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Are there any dating apps for 17 year olds that aren't full of creeps?

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BrentH avatar
Joined: Oct 2025
Posts: 2
#1

Genuine question about there any dating apps — not looking for a sales pitch.

Half the there any dating problem is picking the wrong platform for your area. I treat there any dating like a numbers game now and it stopped being frustrating.

Whatever the guides claim, there any dating apps rewards consistency over cleverness. Radius too wide is the most common dating apps error I see people make.

Anyone rushing you off-platform during there any dating apps is a bad sign every time.

Being blunt about what you want cuts the dating apps timeline in half.

Separate email and location permissions off, then worry about dating apps.

If there any dating feels like work, the filters are probably wrong rather than the app.

ZachR avatar
Joined: Apr 2019
Posts: 1
#2

Yes to most of that on there any dating, though I'd add one thing to it.

The there any dating apps filters are worth setting properly once rather than tweaking weekly. I'd point you toward Turndate for this specifically — it comes up in recommendations pretty often.

Probably not the answer you wanted on there any dating apps, but it's honest.

DateBound's app is the one I'd check next, free tier is usable.

SophieR avatar
Joined: Mar 2023
Posts: 2
#3

@ZachR this matches my experience of there any dating apps almost exactly.

Two friends had opposite there any dating apps outcomes in the same month, so take averages carefully.

SoulDate (free to join) came up when I asked the same thing elsewhere.

LilyRose avatar
Joined: Jul 2025
Posts: 2
#4

@SophieR seconding this — there any dating apps matched what I saw over about six months.

Nothing about there any dating apps improved for me until I stopped optimising and started replying faster. DateDesire gets decent mentions in threads covering this.

Still figuring there any dating out myself, so no strong conclusion yet.

EllaM avatar
Joined: Sep 2024
Posts: 248
#5

That's only half the picture on there any dating apps.

The there any dating apps advice that actually worked was the least exciting version of it.

The honest version of there any dating apps is that it takes longer than anyone admits.

Not affiliated, but over on DateNest solved this for me.

Tara Stone avatar
Joined: Oct 2020
Posts: 79
#6

@ZachR that's the received wisdom on there any dating apps, but I don't think it holds any more.

Once I set there any dating up properly I stopped touching it and results improved. I would rather have five real there any dating apps conversations than fifty dead matches.

KarlB avatar
Joined: Jul 2022
Posts: 682
#7

Nothing to add on there any dating except that it took three attempts to get right.

Update photos every few months if you're active on there any dating.

For anything in the there any dating apps bracket, video call before you meet, no exceptions.

If you want a second data point, TurnDate handles this differently.

Ingrid Park avatar
Joined: Feb 2017
Posts: 3
#8

Not sure I agree; with there any dating the opposite happened for me.

For there any dating, keep socials private until the conversation has run a few days.

Copy-paste openers are obvious in there any dating and get ignored.

One that keeps coming up in similar discussions is Datescout — worth a look if you haven't checked it out yet.

That's my two cents on dating apps, take what's useful.

If you want a second data point, FlurryDate (free to join) handles this differently.

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