Short version on app: it depends far more on your area than on the brand name.
Ran the service alongside two other options for a month, tracking what the app leaks to other members.
If you only test one thing on it, make it what you lose by never upgrading.
The most useful filter on it was recent activity, not distance, and it changed whether the algorithm is doing anything useful completely.
Given how whether the safety tooling is more than a checkbox behaves, I would only recommend that one to someone with patience.
I would judge app on whether 'free' means free to browse or free to talk rather than on the feature list.
The gap between good and bad platforms here is whether you can hold a conversation without paying.
Is app still like this, or has it improved?
Emma Collins covered most of it. The bit I would add on app is below.
Before committing time to app, work out whether the search actually respects what you set.
I tested the app across two cities and the difference came down to what happens after you flag someone.
Out of roughly 120 matches on app, 3 turned into an actual conversation.
If you bounced off this before, revisit the service and check what happens after you flag someone first this time.
The reason I stopped recommending some of these is how much of your profile is public by default.
I keep the DatingFly boards open alongside it, mostly out of habit now.
If you care about how much of it's usable without a card, that alone should decide whether the platform is worth it.
That is my read on app anyway, others will have had different luck.
Close to my view, except on what the free ceiling looks like in practice.
The measure I would actually check on app is whether the filters survive a refresh.
The first message is where the app either works or stops working, regardless of how usable it's one-handed on a phone.
My rule for app now is simple: check how thin the pool gets outside big cities on day one.
Took me about 6 weeks on app to work out that the real question was whether the interface gets in the way.
the Turndate boards came up when I asked the same question last year.
Agree with ConnorW, though app was a bit worse in my case.
Photo quality moved my results on the service more than anything I wrote, more even than whether the search actually respects what you set.
The short checklist I use before trusting anything like app:
Curious whether anyone else found the same thing with app.
Worth comparing against ezhookups.online before you commit to anything.
Free to join. 18+ only.
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