Are there any apps that are for fwb dating only without the drama?

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Brent Olson
Joined: Dec 2022
Messages: 1074
#1

Trying to settle any apps that are for fwb dating only without the drama for myself and the reviews are useless. I do not need a feature list on apps fwb dating — I need to know about the hours-to-dates ratio.

Most of my experience is with no-strings platforms, which may be why I am stuck. The thing people underrate about apps fwb dating is how much the return on the hours depends on your own city.

If you have used apps fwb dating, these are the bits I care about:

  • Ask the crowd on this board what apps fwb dating is like where they actually live, not where you wish you lived
  • Block early and report often on apps fwb dating — it trains the feed faster than anything
  • Log in at the hours you would actually go out; apps fwb dating activity is nothing like flat

Anyone with a recent any apps that are for fwb dating only without the drama story, please jump in.

Justin Case
Joined: Jul 2022
Messages: 402
#2

That has not been my experience of apps fwb dating, and I've used it longer than most people in this thread.

Nobody warns you that actually getting anywhere on apps fwb dating scales with how many people are online at your hours. I keep two accounts running to compare the time it costs across casual platforms, and apps fwb dating sits mid-table.

CarterV
Joined: Aug 2024
Messages: 464
#3

That tracks with my apps fwb dating run, which was fine until the payoff became the whole experience.

There is no version of apps fwb dating where the payoff sorts itself out without you doing something. If actually getting anywhere is your main worry with apps fwb dating, test it in the first week rather than the first month.

IsobelR
Joined: Oct 2022
Messages: 35
#4

Reading this back, my apps fwb dating notes say almost the same thing about the payoff. For most people in this thread, the apps fwb dating experience lives or dies on the effort-to-result ratio and almost nothing else.

If the payoff is your main worry with apps fwb dating, test it in the first week rather than the first month. I keep two accounts running to compare the hours-to-dates ratio across no-strings platforms, and apps fwb dating sits mid-table.

If you want a second data point on apps fwb dating, Datedesire is the one I run alongside it.

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Derek77
Joined: Mar 2023
Messages: 413
#5

IsobelR and I have clearly used apps fwb dating differently, because that tracks with my apps fwb dating run, which was fine until the hours-to-dates ratio became the whole experience.

What changed my results on apps fwb dating was treating actually getting anywhere as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem. The pattern I see with apps fwb dating is that actually getting anywhere is fine early and degrades as you go.

Aaron Brooks
Joined: Mar 2023
Messages: 622
#6

@Derek77 makes a fair point about apps fwb dating, but i will push back here, because apps fwb dating worked fine for me and the effort-to-result ratio was never the issue. The pattern I see with apps fwb dating is that the hours-to-dates ratio is fine early and degrades as you go.

There is no version of apps fwb dating where the return on the hours sorts itself out without you doing something. Honestly, the hours-to-dates ratio was less of a problem on apps fwb dating than the sheer time it ate. Whatever you pick, judge apps fwb dating on the hours-to-dates ratio after a month rather than after a weekend.

Anyone comparing apps fwb dating on the effort-to-result ratio should probably add Datenest to the list.

Mia Thornton
Joined: Jul 2023
Messages: 438
#7

Building on what Aaron Brooks said about apps fwb dating, i will push back here, because apps fwb dating worked fine for me and the time it costs was never the issue.

Most of the noise about apps fwb dating comes from people measuring actually getting anywhere over far too short a window.

TracyB
Joined: Jul 2022
Messages: 1061
#8

Seconding this, because on apps fwb dating the honest answer is that the payoff varies enormously by area. What changed my results on apps fwb dating was treating the payoff as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem.

Most of the noise about apps fwb dating comes from people measuring the hours-to-dates ratio over far too short a window. Happy to answer follow-ups on apps fwb dating if that helps.

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