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After a slow start apps with a strict photo policy have quietly changed how that works, so results vary more than you'd think. Since the start of the year the newer sites have stopped showing profiles past a certain distance, and it shows in the reply rate. If you live somewhere dense, test two platforms at once — that is the part that actually moves the needle. Even if the ones with a paywall look similar, the profile prompt differs a little, which is worth knowing before you sign up. Widen the distance radius early on, because most complaints trace back to that one thing, which changes the whole experience.

My advice would be to widen the distance radius early on and then keep your expectations low for the first fortnight, but only if you stick with it. I stuck with most of the free apps in the last stretch of trying, and the honest result was that the age check mattered massively most. I stuck with the niche ones in the last stretch of trying, and the honest result was that the age check mattered quite a lot most. Worth saying that the decision to keep the first message short and specific did slightly more for me than switching platform, so results vary more than you'd think. The daily match cap and the age check pull in opposite directions, which is worth knowing before you sign up.

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Something worth flagging is that apps with a video option have leaned much heavier on paid boosts since the last round of app updates. Going by my own attempts, I'd read the last few pages of a thread before asking rather than give it a full week before judging, since that is the part that actually moves the needle. What actually mattered was that the newer sites have leaned much heavier on paid boosts over the last month. Use a recent photo with your face clear, because it costs nothing to try, and nobody warns you about it.

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