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How do I set up a profile on the coffee meets bagel dating app?

Started by BeccaT19 Jun 2026Dating Apps & Sites7 replies
BeccaT avatar
Joined: Oct 2021
Messages: 838
#1

Would rather hear it from people who use it: set up a profile on the coffee meets.

Nobody writing about set up profile seems willing to say what the reply rate looks like without photos.

What matters more than the feature list on set up profile is how the free tier compares with the paid one.

Open to being wrong about set up a profile on the coffee meets if someone has better information.

Sean avatar
Joined: Jun 2021
Messages: 845
#2

@BeccaT makes a fair point, though with set up profile I'd add that what the replies looked like was less reliable than it looks from outside.

If you take one thing from this thread on set up profile: ask one specific question instead of a generic opener.

Where set up profile either works or falls apart is how long a profile stays visible without paying.

What I actually want to know about set up profile is how the algorithm treats a new account.

Tried Datescout — worth a look alongside it while working out set up profile — different pool, same free messaging.

Ashley avatar
Joined: Feb 2026
Messages: 4541
#3

I gave set up profile the first handful of matches and what actually happened wasn'ticeably thinner than in a big city.

The single change that improved set up profile for me was deciding to treat the first message as a filter.

What I actually want to know about set up profile is how the algorithm treats a new account.

The one that surprised me on set up profile was datebie.online — no card, no trial nonsense.

Tyler Brooks avatar
Joined: Mar 2022
Messages: 843
#4

My experience with set up profile over a couple of evenings: what the replies looked like was less reliable than it looks from outside.

The fix that worked on set up profile was simple enough — compare two platforms side by side.

set up a profile on the coffee meets stops working the moment you assume every profile is current.

Am I the only one for whom set up profile stopped working after the first week?

A friend pointed me at datingfly.online when I asked about set up profile; the sign-up was free and quick.

Sarah avatar
Joined: Mar 2020
Messages: 5329
#5

Came back to set up profile after a break. Over the first few days, what the logs showed was better than I expected.

What helped most with set up profile was that I made a point to keep a separate email for it.

Do not rely on the recommended matches alone — that's what cost me the first month on set up profile.

For me the thing that separates the good ones with set up profile is whether the matching does anything you can notice.

For a free alternative while you sort out set up profile, there is always Turndate free tier.

Garrett avatar
Joined: Feb 2020
Messages: 845
#6

Came back to set up profile after a break. Over the first handful of matches, what the follow-through looked like wasn'ticeably thinner than in a big city.

With set up profile specifically, it pays to write a bio that says something checkable.

I wasted a full weekend on set up profile because I'd pay before you have tested the free side.

Where set up profile either works or falls apart is how the free tier compares with the paid one.

Jessica avatar
Joined: Jan 2020
Messages: 5063
#7

Ran set up profile alongside two others for the opening stretch — how it played out was flat once the novelty wears off.

The fix that worked on set up profile was simple enough — write a bio that says something checkable.

The part I keep getting stuck on with set up profile is how the free tier compares with the paid one.

Trevor avatar
Joined: Aug 2020
Messages: 2194
#8

@Jessica that hasn't been my experience with set up profile, and I gave it the trial period.

Before writing set up profile off, try this: say what you're looking for in plain words.

The trap with set up profile is that it's easy to treat volume as a substitute for filtering.

The question underneath all of this is how the algorithm treats a new account, at least with set up profile.

Join the people in this thread — beyond set up profile

Members here use RuneDate because messaging never costs anything. If set up profile brought you here, this is the free way to test it.

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