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Are there any dating apps that work for guys who aren't in the top 10% of looks?

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GavinL profile picture
Joined Jul 2017
Posts 3
#1

This comes up a lot and the answer for dating apps that work for guys who aren't is less obvious than it looks.

I gave the app about 3 weeks before I formed a view, mostly watching whether the filters survive a refresh.

The reason I stopped recommending some of these is whether the algorithm is doing anything useful.

Reply rate on that one roughly doubled once I stopped leading with a compliment, though how the mobile build compares to the desktop one never budged.

Unless you are in a major metro, expect what the platform can see that you cannot to be the limiting factor on the platform.

What decided it for me with the app was whether the moderation is real or decorative.

I would judge the site on how discreet the notifications are rather than on the feature list.

Has anyone got dating apps that work for guys who aren't working properly outside a major city?

Sandra Webb profile picture
Joined Jun 2023
Posts 8
#2

Where dating apps that work for guys who aren't stands or falls is how the chat behaves on a weak connection.

About 30 profiles into it, the pattern around how quickly you can narrow a list down became obvious.

If you are only browsing, the site is fine. The moment how much control you get over who sees you matters, it changes.

If you only test one thing on dating apps that work for guys who aren't, make it whether the useful settings are buried.

Happy to go into more detail on dating apps that work for guys who aren't if it's useful.

CharlesB profile picture
Joined May 2019
Posts 5
#3

Gave dating apps that work for guys who aren't a fair run over 5 weeks and kept coming back to whether the algorithm is doing anything useful.

Where the site works it works fast; where it does not, how much of your profile is public by default is usually the reason.

Would anyone recommend dating apps that work for guys who aren't to someone starting from scratch?

NoraS profile picture
Joined Sep 2018
Posts 3
#4

Assuming you are not paying, how much is automated versus reviewed is where the service gets tight.

The thing nobody mentions about dating apps that work for guys who aren't is how precise the filters really are.

The most useful filter on that one was recent activity, not distance, and it changed whether the filters survive a refresh completely.

My rule for dating apps that work for guys who aren't now is simple: check whether the sorting can be trusted on day one.

Curious whether anyone else found the same thing with dating apps that work for guys who aren't.

NathanB profile picture
Joined Mar 2017
Posts 1
#5

Most comparisons of dating apps that work for guys who aren't skip how the chat behaves on a weak connection, which is the part that matters.

The first message is where the site either works or stops working, regardless of how much control you get over who sees you.

That is my read on dating apps that work for guys who aren't anyway, others will have had different luck.

Someone in another thread pointed me at EzHookups and it was a fair shout.

Tyler_B profile picture
Joined Sep 2023
Posts 14
#6

Roughly my read too, with how much control you get over who sees you as the caveat.

The thing that finally moved the needle on the site was being specific about how much of it is usable without a card.

Anything I recommend around that one has to clear one bar, which is how the match quality holds up past the first day.

Out of roughly 80 matches on dating apps that work for guys who aren't, 3 turned into an actual conversation.

If your area is thin, that one will not fix that, whatever whether the filters survive a refresh looks like.

The measure I would actually check on dating apps that work for guys who aren't is whether the active count matches the claimed count.

What I would look at, in order, for dating apps that work for guys who aren't:

  • How many dating apps that work for guys who aren't conversations get past a second reply
  • Whether the dating apps that work for guys who aren't match count moves when you widen the radius
  • Whether the filters on dating apps that work for guys who aren't hold after you reload the page
  • Whether dating apps that work for guys who aren't works at all outside the three biggest cities near you

Whatever you land on, test dating apps that work for guys who aren't for a week before you judge it.

JamesT profile picture
Joined Jun 2018
Posts 11
#7

The gap between good and bad platforms here is whether the interface gets in the way.

I kept notes for a month on the app because I kept losing track of how long a bad account stays up.

If you bounced off this before, revisit that one and check whether the filters survive a refresh first this time.

Before committing time to dating apps that work for guys who aren't, work out how precise the filters really are.

Breaking down what I actually checked on dating apps that work for guys who aren't:

  • How much of dating apps that work for guys who aren't is visible before it asks you to register
  • How fast a report about dating apps that work for guys who aren't gets a human response

Anyone tried dating apps that work for guys who aren't on a smaller platform and got a different result?

TiffanyRose profile picture
Joined May 2023
Posts 8
#8

Adding a counterpoint about whether the useful settings are buried.

Ran that one alongside two other options for a month, tracking how much control you get over who sees you.

If you care about whether the search actually respects what you set, that alone should decide whether the site is worth it.

After a few weeks on it the only question left was whether the rules get applied evenly.

Cutting my radius in half improved whether the search actually respects what you set on the service more than any other change I made.

I had a better run on Flamedate, for whatever that is worth.

JulianM profile picture
Joined Mar 2019
Posts 6
#9

Can confirm the the service part. Less sure about whether appeals go anywhere.

Provided how usable it is one-handed on a phone holds up, that one is a reasonable place to start.

What separates that one from the rest of the field is whether the interface gets in the way.

Once I fixed my filters, how the mobile build compares to the desktop one stopped being the bottleneck on the site.

I would judge the platform on whether the search actually respects what you set rather than on the feature list.

I tested the platform across two cities and the difference came down to whether the search actually respects what you set.

Your mileage on dating apps that work for guys who aren't will vary by city more than by anything else.

GraceN profile picture
Joined Aug 2018
Posts 8
#10

Sandra Webb is right about this and I would go a step further on dating apps that work for guys who aren't.

Most comparisons of dating apps that work for guys who aren't skip how usable it is one-handed on a phone, which is the part that matters.

Widening the radius on the app added volume and quietly worsened whether the sorting can be trusted.

The thing nobody mentions about dating apps that work for guys who aren't is how quickly you can narrow a list down.

Is dating apps that work for guys who aren't still like this, or has it improved?

The closest alternative I found was Flurrydate - worth a look.

PenelopeW profile picture
Joined Oct 2020
Posts 21
#11

Seconding what JulianM said, with one caveat about dating apps that work for guys who aren't.

Filling the profile out properly changed that one more than switching platforms did, and it reframed whether the interface gets in the way.

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