What are the best dating sites for relationships in the UK?

Started by Scarlett Harris · ·7 replies ·Local & International

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Scarlett Harris
Joined Jul 2021
2,361 posts
#1

a solid three months of trying to work out best dating sites for relationships in the uk? — local & international, after a fairly grim first attempt, and the answer seems to depend heavily on where you live.

What nobody mentions is that the photo verification step seems designed to keep you swiping rather than talking, especially once working out what is actually different comes into it.

Specifically, on best dating sites for relationships in the uk? — local & international, what I would like input on:

  • Has that changed since the last update when working out what is actually different is the main worry?
  • Is there a way to check before signing up where working out what is actually different is concerned?
  • Has anyone got numbers rather than impressions where working out what is actually different is concerned?

For most people, saying plainly what I wasn't after made a bigger difference than switching platforms.

Keen to hear from anyone who has dealt with best dating sites for relationships in the uk? — local & internati lately.

Amelia Brown
Joined May 2023
892 posts
#2

Seconding this — @Scarlett Harris, the paywall comment is underrated.

The detail that ruins it is that on desktop dating platforms, the discovery feed shows the same faces on a loop.

Still working it out where working out what is actually different is concerned.

AndrewL
Joined May 2017
3,352 posts
#3

For what it is worth, on desktop dating platforms, whether an account has been verified makes more difference than whether it has a swipe interface.

On desktop dating platforms, moving to a call early produced better matches within about ten days.

Not claiming this is universal especially for most people.

Aubrey Hall
Joined Feb 2025
1,096 posts
#4

Pretty much this — @Amelia Brown, the paywall comment is underrated.

In practice, the effort in the opening line outweighs which platform you picked, though it varies enormously by city.

The part nobody warns you about is that the free tier seems designed to keep you swiping rather than talking, which is the real problem with desktop dating platforms.

The other one people keep naming here is Turndate.

Mateo Harris
Joined Jan 2018
1,995 posts
#5

This is close to my read — @Aubrey Hall, the framing around most people is underrated.

Shortening the bio by half was the only change that showed up in the numbers and nothing else came close with best dating sites for relationships in the uk? — local & international.

As far as I can tell, the effort in the opening line predicts how long a conversation lasts better than how polished the profile looks for most people when it comes to the best dating sites for relationships in the uk? — local & internati question.

Harper Wilson
Joined Aug 2024
1,655 posts
#6

My sticking point is that the match queue surfaces profiles that have not been touched in months.

For ordinary users, the amount of detail in a bio tends to decide whether it feels worth the time, but that is one person with one set of results.

The one change that worked was reading profiles properly before swiping — it roughly doubled the reply rate once working out what is actually different was the priority.

Abigail Taylor
Joined Jun 2017
1,910 posts
#7

Does anyone know if that still holds when you factor in best dating sites?

The detail that ruins it is that the free tier makes it impossible to tell live accounts from dead ones, especially once working out what is actually different comes into it.

The gap between the quality of your first message and the app's star rating is where whether it feels worth the time is actually decided where working out what is actually different is concerned.

The parts that transfer across desktop dating platforms:

  • Pick your own venue for a first meeting — with local & international this is the difference-maker.
  • Let a stalled conversation go, especially for most people.
  • Write the bio for one person, not everyone, and doubly so for most people.
  • Give a platform three weeks before judging it, especially for most people.
  • Keep the first meeting short and public, which matters most on desktop dating platforms.

Worth a look at Flurrydate as well — quick to set up and free to evaluate properly.

Has anyone found the opposite outside the UK?

NicoleR
Joined Aug 2019
1,867 posts
#8

I would push back a little. @Harper Wilson, the profile-quality point may have been better luck than most get.

Something worth knowing: on desktop dating platforms, how consistently you show up has a bigger effect on how many conversations survive past day three than the size of the company behind it, although the platforms change constantly.

On desktop dating platforms, leading with something slightly odd produced better matches within about ten days.

Still working it out at least on the working out what is actually different side.

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