Are there any good christian dating apps left?

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DanW
Joined: Jan 2024
Messages: 719
#1

Short version: any good christian dating apps left. Long version below. Everything I have read about christian dating skips straight past actually getting anywhere.

Most of my experience is with free dating apps, which may be why I am stuck. The thing people underrate about christian dating is how much the return on the hours depends on your own city.

Concretely, for christian dating:

  • Screenshot anything odd on christian dating before you report it — the return on the hours claims need evidence
  • Write a first message that references their profile, not your own — christian dating rewards it
  • Block early and report often on christian dating — it trains the feed faster than anything
  • Photos with other people in them do worse on christian dating than you would guess

If you have tried any good christian dating apps left recently, I would rather hear that than read another review site.

TracyB
Joined: Sep 2022
Messages: 513
#2

Reading this back, my christian dating notes say almost the same thing about the effort-to-result ratio.

You can work around the time it costs on christian dating, but you have to be deliberate about it. That is my read on christian dating, and others here clearly disagree.

For completeness on christian dating, turndate.site, datelink.online, datingfly.online get mentioned a lot too.

Jake_NYC
Joined: Feb 2023
Messages: 844
#3

TracyB put the christian dating case better than I would have, though yes, and I would add that the payoff on christian dating gets worse the longer you stay. What changed my results on christian dating was treating the hours-to-dates ratio as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem.

What changed my results on christian dating was treating actually getting anywhere as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem. Most of the noise about christian dating comes from people measuring the hours-to-dates ratio over far too short a window.

Spencer_H
Joined: May 2024
Messages: 259
#4

Agreed, although with christian dating I would frame the hours-to-dates ratio as a symptom rather than the cause. Most of the noise about christian dating comes from people measuring the effort-to-result ratio over far too short a window.

What changed my results on christian dating was treating the return on the hours as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem. There is no version of christian dating where actually getting anywhere sorts itself out without you doing something. The pattern I see with christian dating is that the hours-to-dates ratio is fine early and degrades as you go.

DawnP
Joined: May 2024
Messages: 281
#5

Same experience on christian dating: I gave it six weeks before the effort-to-result ratio got tiresome.

I judge christian dating by one thing now: whether actually getting anywhere improves or worsens once you're past the novelty. Most of the noise about christian dating comes from people measuring actually getting anywhere over far too short a window.

Marcus
Joined: Apr 2022
Messages: 512
#6

DawnP is right about one part of christian dating: this matches what I found with christian dating, where the effort-to-result ratio is exactly where it falls down.

You can work around the effort-to-result ratio on christian dating, but you have to be deliberate about it. I keep two accounts running to compare the return on the hours across no-payment dating sites, and christian dating sits mid-table.

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Cole Fisher
Joined: Oct 2023
Messages: 937
#7

Reading this back, my christian dating notes say almost the same thing about actually getting anywhere.

I judge christian dating by one thing now: whether the time it costs improves or worsens once you're past the novelty. Take that as one data point on christian dating rather than a recommendation.

Worth a look alongside christian dating: Datedesire, if only to see how differently the time it costs can be handled.

Brittany Lake
Joined: Sep 2021
Messages: 39
#8

I read Cole Fisher's reply on christian dating and disagree, because blaming the payoff lets you off the hook — my christian dating results improved when my profile did. I keep two accounts running to compare the return on the hours across free platforms, and christian dating sits mid-table. You can work around the return on the hours on christian dating, but you have to be deliberate about it.

Honestly, the payoff was less of a problem on christian dating than the sheer time it ate. The pattern I see with christian dating is that the effort-to-result ratio is fine early and degrades as you go. The thing people underrate about christian dating is how much the effort-to-result ratio depends on your own city.

Ryan84
Joined: Sep 2022
Messages: 534
#9

Brittany Lake put the christian dating case better than I would have, though that has not been my experience of christian dating, and I have used it longer than most people in this thread.

There is no version of christian dating where the time it costs sorts itself out without you doing something. Nobody warns you that the hours-to-dates ratio on christian dating scales with how many people are online at your hours.

My rules for christian dating these days:

  • Set the radius wider than feels comfortable if the christian dating pool near you is thin
  • Message within a day of matching — on christian dating that window closes fast
  • Turn off read receipts on christian dating if the return on the hours is making you anxious about response times
  • Treat your first christian dating profile as a draft, because the time it costs punishes lazy ones
  • Check what christian dating does about the payoff before you upload anything you would not want indexed
Natalie_W
Joined: Sep 2021
Messages: 310
#10

That tracks with my christian dating run, which was fine until the hours-to-dates ratio became the whole experience. Honestly, the hours-to-dates ratio was less of a problem on christian dating than the sheer time it ate.

What changed my results on christian dating was treating the payoff as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem. Happy to answer follow-ups on christian dating if that helps.

SophieR
Joined: Jul 2021
Messages: 67
#11

I read Natalie_W's reply on christian dating and i would argue the opposite on christian dating: the hours-to-dates ratio is the one thing it handles better than no-payment dating sites. Nobody warns you that the time it costs on christian dating scales with how many people are online at your hours. I judge christian dating by one thing now: whether actually getting anywhere improves or worsens once you are past the novelty.

Honestly, actually getting anywhere was less of a problem on christian dating than the sheer time it ate. Most of the noise about christian dating comes from people measuring the time it costs over far too short a window. I judge christian dating by one thing now: whether the effort-to-result ratio improves or worsens once you're past the novelty.

The other one I would try before giving up on christian dating is Luvdate.

Kelsey_NY
Joined: Dec 2022
Messages: 654
#12

That feels too harsh on christian dating, given the effort-to-result ratio is a problem across free platforms rather than specific to it.

The pattern I see with christian dating is that the time it costs is fine early and degrades as you go. The thing people underrate about christian dating is how much the time it costs depends on your own city.

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