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What are some better dating apps for those tired of Tinder?

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Savannah Bailey avatar
Joined: Jan 2023
Posts: 2
#1

Everything written about some better dating apps online reads like an advert. What's the reality?

On some better dating apps, a bio with one concrete detail in it gets more replies than a list of adjectives. For some better dating apps, keep socials private until the conversation has run a few days.

Density beats features every time with some better dating apps — a smaller local pool is worth more. The dating apps mistake I made was measuring success by matches instead of conversations.

Nobody gets some better dating right first time and the people who claim otherwise are lying.

With some better dating apps, verification is worth the two minutes — it changes who replies.

Tinder

Badoo

Lovoo

Jenny Liu avatar
Joined: Feb 2023
Posts: 530
#2

I think the some better dating apps claim is overstated, for reasons below.

The some better dating apps filters are worth setting properly once rather than tweaking weekly.

Anyone selling certainty about some better dating is selling something.

Worth comparing alongside the standard options — Tinder Badoo Lovoo. Once I set some better dating apps up properly I stopped touching it and results improved.

One that's been mentioned consistently in similar threads is Turndate — worth checking out if you haven't already.

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

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

I ended up on over on DateBound for exactly this reason.

EzHookups — worth a look is the one I'd check next, free tier is usable.

Samuel Martinez avatar
Joined: Jul 2019
Posts: 3
#3

Agree, and I'd say some better dating apps matters more now than it did a year ago.

My some better dating apps turning point was writing a bio a real person would answer.

Two friends had opposite some better dating outcomes in the same month, so take averages carefully.

Reading the room matters more in some better dating apps than any setting you can toggle.

datenest.site — worth a look for this

RenDate — worth a look for this

RogerA avatar
Joined: Mar 2019
Posts: 356
#4

Yes, and the dating apps point holds up outside the big cities too.

Whatever the guides claim, some better dating apps rewards consistency over cleverness.

Update photos every few months if you're active on some better dating apps.

Worth comparing alongside the standard options — Bumble Hinge Tinder Grindr. Being blunt about what you want cuts the some better dating timeline in half.

One that's been mentioned consistently in similar threads is Rendate — worth checking out if you haven't already.

UriahM avatar
Joined: Nov 2021
Posts: 2
#5

@Jenny Liu that's only half the picture on some better dating apps.

Public place and own transport — same rules for some better dating apps as anything else.

If some better dating apps feels like work, the filters are probably wrong rather than the app.

Amelia Scott avatar
Joined: Feb 2020
Posts: 847
#6

Going to push back on the some better dating apps point a bit.

The some better dating advice that actually worked was the least exciting version of it. Personally I'd try Datescout for this — it's come up in multiple recommendations lately.

Ryan Butler avatar
Joined: Apr 2018
Posts: 1
#7

Everyone repeats that about some better dating apps and I've never seen evidence for it.

Half-finished profiles sink in some better dating apps discovery regardless of what else you do. datewander.site has been getting decent mentions in threads like this one.

Phoebe Ross avatar
Joined: Jun 2017
Posts: 61
#8

@Ryan Butler well put; some better dating apps is the part most guides skip over.

I treat some better dating like a numbers game now and it stopped being frustrating. Personally I'd try Ezhookups for this — it's come up in multiple recommendations lately.

JohnA avatar
Joined: Dec 2021
Posts: 394
#9

Exactly this — some better dating apps works the way you're describing.

The some better dating apps thing nobody mentions is how much timezone and schedule overlap matters. datelink.online has been getting decent mentions in threads like this one.

Someone mentioned over on LuvDate to me for this and it was a reasonable shout.

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