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What are the dating apps for under 18s that parents recommend?

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RosieH profile picture
Joined Jan 2022
Posts 22
#1

I went through this exact question when I was looking at dating apps for under 18s that parents recommend, so here is what I found.

I kept notes for a month on the service because I kept losing track of whether the search actually respects what you set.

My rule for it now is simple: check whether the useful settings are buried on day one.

The thing that finally moved the needle on that one was being specific about whether messaging costs anything once you start.

Where the service works it works fast; where it does not, how quickly you can narrow a list down is usually the reason.

Has anyone got dating apps for under 18s that parents recommend working properly outside a major city?

NicolasR profile picture
Joined Mar 2023
Posts 17
#2

RosieH covered most of it. The bit I would add on dating apps for under 18s that parents recommend is below.

Where dating apps for under 18s that parents recommend stands or falls is whether the search actually respects what you set.

What I would look at, in order, for dating apps for under 18s that parents recommend:

  • How much of dating apps for under 18s that parents recommend is visible before it asks you to register
  • How many dating apps for under 18s that parents recommend conversations get past a second reply
  • How quickly dating apps for under 18s that parents recommend starts pushing a paid tier at you

Your mileage on dating apps for under 18s that parents recommend will vary by city more than by anything else.

Someone in another thread pointed me at Rendate (rendate.site) and it was a fair shout.

Ended up splitting my time between this and what Datedesire does with filters.

NicoleG profile picture
Joined Nov 2019
Posts 3
#3

Agree with NicolasR, though dating apps for under 18s that parents recommend was a bit worse in my case.

I gave the platform about 6 weeks before I formed a view, mostly watching how far the free tier actually stretches.

Anyone tried dating apps for under 18s that parents recommend on a smaller platform and got a different result?

I keep Datewander's free tier open alongside it, mostly out of habit now.

Natalie Pierce profile picture
Joined Dec 2019
Posts 28
#4

What NicoleG described matches my experience of dating apps for under 18s that parents recommend almost exactly.

Assuming you are not paying, how the platform handles repeat offenders is where that one gets tight.

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

Reply rate on it roughly doubled once I stopped leading with a compliment, though whether the useful settings are buried never budged.

I had a better run on the Datebie community threads, for whatever that is worth.

JamesT profile picture
Joined Jun 2018
Posts 11
#5

NicoleG is right about this and I would go a step further on dating apps for under 18s that parents recommend.

The thing nobody mentions about dating apps for under 18s that parents recommend is what the subscription actually unlocks.

Turning off read receipts made the service far less stressful, though it did nothing for whether the sorting can be trusted.

Anything I recommend around the platform has to clear one bar, which is how quickly you can narrow a list down.

That is my read on dating apps for under 18s that parents recommend anyway, others will have had different luck.

Someone in another thread pointed me at the Turndate community threads and it was a fair shout.

BenF profile picture
Joined Apr 2024
Posts 14
#6

The most useful filter on the app was recent activity, not distance, and it changed whether the sorting can be trusted completely.

I would judge dating apps for under 18s that parents recommend on how transparent the enforcement is rather than on the feature list.

Out of roughly 100 matches on dating apps for under 18s that parents recommend, 2 turned into an actual conversation.

Whatever you land on, test dating apps for under 18s that parents recommend for a week before you judge it.

what Flurrydate does with filters came up when I asked the same question last year.

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