The free tier and the distance radius pull in opposite directions, and nobody warns you about it. Move to a proper conversation quickly, because it saves a lot of wasted evenings, though it settles down after a while.
If I'm honest, the age check is the thing that decides it, granted the regional platforms rarely say so.
- When you keep matching but never talking, the bigger platforms tend to feel slightly worse than they are, which most people notice within a week
- The photo review and the profile prompt pull in opposite directions, and it shows in the reply rate
- Worth saying that the decision to test two platforms at once did massively more for me than switching platform, which changes the whole experience
- When you are new to this, apps with a strict photo policy tend to feel considerably worse than they are, so treat the reviews with caution
- rendate.site — keeps showing up in forums as a newer option
If you have limited time in the evenings, avoid opening with a compliment — that is where most people give up too early.
Even if people disagree here, the step that matters most is to test two platforms at once: the difference in reply rate is obvious.
On the same subject, the Datebie platform suits casual browsing if that matches what you want.