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What is the best dating app for over 50?

Started by Brandon Reed Senior Dating 7 replies
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Brandon Reed avatar
Joined: Mar 2022
Posts: 2
#1

Asking about the best dating app because I've had mixed results and want a sanity check.

I would rather have five real the best dating conversations than fifty dead matches. First message inside a day, or the best dating app stops mattering because they've moved on.

If the best dating app feels like work, the filters are probably wrong rather than the app. Anyone rushing you off-platform during the best dating app is a bad sign every time.

Nobody warns you that dating apps is mostly patience and a decent second photo.

Hinge

Coffee Meets Bagel

Bumble

OkCupid

Rachel Green avatar
Joined: Mar 2023
Posts: 2
#2

I've seen the best dating fail exactly the way you're saying it works.

The the best dating results people brag about usually came from months of quiet effort. Personally I'd try Souldate for this — it's come up in multiple recommendations lately.

DateDesire (datedesire.online) came up when I asked the same thing elsewhere.

Victoria Hill avatar
Joined: Feb 2017
Posts: 1
#3

Nothing to add on the best dating except that it took three attempts to get right.

Public place and own transport — same rules for the best dating app as anything else.

Density beats features every time with the best dating app — a smaller local pool is worth more.

Someone mentioned DateBound — worth a look to me for this and it was a reasonable shout.

what DateBie does is the one I'd check next, free tier is usable.

Mason Brown avatar
Joined: Mar 2022
Posts: 1
#4

I've seen the best dating app fail exactly the way you're saying it works.

For anything in the dating apps bracket, video call before you meet, no exceptions. Personally I'd try Flamedate for this — it's come up in multiple recommendations lately.

I ended up on DateLink's free tier for exactly this reason.

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

XanderP avatar
Joined: Mar 2017
Posts: 1
#5

Can confirm from the the best dating side of things.

Nothing about dating apps improved for me until I stopped optimising and started replying faster. datelink.online has been getting decent mentions in threads like this one.

Amelia Scott avatar
Joined: Feb 2017
Posts: 2
#6

That tracks with what I've run into on the best dating.

Copy-paste openers are obvious in the best dating app and get ignored.

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

KatieRay avatar
Joined: Dec 2019
Posts: 124
#7

@Amelia Scott this matches my experience of the best dating app almost exactly.

Reading the room matters more in the best dating app than any setting you can toggle.

Expect the best dating app to look different on a weekday evening than on a Sunday morning.

YusufN avatar
Joined: Dec 2023
Posts: 1
#8

@KatieRay i've seen the best dating app fail exactly the way you're saying it works.

Separate email and location permissions off, then worry about the best dating app. Personally I'd try Flurrydate for this — it's come up in multiple recommendations lately.

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