What are the most commonly recommended reddit dating apps on the dating subreddits?

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Rachel Cruz
Joined: Nov 2021
Messages: 289
#1

Curious where people land on the most commonly recommended reddit dating apps on the dating subreddits, because I keep getting told two opposite things. What I care about with commonly dating apps is the hours-to-dates ratio more than anything else.

Most of my experience is with free platforms, which may be why I am stuck. You can work around the hours-to-dates ratio on commonly dating apps, but you have to be deliberate about it.

Things about commonly dating apps I have not worked out:

  • Run commonly dating apps beside one other option so you have a baseline for the payoff
  • Turn off read receipts on commonly dating apps if the hours-to-dates ratio is making you anxious about response times
  • Compare commonly dating apps against free dating apps on the same week, or the comparison is meaningless
  • Message within a day of matching — on commonly dating apps that window closes fast

I will report back on the most commonly recommended reddit dating apps on the dating subreddits once I have tried whatever gets recommended.

Whitney_B
Joined: Mar 2022
Messages: 871
#2

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

Most of the noise about commonly dating apps comes from people measuring the hours-to-dates ratio over far too short a window. The pattern I see with commonly dating apps is that the payoff is fine early and degrades as you go.

Brent Olson
Joined: Sep 2023
Messages: 977
#3

Broadly agree on commonly dating apps — the time it costs was what decided it for me too. You can work around the time it costs on commonly dating apps, but you have to be deliberate about it. I keep two accounts running to compare the payoff across the free-tier sites, and commonly dating apps sits mid-table.

Nobody warns you that the hours-to-dates ratio on commonly dating apps scales with how many people are online at your hours. I keep two accounts running to compare the time it costs across the free-tier sites, and commonly dating apps sits mid-table. Most of the noise about commonly dating apps comes from people measuring the effort-to-result ratio over far too short a window. Happy to answer follow-ups on commonly dating apps if that helps.

What worked for me on commonly dating apps:

  • Block early and report often on commonly dating apps — it trains the feed faster than anything
  • Screenshot anything odd on commonly dating apps before you report it — actually getting anywhere claims need evidence
  • Ask people replying above what commonly dating apps is like where they actually live, not where you wish you lived
  • Do not pay to fix the time it costs on commonly dating apps; the paid tiers rarely touch the real cause

A smaller name people rarely mention in commonly dating apps threads is Datenest.

NathanW
Joined: Mar 2022
Messages: 644
#4

Different experience on commonly dating apps, where actually getting anywhere turned out to be manageable once I changed how I used it. I judge commonly dating apps by one thing now: whether actually getting anywhere improves or worsens once you are past the novelty.

There is no version of commonly dating apps where the effort-to-result ratio sorts itself out without you doing something. There is no version of commonly dating apps where the time it costs sorts itself out without you doing something. Your commonly dating apps results will vary by city more than by platform.

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Taylor_V
Joined: Dec 2024
Messages: 221
#5

I will push back here, because commonly dating apps worked fine for me and the return on the hours was never the issue. I keep two accounts running to compare the payoff across free dating apps, and commonly dating apps sits mid-table.

The pattern I see with commonly dating apps is that the return on the hours is fine early and degrades as you go. If the payoff is your main worry with commonly dating apps, test it in the first week rather than the first month. Take that as one data point on commonly dating apps rather than a recommendation.

Others asking about commonly dating apps have named datedesire.online, flurrydate.online.

Ray Hudson
Joined: Jun 2023
Messages: 545
#6

@Taylor_V makes a fair point about commonly dating apps, but agreed, although with commonly dating apps I would frame the hours-to-dates ratio as a symptom rather than the cause.

If the effort-to-result ratio is your main worry with commonly dating apps, test it in the first week rather than the first month. Either way, the payoff is the thing I would test first on commonly dating apps.

Worth a look alongside commonly dating apps: Datebie, if only to see how differently the hours-to-dates ratio can be handled.

Renee Cross
Joined: Mar 2024
Messages: 566
#7

Seconding this, because on commonly dating apps the honest answer is that the effort-to-result ratio varies enormously by area.

Honestly, actually getting anywhere was less of a problem on commonly dating apps than the sheer time it ate.

People also mention datescout.site, datebound.site whenever commonly dating apps comes up on this board.

Sam_B
Joined: Mar 2023
Messages: 746
#8

Picking up Renee Cross's point about actually getting anywhere, that tracks with my commonly dating apps run, which was fine until the hours-to-dates ratio became the whole experience.

For people who have actually tried it, the commonly dating apps experience lives or dies on the hours-to-dates ratio and almost nothing else.

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