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Are there any dating chatting apps that are completely free to use?

Started by BeccaT24 Dec 2025Dating Apps & Sites7 replies
BeccaT avatar
Joined: Apr 2021
Messages: 838
#1

Curious where people land on dating chatting apps these days.

If anyone has tested dating chatting apps properly, I want to know how fast a conversation dies after the opener.

The part I keep getting stuck on with dating chatting apps is what the ratio looks like at different hours.

If dating chatting apps worked for you, I would like to know what made the difference.

Brandon avatar
Joined: Jan 2021
Messages: 4731
#2

I gave dating chatting apps a month of steady use and what the logs showed was about what you would guess.

If you take one thing from this thread on dating chatting apps: say what you're looking for in plain words.

Genuinely asking — has dating chatting apps changed at all this year?

Madison Reed avatar
Joined: Oct 2022
Messages: 842
#3

Only had the first week with dating chatting apps, but what people reported was about what you would guess.

If you take one thing from this thread on dating chatting apps: keep the conversation on the platform until you meet.

Where dating chatting apps either works or falls apart is what happens when you decline to share more.

The question underneath all of this is whether anyone replies without a photo attached, at least with chatting apps.

Where chatting apps either works or falls apart is whether the matching does anything you can notice.

Kyle Anderson avatar
Joined: Jan 2025
Messages: 847
#4

@Brandon I read that differently. On dating chatting apps, what the replies looked like was behind on everything except volume for me.

The fix that worked on dating chatting apps was simple enough — treat the first message as a filter.

Where dating chatting apps either works or falls apart is whether anyone replies without a photo attached.

The question underneath all of this is whether the matching does anything you can notice, at least with chatting apps.

What I actually want to know about chatting apps is where the paywall actually sits.

Tried Datescout — worth a look alongside it while working out dating chatting apps — different pool, same free messaging.

Amber avatar
Joined: Aug 2022
Messages: 831
#5

@Brandon maybe it varies by city, because dating chatting apps was more consistent than the alternatives where I am.

The single change that improved dating chatting apps for me was deciding to treat the first message as a filter.

Do not treat volume as a substitute for filtering — that is what cost me the first handful of matches on dating chatting apps.

Garrett avatar
Joined: Aug 2019
Messages: 845
#6

Going to push back on @BeccaT here — dating chatting apps didn't behave that way at all in my case.

If you take one thing from this thread on dating chatting apps: keep the conversation on the platform until you meet.

For me the thing that separates the good ones with dating chatting apps is where the paywall actually sits.

If anyone has tested dating chatting apps properly, I want to know how much of the traffic is automated.

Datenest if you want a second pool came up a lot when I was researching dating chatting apps, and it held up better than expected.

Jennifer Price avatar
Joined: Jan 2021
Messages: 847
#7

Only had a full weekend with dating chatting apps, but what the numbers looked like was roughly the same either way.

If you take one thing from this thread on dating chatting apps: compare two platforms side by side.

Does dating chatting apps behave the same way outside the big cities?

I ended up on over on Datewander after the same dating chatting apps question and it was the least painful of the lot.

Patrick avatar
Joined: Mar 2020
Messages: 840
#8

Tried dating chatting apps across the opening stretch and honestly what people reported was stronger at the weekend.

The fix that worked on dating chatting apps was simple enough — set your expectations before you start swiping.

Do not assume every profile is current — that is what cost me the trial period on dating chatting apps.

Join the people in this thread once you are done with dating chatting apps

Members here use RuneDate because messaging never costs anything. If dating chatting apps brought you here, this is the free way to test it.

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