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What are the best rated dating apps on the App Store right now?

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Ethan Parker profile picture
Joined Jul 2021
Posts 6
#1

I went through this exact question when I was looking at rated dating apps, so here is what I found.

I logged into the app at different times of day to get a read on whether the active count matches the claimed count.

The reason I stopped recommending some of these is how many conversations reach a second message.

Photo quality moved my results on the service more than anything I wrote, more even than what the subscription actually unlocks.

Has anyone got rated dating apps working properly outside a major city?

GavinL profile picture
Joined Jul 2017
Posts 3
#2

Ethan Parker is right about this and I would go a step further on rated dating apps.

If you only test one thing on the site, make it whether the ratio is workable in your area.

I tested the service across two cities and the difference came down to how much of the base is genuinely looking.

Given how how thin the pool gets outside big cities behaves, I would only recommend the app to someone with patience.

Before committing time to rated dating apps, work out whether the filters survive a refresh.

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

  • Whether the filters on rated dating apps hold after you reload the page
  • How many rated dating apps profiles show a recent login rather than a join date
  • How rated dating apps behaves on mobile data rather than wifi
  • Whether the rated dating apps match count moves when you widen the radius
BlazeT profile picture
Joined Mar 2023
Posts 4
#3

Adding a counterpoint about whether the recommendations improve with use.

I gave the app about 6 weeks before I formed a view, mostly watching how usable it is one-handed on a phone.

Unless you're in a major metro, expect how the chat behaves on a weak connection to be the limiting factor on the app.

Whatever you land on, test rated dating apps for a week before you judge it.

Worth comparing against the Datewander boards before you commit to anything.

Noah Harris profile picture
Joined Jul 2019
Posts 5
#4

GavinL covered most of it. The bit I would add on rated dating apps is below.

Where the app works it works fast; where it doesn't, how many conversations reach a second message is usually the reason.

My rule for the platform now is simple: check what the real cost is after the trial on day one.

The first message is where the app either works or stops working, regardless of whether the sorting can be trusted.

The thing nobody mentions about rated dating apps is whether it thins out after the first week.

Gave rated dating apps a fair run over 6 weeks and kept coming back to whether the good profiles are already taken.

I had a better run on Flamedate for this exact use case, for whatever that is worth.

QuinnR profile picture
Joined Jan 2018
Posts 10
#5

The gap between good and bad platforms here is what the platform can see that you can't.

If this one does not work out, DatingFly (datingfly.online) covers similar ground.

FinnP profile picture
Joined Feb 2017
Posts 9
#6

That has not been my experience, QuinnR. Rated dating apps was the weakest part for me.

It was fine for browsing and useless the moment whether the recommendations improve with use actually mattered.

Turning off read receipts made the platform far less stressful, though it did nothing for how quickly you can narrow a list down.

Most comparisons of rated dating apps skip whether people reply or just collect matches, which is the part that matters.

Deleted and reinstalled rated dating apps twice before accepting the issue was how precise the filters really are and not my profile.

NoahH profile picture
Joined Jun 2022
Posts 11
#7

The measure I would actually check on rated dating apps is how much of your profile is public by default.

Ran the app alongside two other options for a month, tracking how easy it's to spot a recycled photo.

If you can only manage a few evenings a week, what the platform can see that you cannot matters more than raw volume on that one.

What decided it for me with the site was whether the filters survive a refresh.

The thing that finally moved the needle on the platform was being specific about how thin the pool gets outside big cities.

For a second opinion I also cross-checked Flurrydate.

TamaraJ profile picture
Joined Apr 2017
Posts 330
#8

I kept notes for a month on the site because I kept losing track of whether people reply or just collect matches.

Provided whether the community polices itself holds up, that one is a reasonable place to start.

After a few weeks on rated dating apps the only question left was how thin the pool gets outside big cities.

Most of my useful conversations on it started midweek, which says more about whether the good profiles are already taken than about timing.

Where it stands or falls is what the app leaks to other members.

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

Worth comparing against Turndate before you commit to anything.

Natalie Pierce profile picture
Joined Dec 2019
Posts 28
#9

What BlazeT described matches my experience of rated dating apps almost exactly.

If you're only browsing, the app is fine. The moment how precise the filters really are matters, it changes.

Anything I recommend around that one has to clear one bar, which is how many conversations reach a second message.

Widening the radius on the service added volume and quietly worsened whether people reply or just collect matches.

Monica Ellis profile picture
Joined Apr 2018
Posts 3
#10

Agree with FinnP, though rated dating apps was a bit worse in my case.

I would judge the platform on whether the free version is a demo or a product rather than on the feature list.

Cutting my radius in half improved whether the filters survive a refresh on the app more than any other change I made.

What separates the service from the rest of the field is how many conversations reach a second message.

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

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