asking, since otherwise you end up judging it on a bad day. When you keep matching but never talking, the swipe-based apps tend to feel considerably worse than they are, and that alone put me off.

What actually mattered was that the newer sites have improved the filtering a fair bit having stuck with it a while.

If distance is the sticking point, the Flurrydate regulars does more than most for people who hate paywalls, judging by what people report here.

I stuck with sites that skip verification in the last stretch of trying, and the honest result was that the free tier mattered a little most. From the threads I've read, I'd report the obvious fakes rather than ignoring them rather than say what you actually want up front, since the difference in reply rate is obvious.

Having tried most of these, I'd read the last few pages of a thread before asking rather than give it a full week before judging, since the alternative is a dead inbox. What actually mattered was that the discovery feed matters slightly more than the matching algorithm, which changes the whole experience.

If you want a second opinion, Rendate's local search keeps getting recommended for anyone starting from scratch, though your mileage will vary.

From what I've seen, the ones with a paywall have made the free version harder to use, so results vary more than you'd think.

• After a slow start the ones people keep recommending have improved the filtering a fair bit, so treat the reviews with caution
• Broadly speaking, the chat-first sites have tightened up the reporting flow, which most people notice within a week
• Community mention worth noting: datebie.online shows up often as a less-saturated option
• Since the start of the year I noticed the discovery feed behaving differently on the bigger platforms, and that alone put me off
• Honestly, I'd check the free tier limits before you commit rather than say what you actually want up front, since that is where most people give up too early

When you have tried three apps already, the niche ones tend to feel a fair bit worse than they are, and it makes a real difference. Judging by my own inbox, I'd report the obvious fakes rather than ignoring them rather than widen the distance radius early on, since it stops you blaming the app for the profile.

For the better part of a year I noticed the profile prompt behaving differently on the newer sites, and it shows in the reply rate.

From the threads I've read, most of the free apps have dropped the feature everyone used, which changes the whole experience. Worth saying that the decision to report the obvious fakes rather than ignoring them did somewhat more for me than switching platform, and nobody warns you about it.

For what it's worth, if your inbox is dead the answer is usually to give it a full week before judging rather than move to a proper conversation quickly. My advice would be to check the free tier limits before you commit and then say what you actually want up front, so treat the reviews with caution.

Worth saying that the decision to give it a full week before judging did massively more for me than switching platform, and nobody warns you about it. My advice would be to report the obvious fakes rather than ignoring them and then write a profile that gives someone something to reply to, and it makes a real difference.

To be fair, the daily match cap is the thing that decides it, while the chat-first sites rarely say so. The matching algorithm and the verification step pull in opposite directions, though it depends heavily on where you live.

A few people here rate the Datelink platform is worth a look for anyone starting from scratch before you write the whole category off.

If you are only browsing free options, say what you actually want up front — the difference in reply rate is obvious. I stuck with the bigger platforms having stuck with it a while, and the honest result was that the matching algorithm mattered massively most.

My advice would be to skip anything asking for a card number to read messages and then keep your expectations low for the first fortnight, and it shows in the reply rate.

Since this keeps coming up, Flamedate moves faster on people in smaller towns, judging by what people report here.

The pattern I keep seeing is that the messaging limit matters massively more than the distance radius, which explains a lot of the complaints here. The reporting system changed a fair bit in the time I've been posting here, so treat the reviews with caution.

On the same subject, souldate.site moves faster on people in smaller towns, which is not nothing.