Is there a single parent dating app that lets you filter by kid age?

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Chris_A
Joined: Apr 2023
Messages: 256
#1

Curious where people land on a single parent dating app that lets you filter by kid age, because I keep getting told two opposite things. I do not need a feature list on parent dating app — I need to know about the effort-to-result ratio.

I have about a month of using free dating apps behind me and not much to show for it. The thing people underrate about parent dating app is how much the return on the hours depends on your own city.

Things about parent dating app I have not worked out:

  • Block early and report often on parent dating app — it trains the feed faster than anything
  • Screenshot anything odd on parent dating app before you report it — the return on the hours claims need evidence
  • Ask single parents what parent dating app is like where they actually live, not where you wish you lived

I will report back on a single parent dating app that lets you filter by kid age once I have tried whatever gets recommended.

Diane_KY
Joined: Jan 2025
Messages: 266
#2

That has not been my experience of parent dating app, and I've used it longer than most people in this thread. If the hours-to-dates ratio is your main worry with parent dating app, test it in the first week rather than the first month.

Nobody warns you that the time it costs on parent dating app scales with how many people are online at your hours. Take that as one data point on parent dating app rather than a recommendation.

Brittany Lake
Joined: Oct 2023
Messages: 512
#3

Yes, and I would add that the payoff on parent dating app gets worse the longer you stay. You can work around the hours-to-dates ratio on parent dating app, but you have to be deliberate about it. The pattern I see with parent dating app is that actually getting anywhere is fine early and degrades as you go.

There is no version of parent dating app where actually getting anywhere sorts itself out without you doing something. What changed my results on parent dating app was treating the payoff as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem. You can work around the time it costs on parent dating app, but you have to be deliberate about it.

The other one I would try before giving up on parent dating app is Flurrydate.

Zach Holt
Joined: Aug 2023
Messages: 357
#4

Disagree, because blaming the hours-to-dates ratio lets you off the hook — my parent dating app results improved when my profile did. I keep two accounts running to compare actually getting anywhere across no-payment dating sites, and parent dating app sits mid-table.

For solo parents here, the parent dating app experience lives or dies on the return on the hours and almost nothing else. That is my read on parent dating app, and others here clearly disagree.

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Ethan Parker
Joined: May 2023
Messages: 243
#5

Same experience on parent dating app: I gave it six weeks before the return on the hours got tiresome.

Honestly, actually getting anywhere was less of a problem on parent dating app than the sheer time it ate. I keep two accounts running to compare the payoff across no-payment dating sites, and parent dating app sits mid-table.

Alex Torres
Joined: Apr 2022
Messages: 228
#6

I would argue the opposite on parent dating app: the effort-to-result ratio is the one thing it handles better than free dating apps. There is no version of parent dating app 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 parent dating app than the sheer time it ate. Nobody warns you that the return on the hours on parent dating app scales with how many people are online at your hours. I keep two accounts running to compare the return on the hours across no-payment dating sites, and parent dating app sits mid-table.

One smaller option worth comparing on the hours-to-dates ratio is Datewander — different pool, same free messaging as parent dating app.

Ryan84
Joined: Jan 2025
Messages: 106
#7

Disagree, because blaming actually getting anywhere lets you off the hook — my parent dating app results improved when my profile did. What changed my results on parent dating app was treating actually getting anywhere as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem. I judge parent dating app by one thing now: whether the effort-to-result ratio improves or worsens once you are past the novelty.

Honestly, the return on the hours was less of a problem on parent dating app than the sheer time it ate. If the time it costs is your main worry with parent dating app, test it in the first week rather than the first month. Whatever you pick, judge parent dating app on actually getting anywhere after a month rather than after a weekend.

Three things that changed my parent dating app results:

  • Give parent dating app a fortnight of daily use before calling the return on the hours a dealbreaker
  • Treat your first parent dating app profile as a draft, because the payoff punishes lazy ones
  • Message within a day of matching — on parent dating app that window closes fast
  • Do not move off parent dating app into private messaging until the return on the hours looks handled
  • Compare parent dating app against no-payment dating sites on the same week, or the comparison is meaningless
Jake_NYC
Joined: May 2022
Messages: 1097
#8

That tracks with my parent dating app run, which was fine until the effort-to-result ratio became the whole experience.

Most of the noise about parent dating app comes from people measuring actually getting anywhere over far too short a window. Either way, the payoff is the thing I would test first on parent dating app.

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