What is the best dating app for 30 40 year olds who are recently single?

Started by Olivia Hayes · ·9 replies ·Free Dating & Apps

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Olivia Hayes
Joined Oct 2019
1,607 posts
#1

two months of trying to work out best dating app for 30 40 year olds who are recently single? — free da, out of curiosity more than anything, and my view has shifted twice since.

The bit that keeps catching me out is that on the free options, the discovery feed shows the same faces on a loop.

Something worth knowing: whether the photos look like the same person is a better predictor of the odds of a second date than the feature list.

If anyone has tested best dating app for 30 40 year olds who are recently single? — free da recently I'd rather hear that than another roundup.

LandonH
Joined Feb 2019
2,563 posts
#2

Similar story on my end — @Olivia Hayes, the advice about calling early deserves more attention than it gets.

For what it is worth, the boost you paid for gets the credit but whether the photos look like the same person does the work.

Your results may differ on the this question.

PatrickW
Joined May 2017
2,172 posts
#3

Is there a way to check before signing up for anyone in ordinary users?

Something worth knowing: for ordinary users, how well a platform handles reports tends to decide how long a conversation lasts in the best dating app for 30 40 year olds who are recently single? — free da specifically context.

MadisonLoves
Joined Jul 2017
3,023 posts
#4

The pattern I keep seeing is that nothing changes whether it feels worth the time as much as the honesty of the bio, though a friend had the reverse experience where the which-one question is concerned.

Try Datewander alongside whatever else you are testing purely on how busy it is locally.

Does anyone know if that still holds when the which-one question is the main worry?

James Anderson
Joined Jan 2018
2,084 posts
#5

Where it falls down is that the distance filter quietly stops working after the first week, which is the real problem with the free options.

Putting one specific interest in the bio turned it from a chore into something workable and nothing else came close with this whole area.

The checklist I ended up with for the free options:

  • Screenshot anything odd before blocking, particularly on the free options.
  • Ask one question, not four, especially for most people.
  • Put something concrete in the opener, especially for most people.

Worth testing rather than taking my word on the this question.

CooperS
Joined Jan 2020
507 posts
#6

Broadly agreed — @PatrickW, the note on the free options is underrated.

In practice, the response you give to a low-effort opener is a better predictor of the odds of a second date than the total registered user count, though a friend had the reverse experience when it comes to best dating app for 30 40 year olds who are recently single? — free da.

The thing I didn't expect was that the recommendation engine gives you no idea when an account was last opened.

If you want a second option, Datebound — the profiles feel more current than most.

Does that hold outside the big cities when the which-one question is the main worry?

DerekM
Joined Feb 2017
346 posts
#7

Pretty much this — @CooperS, the timing observation deserves more attention than it gets.

The quality of your first message explains more of how many replies you get in a week than the boost you paid for ever did.

ReedC
Joined Jun 2018
133 posts
#8

My working theory is that the gap between how specific you're about what you want and the total registered user count is where response rate is actually decided.

Olivia Hayes
Joined Oct 2019
1,607 posts
#9

Deleting everything and starting over changed the kind of people who replied and nothing else came close.

LandonH
Joined Feb 2019
2,563 posts
#10

Broadly, the app's overall download figures gets the credit but the willingness to suggest meeting early does the work.

The thing I did not expect was that the account activity indicator exists mainly to push you toward an upgrade, which is the real problem with the free options.

On that point, Datescout — free to browse and message, which is the main thing.

Take what is useful and leave the rest especially for most people.

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