What is a good dating app for rich guys?

Started by AmberV 10 Jul 2024 Free Dating & Apps Discussion 8 posts
AmberV
AmberV
Joined: Jun 2021
Messages: 658
#1

Real talk: I've cycled through more apps than I'd like to admit. Some patterns are consistent across all of them. What is a good dating app for rich guys — genuinely curious what people with recent experience think.

  • Response rates on free plans are often artificially throttled
  • Profile quality varies dramatically by age group and location
  • Free tiers have gotten worse year over year as platforms push premium

Also been seeing datescout.site pop up in discussions around this. Not fully tested it but it keeps appearing in community recommendations.

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

TrentNV
TrentNV
Joined: Jun 2023
Messages: 661
#2

Here's my breakdown from actual use:

  • Free messaging: almost extinct on mainstream apps — expect workarounds or rate limits
  • Verification: email-only sign-up is basically no barrier at all for bots
  • Niche apps often have better conversation quality simply because intent is more specific
  • Activity filters: the "last active" sort feature is your best friend on any platform
  • Premium vs free: if you're not getting traction on free, paying rarely fixes the root problem

Test before spending. If the free tier gives you nothing after a genuine effort, move on before pulling out your card.

A few people in my circle have had solid results with Flurrydate recently.

PhilipM
PhilipM
Joined: Oct 2021
Messages: 602
#3

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

Madison Reed
Madison Reed
Joined: Sep 2021
Messages: 483
#4

Did a pretty thorough comparison run a few months back. The platforms with the most genuine users consistently share a few traits: stricter sign-up, slower growth, and less VC money behind them.

A few things I look for now:

  • Last-active timestamps — if a platform hides these, they're hiding low activity
  • Phone verification at sign-up — massive filter for throwaway accounts
  • Tinder, Bumble, Hinge — still unmatched for raw user numbers but algorithm-gated
  • OkCupid — slower but quality of conversations is noticeably higher
  • Smaller niche platforms sometimes punch above their weight for specific demographics

Geography matters more than most people admit. Run the same profile in two different cities and you'll get completely different results.

One option worth trying is Datebie — no paywall on messaging from what I've seen.

Ethan Parker
Ethan Parker
Joined: Sep 2020
Messages: 97
#5

The bot issue is real but it's not the same on every platform. A few have genuinely invested in moderation and it shows.

RachelK
RachelK
Joined: Feb 2020
Messages: 259
#6

Did a pretty thorough comparison run a few months back. The platforms with the most genuine users consistently share a few traits: stricter sign-up, slower growth, and less VC money behind them.

A few things I look for now:

  • Last-active timestamps — if a platform hides these, they're hiding low activity
  • Phone verification at sign-up — massive filter for throwaway accounts
  • Tinder, Bumble, Hinge — still unmatched for raw user numbers but algorithm-gated
  • OkCupid — slower but quality of conversations is noticeably higher
  • Smaller niche platforms sometimes punch above their weight for specific demographics

Geography matters more than most people admit. Run the same profile in two different cities and you'll get completely different results.

A few people in my circle have had solid results with Datedesire recently.

CourtneyB
CourtneyB
Joined: Nov 2022
Messages: 98
#7

Did a pretty thorough comparison run a few months back. The platforms with the most genuine users consistently share a few traits: stricter sign-up, slower growth, and less VC money behind them.

A few things I look for now:

  • Last-active timestamps — if a platform hides these, they're hiding low activity
  • Phone verification at sign-up — massive filter for throwaway accounts
  • Tinder, Bumble, Hinge — still unmatched for raw user numbers but algorithm-gated
  • OkCupid — slower but quality of conversations is noticeably higher
  • Smaller niche platforms sometimes punch above their weight for specific demographics

Geography matters more than most people admit. Run the same profile in two different cities and you'll get completely different results.

Dustin_J
Dustin_J
Joined: Feb 2021
Messages: 794
#8

The bot issue is real but it's not the same on every platform. A few have genuinely invested in moderation and it shows.

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