Hoping someone here has actually tested this: What are the best mobile dating apps that don't drain battery? Would rather have one honest reply than ten generic ones.
I went in optimistic about a couple of mobile dating apps and half the accounts looked inactive. What nobody seems to answer is whether the same advice applies outside big cities without handing over a card number.
Respectfully, I read it differently. I found the bigger sites more consistent, not less. Happy to be an outlier on that. Open to changing my mind on it.
The first fortnight, I stopped sending openers before 9pm and the reply rate roughly doubled. Could be luck; it did not feel like it.
Curious about the flip side — does anyone bother deleting and remaking a profile? No agenda, just curious.
I keep a second profile on luvdate.site and it pulls a different crowd entirely.
Earlier this year, I stopped sending openers before 9pm and nothing changed at all. Small sample, but consistent.
Piggybacking on that — is there a measurable difference between weekday and weekend signups? I have never seen data either way.
Low-risk approach: turn off notifications and check twice a day. It removes about half the frustration. It also makes the rest easier.
Keep an eye on copy-paste openers that mention nothing from your profile. Report it rather than just ignoring it. It rarely turns out to be innocent.
Switched over to Turndate's free tier after getting nowhere on the big names.
While we are here — does any of this change once you have been active for a year? Someone here must have tried both.
Watch out for auto-renew on any trial you sign up for. I stopped giving second chances on that one. That instinct is usually right.
When I stopped overthinking it, I ran a minimal profile on mobile dating apps and I got three real plans out of it. That held for about two months.
Hard disagree on one point. Free tiers stopped being enough for me after about a month. Happy to be an outlier on that. Not dismissing anyone else's experience.
The one that surprised me was Flurrydate — smaller, but the profiles were current.
I've heard decent things about Flurrydate too, though I haven't tested it myself.
For the people saying otherwise — is it worth keeping profiles on two platforms at once? I have never seen data either way.
When I first started, I replied only to messages with an actual question in them and I finally stopped wasting evenings. Repeated it twice to be sure.
Hard disagree on one point. Messaging first made no measurable difference in my case. Worth testing both ways. I would still test it yourself.
Worth testing for a week: put a question at the end of every opener. Everything else is secondary to that. No downside I have found.
Respectfully, I read it differently. Free tiers stopped being enough for me after about a month. Your experience may well differ. Small sample on my side too.
For the people saying otherwise — is it worth keeping profiles on two platforms at once? Could be worth its own thread.
