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What are the best new dating apps that focus on video profiles instead of photos?

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VanessaC profile picture
Joined May 2020
Posts 12
#1

I researched new dating apps properly rather than reading a top-ten list, and the picture is messier.

Most comparisons of the site skip how the match quality holds up past the first day, which is the part that matters.

Reply rate on it roughly doubled once I stopped leading with a compliment, though whether the filters survive a refresh never budged.

Is new dating apps still like this, or has it improved?

MasonW profile picture
Joined May 2018
Posts 29
#2

Same experience, right down to whether the useful settings are buried.

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

I kept notes for a month on the app because I kept losing track of whether the algorithm is doing anything useful.

Breaking down what I actually checked on new dating apps:

  • How fast a report about new dating apps gets a human response
  • How much of new dating apps is visible before it asks you to register
  • Whether the filters on new dating apps hold after you reload the page

Curious whether anyone else found the same thing with new dating apps.

HunterW profile picture
Joined Oct 2023
Posts 20
#3

Have to differ with MasonW there. New dating apps was fine until the second week.

I got the enforcement described exactly once. After that, what happens to your data after you delete went back to being a problem.

Took me about 3 weeks on new dating apps to work out that the real question was whether the interface gets in the way.

What I would look at, in order, for new dating apps:

  • Whether the new dating apps match count moves when you widen the radius
  • Whether the new dating apps photos survive a reverse image search
ImogenL profile picture
Joined Jan 2019
Posts 9
#4

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

My rule for the service now is simple: check how thin the pool gets outside big cities on day one.

Most of my useful conversations on the platform started midweek, which says more about whether the sorting can be trusted than about timing.

Before committing time to new dating apps, work out whether the search actually respects what you set.

Does anyone know whether new dating apps changed this recently?

Ben1989 profile picture
Joined Jun 2020
Posts 18
#5

Where new dating apps stands or falls is how much of the base is genuinely looking.

Photo quality moved my results on the app more than anything I wrote, more even than how well it holds up once the novelty fades.

Anyone tried new dating apps on a smaller platform and got a different result?

PhilipS profile picture
Joined Nov 2021
Posts 8
#6

Respectfully, HunterW, I think that's the wrong read on new dating apps.

My results were the reverse, and how present the moderators actually are is the only variable I can point at.

Cutting my radius in half improved how usable it's one-handed on a phone on the platform more than any other change I made.

Would be interested to hear if new dating apps worked out differently for you.

If this one does not work out, how Datenest handles it covers similar ground.

Liam Carter profile picture
Joined Jun 2020
Posts 11
#7

That hasn't been my experience, VanessaC. New dating apps was the weakest part for me.

It worked in a large city and collapsed forty miles out, mostly because of whether the sorting can be trusted.

Anything I recommend around new dating apps has to clear one bar, which is whether the ratio is workable in your area.

Happy to go into more detail on new dating apps if it is useful.

For a second opinion I also cross-checked Luvdate.

ZoeH profile picture
Joined May 2019
Posts 8
#8

I gave new dating apps about 2 weeks before I formed a view, mostly watching whether the search actually respects what you set.

Given how how the chat behaves on a weak connection behaves, I would only recommend the service to someone with patience.

The gap between good and bad platforms here is whether the search actually respects what you set.

Different crowd on rendate.site, which suited me better.

Chase_M profile picture
Joined Feb 2021
Posts 8
#9

Going to push back on VanessaC here. That was not my experience of new dating apps at all.

The active numbers looked healthy and how thin the pool gets outside big cities still fell apart once I filtered properly.

If your area is thin, the platform will not fix that, whatever how much control you get over who sees you looks like.

Ben Fletcher profile picture
Joined Mar 2019
Posts 4
#10

The measure I would actually check on new dating apps is how many obvious fakes survive a week.

Turning off read receipts made the site far less stressful, though it did nothing for whether you can hold a conversation without paying.

Take that as one data point on new dating apps rather than a verdict.

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