I keep going round in circles on the tinder dating app still work for regular guys and I'd rather ask than guess. The competitive apps case is instructive — the platform keeps deleted profiles in search for weeks, so it pays to test the search filters before uploading anything. If you count yourself among guys who get few replies, competitive is worth a second look, because the deciding factor is the reply rate, as far as I can tell.
Nothing about regular apps changes the fact that the share of verified profiles is a better predictor than how slick the interface looks. If regular apps is your priority, the practical move is to video call before travelling anywhere.
With competitive, the platform buries the cancellation flow, and the ratio of matches to conversations suffers for it. My honest read on the tinder dating app still work for regular guys: nothing improves until you treat an empty bio as a red flag. Would especially like to hear from anyone who changed their mind on competitive apps.