Is the bumble dating app download worth it if I'm not a big fan of swiping?

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Miranda Fox
Joined: Jul 2023
Messages: 683
#1

Asking because the bumble dating app download worth it if I'm not a big fan of swiping keeps coming up and I still cannot get a straight answer. I do not need a feature list on bumble dating app — I need to know about the payoff.

I am coming at this from mainstream platforms, so adjust if that changes your answer. Honestly, the return on the hours was less of a problem on bumble dating app than the sheer time it ate.

Specifically, on bumble dating app I would like to know:

  • Do not pay to fix the return on the hours on bumble dating app; the paid tiers rarely touch the real cause
  • Photos with other people in them do worse on bumble dating app than you would guess
  • Write a first message that references their profile, not your own — bumble dating app rewards it
  • Fill the prompts in properly; blank profiles get skipped on bumble dating app
  • Log in at the hours you would actually go out; bumble dating app activity is nothing like flat

Blunt answers on the bumble dating app download worth it if I'm not a big fan of swiping preferred over polite ones.

DawnP
Joined: Mar 2022
Messages: 486
#2

Building on what Miranda Fox said about bumble dating app, reading this back, my bumble dating app notes say almost the same thing about actually getting anywhere.

For people replying above, the bumble dating app experience lives or dies on the effort-to-result ratio and almost nothing else. The pattern I see with bumble dating app is that the hours-to-dates ratio is fine early and degrades as you go.

Cole Fisher
Joined: Jan 2022
Messages: 679
#3

Building on what DawnP said about bumble dating app, seconding this, because on bumble dating app the honest answer is that the effort-to-result ratio varies enormously by area.

What changed my results on bumble dating app was treating actually getting anywhere as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem. Either way, actually getting anywhere is the thing I would test first on bumble dating app.

For completeness on bumble dating app, datewander.site, datescout.site get mentioned a lot too.

Sarah Beth
Joined: Nov 2023
Messages: 699
#4

That has not been my experience of bumble dating app, and I've used it longer than most people in this thread. Honestly, actually getting anywhere was less of a problem on bumble dating app than the sheer time it ate.

I keep two accounts running to compare the return on the hours across the apps everyone has heard of, and bumble dating app sits mid-table. Nobody warns you that the hours-to-dates ratio on bumble dating app scales with how many people are online at your hours. Not saying bumble dating app suits everyone, but it is not the disaster this thread implies.

My rules for bumble dating app these days:

  • Set the radius wider than feels comfortable if the bumble dating app pool near you is thin
  • Message within a day of matching — on bumble dating app that window closes fast
  • Turn off read receipts on bumble dating app if the time it costs is making you anxious about response times
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Sean Murphy
Joined: Feb 2024
Messages: 13
#5

Agreed, although with bumble dating app I would frame the payoff as a symptom rather than the cause.

What changed my results on bumble dating app was treating the payoff as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem.

For completeness on bumble dating app, turndate.site, datelink.online get mentioned a lot too.

GregP
Joined: Sep 2022
Messages: 146
#6

Respectfully no — complaints about the return on the hours on bumble dating app usually come from people who gave it a week. I judge bumble dating app by one thing now: whether the return on the hours improves or worsens once you're past the novelty.

There is no version of bumble dating app where the return on the hours sorts itself out without you doing something. Whatever you pick, judge bumble dating app on the hours-to-dates ratio after a month rather than after a weekend.

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Matt Lewis
Joined: Jul 2023
Messages: 566
#7

Yes, and I would add that the return on the hours on bumble dating app gets worse the longer you stay.

If the payoff is your main worry with bumble dating app, test it in the first week rather than the first month.

Olivia Grant
Joined: May 2021
Messages: 674
#8

I will push back here, because bumble dating app worked fine for me and the time it costs was never the issue.

Honestly, the hours-to-dates ratio was less of a problem on bumble dating app than the sheer time it ate. I keep two accounts running to compare the payoff across the big apps, and bumble dating app sits mid-table.

I keep Souldate open as a control while testing bumble dating app — useful for judging actually getting anywhere honestly.

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