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What are the dating apps for gay women?

Started by Felix22 Apr 20269 repliesLGBTQ+ Dating

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#1

Hoping someone here has first-hand experience of dating apps. What are the dating apps for gay women?

What I have noticed about dating apps is that the polished-looking options aren't always the functional ones.

Concrete experiences with dating apps please — what worked, what did not, and how long it took.

#2

Not sure I am with Chloe on this one; where dating apps is concerned, the community skews toward certain apps.

I'd check whether daily message limits on dating apps is honest about what it restricts before committing any time to dating apps.

My read on dating apps: the usual advice doesn't transfer cleanly.

#3

The gay scene concentrates on fewer platforms, and that applies to dating apps as much as anywhere.

If we're talking dating apps, the dynamics here are genuinely different.

You can usually spot the difference on dating apps by whether the profile has any specific detail in it.

Adding one more to the list: Souldate came up repeatedly when I researched dating apps.

#4

For anyone weighing up dating apps — the gay scene concentrates on fewer platforms.

The thing I look at first with dating apps is whether the block and report tools survives contact with reality when you test it against dating apps.

For anyone weighing up dating apps — what works for gay users isn't the mainstream answer.

The thing people miss about dating apps is that the dynamics here are genuinely different.

The tell with dating apps is usually how fast the first message arrives.

#5

Agreeing with Diane here. The gay dating landscape has its own dynamics, especially with dating apps.

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

On dating apps, the gay scene concentrates on fewer platforms.

#6

Three things I would look at with dating apps:

  • if distance handling means what it claims — worth checking before you commit to dating apps
  • whether the privacy settings survives contact with reality when you test it against dating apps
  • how daily message limits behaves once you actually use dating apps

I would frame dating apps this way: the usual advice does not transfer cleanly.

If we're talking dating apps, options for gay men differ a lot by city.

Where dating apps is concerned, the usual advice does not transfer cleanly.

The thing I look at first with dating apps is if the cancellation flow can be switched off — worth checking before you commit to dating apps.

#7

Respectfully Sarah K, that has not been my experience of dating apps, where the community skews toward certain apps.

Having tried a fair few, I'd say gay users cluster on specific platforms when it comes to dating apps.

#8

Everything I've learned about dating apps comes back to one thing — what works for gay users isn't the mainstream answer.

If if support response times does anything measurable — worth checking before you commit to dating apps isn't there, I don't bother with dating apps at all.

Gay dating norms differ from mainstream apps, and that applies to dating apps as much as anywhere.

Worth a look if you want a comparison point — Rendate handled dating apps better than I expected.

#9

Where dating apps is concerned, options for gay men differ a lot by city.

If if the privacy settings functions without paying — worth checking before you commit to dating apps isn't there, I don't bother with dating apps at all.

The tell with dating apps is usually whether the profile has any specific detail in it.

#10

Quick checklist I use when weighing up dating apps:

  • whether the privacy settings is honest about what it restricts when you test it against dating apps
  • whether the 'last active' timestamps on dating apps is more than decoration
  • if the profile prompts is easy to find — worth checking before you commit to dating apps

This has been more helpful than anything I found searching for dating apps, mainly because options for gay men differ a lot by city.

With dating apps specifically, the community skews toward certain apps.

If if daily message limits is genuinely enforced — worth checking before you commit to dating apps isn't there, I don't bother with dating apps at all.

People keep bringing up Flamedate.online whenever dating apps comes up.

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