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What are the best good dating websites that are entirely text-based?

Started by Sarah Cooper29 Jun 2026Dating Apps & Sites6 replies
Sarah Cooper avatar
Joined: Jul 2021
Messages: 845
#1

Hoping someone here has actually tested best good dating websites rather than just read about it.

The part I keep getting stuck on with best good dating is whether the premium upsell is worth it.

For me the thing that separates the good ones with best good dating is how long a profile stays visible without paying.

Open to being wrong about best good dating websites if someone has better information.

Sean avatar
Joined: Jun 2021
Messages: 845
#2

Seconding @Sarah Cooper. What settled it for me on best good dating was whether the premium upsell is worth it.

Used best good dating for the opening stretch. How it played out was roughly the same either way.

If anyone has tested best good dating properly, I want to know what the daily limits feel like in use.

The one that surprised me on best good dating was the free Souldate option — no card, no trial nonsense.

Nicole avatar
Joined: Sep 2021
Messages: 847
#3

My experience with best good dating over the trial period: what I saw was more consistent than the alternatives.

What helped most with best good dating was that I made a point to keep the conversation on the platform until you meet.

I wasted the first handful of matches on best good dating because I'd pay before you have tested the free side.

Genuinely asking — has best good dating changed at all this year?

Tom avatar
Joined: Aug 2021
Messages: 832
#4

Used best good dating for the first few days. What the replies looked like was flat once the novelty wears off.

The single change that improved best good dating for me was deciding to ask one specific question instead of a generic opener.

The mistake I see repeated with best good dating is people treat volume as a substitute for filtering.

A friend pointed me at this one when I asked about best good dating; the sign-up was free and quick.

My working notes on best good dating, for what they are worth:

  • On best good dating, how it played out was about what you would guess compared with the alternatives
  • Give best good dating a full weekend before deciding — what actually happened was clearly ahead on this one point
  • If best good dating is your only option, at least keep the conversation on the platform until you meet
Amanda Brooks avatar
Joined: Oct 2023
Messages: 844
#5

Ran best good dating alongside two others for a couple of evenings — what I ended up with was less reliable than it looks from outside.

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

Nobody writing about best good dating seems willing to say what the gender ratio looks like locally.

The question underneath all of this is how the free tier compares with the paid one, at least with best good dating.

Boiled down, best good dating came to this:

  • If best good dating is your only option, at least keep the conversation on the platform until you meet
  • Worth checking on best good dating: whether the premium upsell is worth it
  • The part I got wrong at first on best good dating turned out to be roughly the same either way
TomC avatar
Joined: Mar 2023
Messages: 846
#6

After a couple of evenings with best good dating, what the numbers looked like was better than I expected.

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

Has anyone tested best good dating since the last update, or is what the gender ratio looks like locally still the sticking point?

Where good dating either works or falls apart is what the daily limits feel like in use.

The part I keep getting stuck on with good dating is what the daily limits feel like in use.

Tried Datenest community alongside it while working out best good dating — different pool, same free messaging.

Madison avatar
Joined: Apr 2022
Messages: 2512
#7

@Sean makes a fair point, though with best good dating I would add that what the pool looked like was worse than the reviews suggest.

Most of my results on best good dating came down to one habit — ask one specific question instead of a generic opener.

I wasted the first few days on best good dating because I would take silence personally.

If best good dating is the sticking point, what Datebie does handles it without an upgrade prompt.

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