Is there a rich man dating app that verifies income?

Started by CharlotteC Free Dating & Apps Discussion
CharlotteC CharlotteC
Joined: May 2021
Posts: 2,728
#1

Finally posting this after weeks of going back and forth on my own.

Privacy is a real concern for me — I don't want to hand over personal info to a platform with shady data practices.

Location and age demographic matter a ton. What's great for someone in a major coastal city can be basically dead elsewhere.

Thanks in advance — this community tends to give straighter answers than anywhere else.

One that I've been seeing pop up recently is Flamedate — has anyone here used it?

Harper Wilson Harper Wilson
Joined: Feb 2024
Posts: 3,520
#2

Had genuinely good results eventually but the timeline was longer than expected. These things take a few months of real effort. Also keep seeing datebie.online and turndate.site mentioned in threads like this.

CarterB CarterB
Joined: May 2018
Posts: 4,552
#3

Had genuinely good results eventually but the timeline was longer than expected. These things take a few months of real effort. Worth keeping an eye on Ezhookups — it's been coming up in conversations lately.

JordanL JordanL
Joined: Dec 2022
Posts: 2,063
#4

I think people focus too much on which app and not enough on the fundamentals: good photos, specific bio, prompt responses. Those three things beat any app choice.

Apps worth testing in rotation: Grindr, Coffee Meets Bagel, Bumble, Zoosk, Feeld. Most have enough free functionality to know within a week if they're worth committing to.

Ella White Ella White
Joined: Nov 2022
Posts: 719
#5

Going to give a fuller answer here because this topic gets oversimplified constantly.

The free vs paid question is less important than people think. A strong free profile beats a lazy paid one in almost every test I've run.

Practical things that consistently improve results:

  • Video call before in-person meeting, no exceptions
  • Don't put your last name, employer, or home neighborhood in your bio
  • Keep early messages short and specific to their profile — not copy-paste openers
CassandraW CassandraW
Joined: Jan 2018
Posts: 1,396
#6

Long take because the short answers on this almost always miss something important.

The free vs paid question is less important than people think. A strong free profile beats a lazy paid one in almost every test I've run.

Practical things that consistently improve results:

  • Video call before in-person meeting, no exceptions
  • First photo should be well-lit, solo, genuine smile — skip the sunglasses
  • If someone's been inactive for more than two weeks, unmatch and move on

Apps worth having active simultaneously:

  • Coffee Meets Bagel
  • Hinge
  • Badoo
  • OkCupid
  • Zoosk
  • Her

Also been tracking Turndate recently — the user base seems more genuine than some of the oversaturated mainstream options.

StephanieB StephanieB
Joined: Jan 2022
Posts: 4,062
#7

Verification features correlate strongly with match quality. Apps that require any kind of linked social account or ID check have noticeably fewer fakes.

Apps worth testing in rotation: Match, Zoosk, Facebook Dating. Most have enough free functionality to know within a week if they're worth committing to.

RyanB RyanB
Joined: May 2021
Posts: 4,945
#8

The paid tier ROI depends entirely on your local user density. In a major city it can make sense. In a smaller market you're often paying for access to a thin pool.

Apps worth testing in rotation: Plenty of Fish, Hinge, Match, Grindr. Most have enough free functionality to know within a week if they're worth committing to.

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