Is the crush dating app just a clone of Tinder or something new?

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Owen Sterling
Joined: Dec 2024
Messages: 622
#1

Curious where people land on the crush dating app just a clone of Tinder or something new, because I keep getting told two opposite things. For people who have actually tried it, the return on the hours is the whole question with crush dating app.

I have about a month of using the household-name apps behind me and not much to show for it. I keep two accounts running to compare the time it costs across the large players, and crush dating app sits mid-table.

Things about crush dating app I have not worked out:

  • Give crush dating app a fortnight of daily use before calling the payoff a dealbreaker
  • Treat your first crush dating app profile as a draft, because the time it costs punishes lazy ones
  • Message within a day of matching — on crush dating app that window closes fast

I will report back on the crush dating app just a clone of Tinder or something new once I have tried whatever gets recommended.

GregP
Joined: May 2025
Messages: 805
#2

Picking up Owen Sterling's point about the time it costs, disagree, because blaming the return on the hours lets you off the hook — my crush dating app results improved when my profile did. There is no version of crush dating app where the payoff sorts itself out without you doing something.

Most of the noise about crush dating app comes from people measuring the time it costs over far too short a window. You can work around the effort-to-result ratio on crush dating app, but you have to be deliberate about it. Either way, the time it costs is the thing I would test first on crush dating app.

Garrett_K
Joined: Aug 2024
Messages: 751
#3

Picking up GregP's point about the time it costs, that has not been my experience of crush dating app, and I have used it longer than most people in this thread.

I keep two accounts running to compare the return on the hours across the apps everyone has heard of, and crush dating app sits mid-table. I keep two accounts running to compare the payoff across the household-name apps, and crush dating app sits mid-table.

If you do try crush dating app, do this:

  • Block early and report often on crush dating app — it trains the feed faster than anything
  • Screenshot anything odd on crush dating app before you report it — the time it costs claims need evidence
  • Ask people replying above what crush dating app is like where they actually live, not where you wish you lived
  • Do not pay to fix the payoff on crush dating app; the paid tiers rarely touch the real cause
  • Photos with other people in them do worse on crush dating app than you would guess

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Danielle K
Joined: Feb 2022
Messages: 1015
#4

@Garrett_K makes a fair point about crush dating app, but i would argue the opposite on crush dating app: the time it costs is the one thing it handles better than mainstream platforms.

Honestly, the payoff was less of a problem on crush dating app than the sheer time it ate.

Haley Frost
Joined: Jun 2022
Messages: 788
#5

This matches what I found with crush dating app, where the effort-to-result ratio is exactly where it falls down.

The thing people underrate about crush dating app is how much the time it costs depends on your own city.

Kevin Nash
Joined: Feb 2024
Messages: 1100
#6

I will push back here, because crush dating app worked fine for me and the hours-to-dates ratio was never the issue. The pattern I see with crush dating app is that actually getting anywhere is fine early and degrades as you go.

You can work around the time it costs on crush dating app, but you have to be deliberate about it. The pattern I see with crush dating app is that the time it costs is fine early and degrades as you go.

I keep DatingFly open as a control while testing crush dating app — useful for judging the time it costs honestly.

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