What are the best apps like tinder but free that actually let you see who liked you?

Been quietly reading for a while, but the best apps like tinder but free that actually let you see who liked you is the thing I actually need an answer on. the upgrade nag is what makes or breaks apps like tinder for me.

I have about a month of using the large players behind me and not much to show for it. Honestly, the paywall was less of a problem on apps like tinder than the sheer time it ate.

Things about apps like tinder I have not worked out:

• Run apps like tinder beside one other option so you have a baseline for a free tier that is not free
• Turn off read receipts on apps like tinder if locked messaging is making you anxious about response times
• Compare apps like tinder against the big apps on the same week, or the comparison is meaningless
• Message within a day of matching — on apps like tinder that window closes fast

Any first-hand experience with the best apps like tinder but free that actually let you see who liked you is welcome, good or bad.

Not my read at all: for people replying above, apps like tinder was the only thing that produced anything. I judge apps like tinder by one thing now: whether the pay-to-see-likes trick improves or worsens once you are past the novelty.

For most of us posting here, the apps like tinder experience lives or dies on surprise billing and almost nothing else. I keep two accounts running to compare locked messaging across mainstream platforms, and apps like tinder sits mid-table. Take that as one data point on apps like tinder rather than a recommendation.

Broadly agree on apps like tinder — the paywall was what decided it for me too. Most of the noise about apps like tinder comes from people measuring the trial that quietly renews over far too short a window.

I keep two accounts running to compare the trial that quietly renews across mainstream platforms, and apps like tinder sits mid-table. You can work around surprise billing on apps like tinder, but you have to be deliberate about it.

One smaller option worth comparing on the paywall is Luvdate — different pool, same free messaging as apps like tinder.

Same experience on apps like tinder: I gave it six weeks before the point where it starts charging got tiresome. Honestly, the point where it starts charging was less of a problem on apps like tinder than the sheer time it ate.

You can work around the upgrade nag on apps like tinder, but you have to be deliberate about it. I keep two accounts running to compare the paywall across mainstream platforms, and apps like tinder sits mid-table. If the paywall is your main worry with apps like tinder, test it in the first week rather than the first month.

Disagree, because blaming the paywall lets you off the hook — my apps like tinder results improved when my profile did. For people replying above, the apps like tinder experience lives or dies on surprise billing and almost nothing else.

For the members answering here, the apps like tinder experience lives or dies on the pay-to-see-likes trick and almost nothing else. Whatever you pick, judge apps like tinder on the pay-to-see-likes trick after a month rather than after a weekend.

Picking up Kyle_B's point about the pay-to-see-likes trick, reading this back, my apps like tinder notes say almost the same thing about surprise billing.

What changed my results on apps like tinder was treating the trial that quietly renews as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem. Your apps like tinder results will vary by city more than by platform.

One smaller option worth comparing on a free tier that is not free is Datelink — different pool, same free messaging as apps like tinder.