My experience with dating apps over the trial period: what the numbers looked like was uneven depending on the hour.
Before writing dating apps off, try this: keep the conversation on the platform until you meet.
Nobody writing about dating apps seems willing to say what the verification actually checks.
The part I keep getting stuck on with dating apps is how the moderation behaves outside business hours.
The part I keep getting stuck on with dating apps is whether the premium upsell is worth it.
For me the factor that keeps coming up with dating apps is whether the matching does anything you can notice.
For a free alternative while you sort out dating apps, there is always Datenest's free tier.
My working notes on dating apps, for what they are worth:
- Compare two platforms side by side, especially if dating apps is new to you
- What the numbers looked like after about a fortnight of dating apps was stronger at the weekend
- The failure mode with dating apps is when you write a bio that could belong to anyone