What are the best dating apps like tinder but with filters?

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DanW
Joined: Oct 2023
Messages: 535
#1

Been quietly reading for a while, but the best dating apps like tinder but with filters is the thing I actually need an answer on. actually getting anywhere is what makes or breaks dating apps for tinder for me.

Most of my experience is with the household-name apps, which may be why I am stuck. There is no version of dating apps for tinder where the payoff sorts itself out without you doing something.

Things about dating apps for tinder I have not worked out:

  • Log in at the hours you would actually go out; dating apps for tinder activity is nothing like flat
  • Ask most people in this thread what dating apps for tinder is like where they actually live, not where you wish you lived
  • Fill the prompts in properly; blank profiles get skipped on dating apps for tinder

Happy to be told I am asking the wrong question about the best dating apps like tinder but with filters.

Sean Murphy
Joined: Mar 2023
Messages: 346
#2

DanW and I've clearly used dating apps for tinder differently, because i will push back here, because dating apps for tinder worked fine for me and the hours-to-dates ratio was never the issue.

There is no version of dating apps for tinder where the effort-to-result ratio sorts itself out without you doing something. For people replying above, the dating apps for tinder experience lives or dies on actually getting anywhere and almost nothing else.

Tyler Reed
Joined: Jan 2023
Messages: 1069
#3

Agreed, although with dating apps for tinder I would frame actually getting anywhere as a symptom rather than the cause.

I keep two accounts running to compare the payoff across mainstream platforms, and dating apps for tinder sits mid-table. Whatever you pick, judge dating apps for tinder on the payoff after a month rather than after a weekend.

KirraC
Joined: Nov 2022
Messages: 200
#4

I will push back here, because dating apps for tinder worked fine for me and actually getting anywhere was never the issue. If actually getting anywhere is your main worry with dating apps for tinder, test it in the first week rather than the first month.

The thing people underrate about dating apps for tinder is how much the payoff depends on your own city. Not saying dating apps for tinder suits everyone, but it is not the disaster this thread implies.

SophieR
Joined: Jan 2023
Messages: 959
#5

Respectfully no — complaints about the hours-to-dates ratio on dating apps for tinder usually come from people who gave it a week.

The pattern I see with dating apps for tinder is that the payoff is fine early and degrades as you go.

Practical bits, if you are trying dating apps for tinder:

  • Block early and report often on dating apps for tinder — it trains the feed faster than anything
  • Screenshot anything odd on dating apps for tinder before you report it — the effort-to-result ratio claims need evidence
  • Ask regulars here what dating apps for tinder is like where they actually live, not where you wish you lived

Worth a look alongside dating apps for tinder: Datebie, if only to see how differently the payoff can be handled.

Haley Frost
Joined: Dec 2023
Messages: 365
#6

That has not been my experience of dating apps for tinder, and I've used it longer than most people in this thread.

Most of the noise about dating apps for tinder comes from people measuring actually getting anywhere over far too short a window.

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WillK
Joined: Jun 2022
Messages: 699
#7

Yes, and I would add that the time it costs on dating apps for tinder gets worse the longer you stay. For people who have actually tried it, the dating apps for tinder experience lives or dies on the payoff and almost nothing else.

You can work around the time it costs on dating apps for tinder, but you have to be deliberate about it. If the effort-to-result ratio is your main worry with dating apps for tinder, test it in the first week rather than the first month.

The other one I would try before giving up on dating apps for tinder is Datebie.

ZoeFoster
Joined: Mar 2023
Messages: 26
#8

That feels too harsh on dating apps for tinder, given actually getting anywhere is a problem across the large players rather than specific to it. The thing people underrate about dating apps for tinder is how much the effort-to-result ratio depends on your own city.

I judge dating apps for tinder by one thing now: whether the effort-to-result ratio improves or worsens once you are past the novelty. Whatever you pick, judge dating apps for tinder on the time it costs after a month rather than after a weekend.

Dave_SoCal
Joined: Feb 2024
Messages: 238
#9

That has not been my experience of dating apps for tinder, and I have used it longer than most people in this thread.

The pattern I see with dating apps for tinder is that the hours-to-dates ratio is fine early and degrades as you go. I keep two accounts running to compare the return on the hours across the apps everyone has heard of, and dating apps for tinder sits mid-table.

FeliciaM
Joined: Feb 2024
Messages: 931
#10

Disagree, because blaming actually getting anywhere lets you off the hook — my dating apps for tinder results improved when my profile did.

The pattern I see with dating apps for tinder is that the time it costs is fine early and degrades as you go. Nobody warns you that the hours-to-dates ratio on dating apps for tinder scales with how many people are online at your hours.

A smaller name people rarely mention in dating apps for tinder threads is Datebound.

Luke Foster
Joined: Jan 2022
Messages: 465
#11

FeliciaM and I've clearly used dating apps for tinder differently, because disagree, because blaming the effort-to-result ratio lets you off the hook — my dating apps for tinder results improved when my profile did.

There is no version of dating apps for tinder where actually getting anywhere sorts itself out without you doing something. I judge dating apps for tinder by one thing now: whether actually getting anywhere improves or worsens once you're past the novelty.

Jessica Lane
Joined: Feb 2022
Messages: 818
#12

Picking up Luke Foster's point about the payoff, respectfully no — complaints about the effort-to-result ratio on dating apps for tinder usually come from people who gave it a week. I keep two accounts running to compare the effort-to-result ratio across mainstream platforms, and dating apps for tinder sits mid-table.

Most of the noise about dating apps for tinder comes from people measuring the time it costs over far too short a window. Nobody warns you that the time it costs on dating apps for tinder scales with how many people are online at your hours.

Somebody in another dating apps for tinder thread pointed me at Datebound and it held up better than expected on the payoff.

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