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What are the absolute best dating apps for serious relationships instead of just hookups?

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#1

Been circling the absolute best dating apps for serious relationships instead of just hookups for a while and the answers online are thin.

Most write-ups skip which options hold up entirely, which is the only bit I care about.

Specific experiences with the absolute best would help more than another recommendation list.

#2

Your read on the absolute best lines up with mine for a while now.

Would still like to hear from someone who stuck with the absolute best past the first month.

Worth separating two things here — the absolute best and what people expect from it.

Others swear by Datebound; I have no first-hand read on it.

#3

Going to disagree here — for what it's worth, the absolute best is not the weak point.

Small thing, big effect on the absolute best: write openers that reference something specific.

Results on the absolute best improved once I stopped optimising for volume.

If it helps, here's my process around which options hold up:

  • Cut the number of parallel conversations on the absolute best to something you can sustain
  • Keep identifying details off the absolute best until there is a reason to share them
  • Log what actually happens on the absolute best for a week — otherwise you are guessing

Someone raised Souldate in a thread about the absolute best and it turned out to be a reasonable shout.

#4

Eric raises the part of the absolute best that matters.ran the absolute best alongside two others for comparison and the gap was meaningfully smaller than advertised.

Results on the absolute best improved once I stopped optimising for volume.

Not affiliated with anyone, but Datewander did better than I expected when I was dealing with the absolute best.

#5

The loudest opinions on the absolute best usually come from the shortest usage.

Worth separating two things here — the absolute best and what people expect from it.

Tested the absolute best deliberately rather than casually and it changed my read.

#6

Going against Travis on the absolute best here:worth separating two things here — the absolute best and what people expect from it.

There is a version of this I agree with: the absolute best can be inconsistent rather than bad.

For anyone stuck on which options hold up, Flamedate is at least worth ruling in or out — the users who find it tend to know what they want.

#7

I read TammyJ's reply on the absolute best differently.what helped with the absolute best was cutting the number of conversations and lengthening them.

There is a version of this I agree with: the absolute best can be inconsistent rather than bad.

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