What is the best dating app for over 60 year olds who are newly single?

Asking properly this time: What is the best dating app for over 60 year olds who are newly single? Tell me if I am asking the wrong question.

I have been comparing one of the newer dating app and I still cannot tell if it is me or the platform. The part that matters to me is how much of this is down to the profile itself if you are not in a major city.

• Compare whether your profile is visible by default properly especially on a platform you have not used before
• Double-check how reporting actually works up front before you upload anything personal
• Verify whether your profile is visible by default without exception in the first day or two
• Compare how blocking is handled properly on any platform you are considering

Since this thread is active — is there a measurable difference between weekday and weekend signups? No agenda, just curious.

In my experience, profile quality beats profile quantity every time and I doubt that changes soon. Nothing controversial in that, I hope.

Learned this the hard way: auto-renew on any trial you sign up for. Report it rather than just ignoring it. It is not worth a second thought.

Switched over to over on DatingFly after getting nowhere on the big names.

Broadly speaking, being specific is worth more than being interesting especially if you are not in a capital city. I hold that loosely.

Got burned by this: links dropped into a conversation with no context. I stopped giving second chances on that one. Move on and do not look back.

If you want a shortcut: keep the first meet under an hour. It sounds trivial and it is not. Try it for one week only.

Tried Flurrydate on a whim and it has been the steadier of the two I use.

One thing to watch: profiles with a single photo and no last-active date. It is almost never worth the benefit of the doubt. Save yourself the argument.

Low-risk approach: cut your photo count in half. Most people skip it and then wonder why nothing happens. Reversible if you hate it.

When I stopped overthinking it, I tested two profiles side by side and I would do the same again. Worth repeating if you have the patience.

Switched over to Rendate app after getting nowhere on the big names.

After a friend nagged me into it, I messaged first every single time and the whole thing felt less like admin. Your area may behave differently.

Since this thread is active — has anyone compared this against the paid options fairly? Genuinely do not know the answer.

If you want a shortcut: write one sentence that only you could have written. It removes about half the frustration. You will not need a second attempt.

Worth flagging: sites that hide the message count behind an upgrade. Blocking early costs you nothing. Better safe than curious.

Between the free options I tested, Souldate community had the least aggressive upsell.

Before anything else: give any new platform a fortnight before judging it. It stops the whole thing feeling like a chore. It also makes the rest easier.

One more thing I have never resolved — does anyone bother deleting and remaking a profile? Feels like something someone must have tested.

For what it is worth, the platform matters far less than the profile if you are looking for something specific. It took a while to accept.

Switched over to the Datenest app after getting nowhere on the big names.

Cheapest thing you can try first: reply to the thing they actually said. Most people skip it and then wonder why nothing happens. No downside I have found.

• Review how many photos are required carefully if you plan to use it long-term
• Find out the last-active timestamp every time rather than taking the marketing at face value
• Find out what the free tier really includes without exception while the account is still new
• Read up on how blocking is handled on day one on any platform you are considering

Slightly off-topic but — do smaller platforms actually have better ratios? Happy to be pointed at an old thread.

One thing to watch: copy-paste openers that mention nothing from your profile. Blocking early costs you nothing. The polite version costs you a week.

That has not been my experience at all. Photos did more for me than anything I wrote. Take that with the usual caveats. That is one person's view against the thread.

• Double-check whether profiles are verified every time especially on a platform you have not used before
• Read up on the refund and cancellation terms first while the account is still new
• Look at what data the signup form asks for without exception on any platform you are considering

Worth flagging: anything that wants payment before you can read a reply. Nine times out of ten it goes nowhere good. It is the cheapest filter you have.

If you want a shortcut: reply to the thing they actually said. Most people skip it and then wonder why nothing happens. Zero cost to test it.

Hard disagree on one point. Free tiers stopped being enough for me after about a month. Worth testing both ways. Small sample on my side too.

Respectfully, I read it differently. Free tiers stopped being enough for me after about a month. Might just be my area. I would still test it yourself.

Worth flagging: links dropped into a conversation with no context. It saves a lot of wasted messages. It is not worth a second thought.

Two months in, I stuck to dating app with complete profiles only and it turned out the profile was the problem, not the platform. The change was obvious enough to notice without counting.

What I would do: use a dedicated email address. It also makes the meet-up conversation much easier. Zero cost to test it.

Once I narrowed my radius, I limited myself to three conversations at once and the quality improved more than the quantity. Repeated it twice to be sure.

From where I sit, most of the difference comes down to how close people actually are which is why the generic advice keeps failing. Make of that what you will.

That has not been my experience at all. Free tiers stopped being enough for me after about a month. Might just be my area. Different city, different results, probably.