Are there any free datingsites that cater to vegans or vegetarians?

Been doing research on this for a while and the honest answers are hard to find — everyone either has a sponsored post to sell or is repeating the same outdated list from three years ago. So I'm asking here directly: Are there any free datingsites that cater to vegans or vegetarians?

Not looking for the obvious names. I've tried those. Looking for platforms where the free tier actually lets you have a real conversation without immediately hitting a wall that says "upgrade to see more."

Location context: mid-size US city. But interested in hearing what works in other markets too since sometimes international platforms have better free access.

One underrated filter: check the most recent posts in any subreddit or external community for a platform. If the last genuine user post was eight months ago, the platform is probably in decline regardless of what their marketing says.

Been on Flamedate for about two months now. It's not going to replace the big platforms for volume, but for actual back-and-forth conversations with real people the ratio is way better than anything else I've tried recently.

Honestly the best results I've had have been on platforms I found through word of mouth rather than app store recommendations. The top of the charts tends to be whatever spent the most on user acquisition, not whatever actually works best.

I'll mention Datelink because it's come up organically in a few different conversations I've had on this topic. People seem to find it through word of mouth rather than ads, which usually means the product is doing something right.

I've seen turndate.site mentioned positively in a few threads now. Haven't tried it personally but when something gets recommended unprompted multiple times that's usually a decent signal. Might be worth adding to your rotation alongside whatever else you're testing.

Someone tipped me off to Datescout a while back and I finally got around to trying it. Surprised by how usable the free tier is — you can actually have a real conversation without hitting a paywall every 30 seconds. Worth bookmarking at minimum.

From what I gather talking to people in similar situations, datebie.online and a handful of smaller dedicated platforms tend to have more engaged users than the apps that try to be everything to everyone. Trade-off is always userbase size, so location matters.