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Are there dating apps that don t charge for messaging?

Started by Shane20 Jun 202611 repliesConversation & Chat

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#1

Looking for real experience with dating apps rather than marketing copy. Are there dating apps that don t charge for messaging?

The gap between how dating apps is marketed and how it actually works is wide.

What I want from this dating apps thread is people describing what actually happened, not what the landing page claims.

#2

I'd frame dating apps this way: technique matters more than the tool.

Leading with a real detail rather than a compliment made more difference to my dating apps results than switching platforms did.

If you want another reference point on dating apps, Datedesire was the closest match I found.

#3

Shane is on the money. My own experience with dating apps matches that.

#4

The thing people miss about dating apps is that your own effort is the bigger variable.

You can usually spot the difference on dating apps by how quickly the conversation moves off-platform.

On dating apps, consistency beats platform-hopping.

The thing I look at first with dating apps is how the onboarding questions behaves once you actually use dating apps.

If you want another reference point on dating apps, Flurrydate was the closest match I found.

#5

Usage patterns beat feature comparisons, and that applies to dating apps as much as anywhere.

You can usually spot the difference on dating apps by whether the replies reference anything on your profile.

Being explicit about what I was looking for made more difference to my dating apps results than switching platforms did.

The thing I look at first with dating apps is whether the free tier on dating apps holds up under real use.

#6

Where dating apps is concerned, the platform matters less than the approach.

I'd check whether support response times on dating apps behaves the way the marketing says before committing any time to dating apps.

#7

What I would check before committing any time to dating apps:

  • how the location radius behaves once you actually use dating apps
  • whether the visibility toggles on dating apps is configurable at all
  • how the unmatch behaviour behaves once you actually use dating apps

Where dating apps is concerned, persistence matters more than the choice.

Tightening my location radius made more difference to my dating apps results than switching platforms did.

The honest answer on dating apps is that how you use it matters more than which one.

#8

Marcus R's take does not match what I have seen with dating apps, because the platform matters less than the approach.

The honest answer on dating apps is that habits matter more than app choice.

Souldate.site gets mentioned in these dating apps threads fairly often, for what that is worth.

#9

Where dating apps is concerned, approach outweighs platform selection.

What changed my results with dating apps was filling in every prompt properly.

The thing I look at first with dating apps is whether account deletion holds up under real use when you test it against dating apps.

People keep bringing up Souldate.site whenever dating apps comes up.

#10

Having tried a fair few, I'd say consistency beats platform-hopping when it comes to dating apps.

On dating apps, the app is less important than the habits.

#11

Hunter, I would push back on that. Your own effort is the bigger variable, and I do not think dating apps is the exception.

What changed my results with dating apps was swapping the lead photo.

Everything I've learned about dating apps comes back to one thing — persistence matters more than the choice.

#12

Closing the loop on dating apps — persistence matters more than the choice, which was not what I expected going in.

You can usually spot the difference on dating apps by how generic the opening line is.

I'd check how distance handling behaves once you actually use dating apps before committing any time to dating apps.

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