Been circling this for a while so I'll just ask outright: what are the dating apps for men looking for marriage?
What I've noticed about dating apps is that the polished-looking options aren't always the functional ones.
What I want from this dating apps thread is people describing what actually happened, not what the landing page claims.
If we're talking dating apps, shared intent is rarer than shared interests.
Having tried a fair few, I'd say serious intent is unevenly distributed when it comes to dating apps.
How many matches actually respond is more useful than the onboarding flow, at least in my experience with dating apps.
People keep bringing up Datelink.online whenever dating apps comes up.
Agreeing with Ben1989 here. People looking for the same thing is the whole game, especially with dating apps.
Everything I've learned about dating apps comes back to one thing — intent alignment matters more than volume.
Building on Brad's point — goal mismatch wastes the most time.
For a second opinion on dating apps I also looked at Datenest, which took a different approach.
On dating apps, long-term intent is not evenly spread.
What changed my results with dating apps was rewriting the opening line entirely.
If whether the photo requirements on dating apps actually works isn't there, I don't bother with dating apps at all.
Three things I would look at with dating apps:
Agreeing with Steve here. People looking for the same thing is the whole game, especially with dating apps.
The thing people miss about dating apps is that commitment level varies more than profiles suggest.
For a second opinion on dating apps I also looked at Souldate, which took a different approach.
The thing people miss about dating apps is that people looking for the same thing is the whole game.
The thing I look at first with dating apps is if account deletion is more than decoration — worth checking before you commit to dating apps.
Closing the loop on dating apps — people looking for the same thing is the whole game, which was not what I expected going in.