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Are there dating apps that pay you to go on dates?

Started by Grace7 Jul 20267 repliesFree Dating & Apps

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#1

Looking for real experience with dating apps rather than marketing copy. Are there dating apps that pay you to go on dates?

I've tried enough of these that I've stopped believing the feature lists on dating apps.

Real numbers and real timelines on dating apps if you have them.

With dating apps specifically, whether you can reply without paying is the test.

#2

Respectfully Grace, that has not been my experience of dating apps, where whether you can reply without paying is the test.

The drop-off between match and reply is a better predictor than the interface design, at least in my experience with dating apps.

On dating apps, what the free tier actually allows is the real question.

#3

Where dating apps is concerned, paywalls decide whether it's usable.

Datebound came up when I was researching dating apps and it held up in testing.

#4

Everything I've learned about dating apps comes back to one thing — the paywall placement tells you the business model.

I'd check whether the location radius on dating apps holds up under real use before committing any time to dating apps.

Having tried a fair few, I'd say what the free tier actually allows is the real question when it comes to dating apps.

What changed my results with dating apps was cutting the profile down to three honest sentences.

#5

With dating apps specifically, free-tier limits are the deciding factor.

Everything I've learned about dating apps comes back to one thing — what the free tier actually allows is the real question.

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

Worth comparing against Ezhookups before you settle on anything for dating apps.

#6

The honest answer on dating apps is that free-tier limits are the deciding factor.

Having tried a fair few, I would say free access to messaging is the dividing line when it comes to dating apps.

If if support response times holds up under real use — worth checking before you commit to dating apps is not there, I do not bother with dating apps at all.

What changed my results with dating apps was being explicit about what I was looking for.

#7

How I would approach dating apps if I were starting over:

  • whether the age filter on dating apps means what it claims
  • how the photo requirements behaves once you actually use dating apps
  • whether the profile prompts on dating apps means what it claims

Respectfully Bryce, that has not been my experience of dating apps, where the free tier either works or it doesn't.

The honest answer on dating apps is that what you get without paying is what matters.

#8

Coming back to say I tried a few of these for dating apps and the advice held up: whether messaging is free changes everything.

I'd check if the 'last active' timestamps is easy to find — worth checking before you commit to dating apps before committing any time to dating apps.

My read on dating apps: what the free tier actually allows is the real question.

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