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What are some dating apps like meetme for finding local friends?

Started by Sarah29 May 2026Dating Apps & Sites7 replies
Sarah avatar
Joined: Jan 2020
Messages: 5329
#1

Trying to work out some dating apps like meetme for finding local before I sink more time into it.

Where some dating apps either works or falls apart is how it behaves after a month of use.

What matters more than the feature list on some dating apps is how far people will actually travel to meet.

If you have used some dating apps like meetme for finding local, say what you would do differently.

Nathan Davis avatar
Joined: Aug 2021
Messages: 830
#2

My experience with some dating apps over a full weekend: how the pattern went was noticeably thinner than in a big city.

The fix that worked on some dating apps was simple enough — read the profile properly before replying.

If anyone has tested some dating apps properly, I want to know whether nearby means the same thing on every app.

The question underneath all of this is how the algorithm treats a new account, at least with some dating apps.

that site came up a lot when I was researching some dating apps, and it held up better than expected.

What I would check before committing to some dating apps:

  • What I saw after roughly six weeks of some dating apps was flat once the novelty wears off
  • Say what you are looking for in plain words, especially if some dating apps is new to you
  • The detail that took longest to learn is what decides whether some dating apps is worth it
Samantha avatar
Joined: Sep 2021
Messages: 3180
#3

Used some dating apps for a full weekend. How the volume moved was noticeably thinner than in a big city.

The fix that worked on some dating apps was simple enough — check when the account was last active.

Where I went wrong with some dating apps was that I would expect the algorithm to do the work.

What matters more than the feature list on some dating apps is what the numbers look like in a smaller town.

Luke avatar
Joined: Feb 2023
Messages: 844
#4

Ran some dating apps alongside two others for a couple of evenings — what the pool looked like was roughly the same either way.

With some dating apps specifically, it pays to write a bio that says something checkable.

Where I went wrong with some dating apps was that I would write a bio that could belong to anyone.

Someone in another some dating apps thread recommended try Turndate, so I gave it a week.

Megan avatar
Joined: Jul 2021
Messages: 4646
#5

@Luke maybe it varies by city, because some dating apps was about what you would guess where I'm.

Before writing some dating apps off, try this: say what you're looking for in plain words.

Has how thin the pool gets outside the centre improved on some dating apps, or is that still the same story?

Trevor avatar
Joined: Jul 2020
Messages: 2194
#6

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

The fix that worked on some dating apps was simple enough — ask one specific question instead of a generic opener.

For me the bit nobody mentions with some dating apps is what the gender ratio looks like locally.

What matters more than the feature list on some dating apps is what the reply rate looks like without photos.

JessW avatar
Joined: May 2020
Messages: 846
#7

Tried some dating apps across the first ten conversations and honestly how the pattern went was about what you would guess.

Most of my results on some dating apps came down to one habit — read the profile properly before replying.

I wasted a full weekend on some dating apps because I'd pay before you have tested the free side.

Currently splitting my time between here and try Datewander for exactly this some dating apps reason.

Tyler avatar
Joined: Sep 2021
Messages: 4516
#8

My experience with some dating apps over about a fortnight: what the logs showed was clearly ahead on this one point.

The single change that improved some dating apps for me was deciding to check when the account was last active.

Do not pay before you have tested the free side — that is what cost me the trial period on some dating apps.

Nobody writing about some dating apps seems willing to say what the commuter effect does to the numbers.

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