What JenC described matches my experience of major dating apps ranked almost exactly.
Anything I recommend around the app has to clear one bar, which is how much control you get over who sees you.
About 120 profiles into the site, the pattern around what protection exists before you meet became obvious.
If you're only browsing, that one is fine. The moment whether the filters survive a refresh matters, it changes.
The gap between good and bad platforms here is how the scam scripts get filtered.
The short checklist I use before trusting anything like major dating apps ranked:
- Whether the major dating apps ranked match count moves when you widen the radius
- How quickly major dating apps ranked starts pushing a paid tier at you
- Whether major dating apps ranked works at all outside the three biggest cities near you
That is roughly where I landed on major dating apps ranked after a fair amount of trial and error.
Worth comparing against Datescout for this exact use case before you commit to anything.