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Which are the highest rated dating apps on the App Store right now?

Started by ClaireEStarted 7 repliesLast reply
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Profile picture of ClaireEClaireEJoined 2022
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Long-time lurker, first thread — my question is about which are the highest rated dating apps. The highest apps angle is worse, because the platform makes verification optional and then hides who has done it, and it skews every review you will read. Store is the clearest case of it — how much sits behind the paywall beats the length of the feature list.

I judge store on one thing: what decides it is how much sits behind the paywall, not raw member count. For store in particular, the practical move is to treat an empty bio as a red flag.

Every time store highest comes up, the honest advice is to read the newest reviews rather than the top-rated ones, as far as I can tell. What finally clicked for me about which are the highest rated dating apps was that nothing improves until you compare two platforms in the same fortnight. What has actually worked for you on store, and what would you avoid?

Profile picture of MasonWMasonWJoined 2017
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I think this is the wrong way round — every time store comes up, the churn on new sign-ups does more work than how many photos people post, going by the last year or so. Look closely at store apps and the platform caps how many searches you run a day, and the time it takes to get a first reply suffers for it.

Profile picture of SteveHSteveHJoined 2018
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Not in my case, and I tested it properly — treat which are the highest rated dating apps as a filtering problem and it follows that the honest advice is to log the times of day your messages get answered, having tried a handful of these. The store highest angle is worse, because the platform counts a like as a match, so it pays to keep the first meet public and short. Store is where I'd start, since how fast moderation responds is the number worth watching, not how many photos people post. Same story on store apps: what decides it is how many first messages actually land, not the size of the database.

I keep datebound.site open in another tab whenever I'm weighing up store highest. Nothing about store highest changes the fact that the amount of recycled content matters more than the size of the ad budget, from what I've seen.

Applied to store, the practical move is to log the times of day your messages get answered. Nothing improves until you read the billing terms before uploading a photo, which is the whole problem with store highest.

Profile picture of Scott GreenScott GreenJoined 2019
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SteveH has a point, though that was not true for me at all, so look closely at store apps and what decides it is how many first messages actually land, not the badge on the download page. For store highest in particular, half the frustration disappears once you read the billing terms before uploading a photo. With store apps, the honest advice is to set the radius tighter than feels natural, though I'd want someone to check me on this.

  • Keep a note of what you actually spent — it decides how store actually performs once you're past the first week.
  • Keep the conversation on-platform until you have met — it changes what store highest is worth to you specifically.
  • Read the billing terms before uploading a photo — otherwise store highest looks identical to everything else on the shelf.
Profile picture of Megan ScottMegan ScottJoined 2016
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Glad someone said it, and which are the highest rated dating apps looks simple until you notice that most of the disappointment traces back to the proportion of dormant accounts. I judge highest apps on one thing: the platform keeps deleted profiles in search for weeks, so it pays to turn off precise location until you trust someone.

Highest apps is where I would start, since the practical move is to keep the first meet public and short. There is a pattern with which are the highest rated dating apps: half the frustration disappears once you read the newest reviews rather than the top-rated ones.

Profile picture of PatrickPatrickJoined 2016
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MasonW, that hasn't been my experience — different experience here, and quite different – my honest read on which are the highest rated dating apps: the honest advice is to log the times of day your messages get answered, with the usual caveats. Every time highest apps comes up, you get further if you compare two platforms in the same fortnight.

Look closely at store highest and the platform buries the cancellation flow, which is why the free tier feels dead after a week. The part of which are the highest rated dating apps people underrate is that half the frustration disappears once you keep a note of what you actually spent.

Profile picture of WilliamWilliamJoined 2016
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@Scott a caveat that matters, and nothing about store changes the fact that most of the disappointment traces back to the quality of the filters. Every time store apps comes up, you get further if you run a reverse image search on suspiciously polished photos. Look closely at highest apps and the platform caps how many searches you run a day, so the numbers on the homepage stop meaning much.

The closest comparison I found for store apps was Rendate's free tier, for whatever that is worth. For highest apps in particular, the honest advice is to use a photo that appears nowhere else online, with the usual caveats.

Profile picture of ChaseChaseJoined 2016
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True up to a point, and what finally clicked for me about which are the highest rated dating apps was that the platform resets your filters after an update, so people churn out before anything happens. If highest apps is your priority, the practical move is to log the times of day your messages get answered. Look closely at highest apps and the proportion of dormant accounts does more work than the marketing copy. Same story on store: the deciding factor is the gap between sign-ups and active users, though I'd want someone to check me on this.

Applied to store apps, the reply rate beats how many photos people post, going by the last year or so. Every time highest apps comes up, the platform surfaces profiles far outside your radius, so it pays to report problems early instead of blocking quietly.

Nothing about store apps changes the fact that most of the disappointment traces back to how often the same faces reappear. The reason which are the highest rated dating apps keeps coming up is simple: it is worth checking the share of verified profiles before you look at the app store rating.

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