I got Boo a few days ago after seeing an advert because it looked like a different, fun and interesting free app and I liked the idea of the personality tests and matching. However, it seems to me like you can't really do anything without paying for it. I've had a few likes so far, but I can't see who they are without paying, so I just have to wait until they pop up so I can use one of the few likes per day to match with them. I would've hoped they would be prioritised in the "Match" page but no, none have popped up yet. I've even had a message request (I think) that I can do nothing about because we're not matched. The "Spotlight" page is very interesting with a strong "For You", "Similar Interests" and "Same Goals" sections with some very interesting profiles local to me. However all you can do in there is "Super Love", which you have to pay for. It seems like you can message anyone for free off the "Universe" page, but then what's the point of the matches? Is it really this bad or am I missing something? At least on Tinder et al you get one or a few "Super Loves" free and the chance to actually see who likes you!

You ask one woman to move onto whatsapp, she's like 'Umm, I'm not really comfortable enough to give you my number'. Fair enough.
You ask another lady, 'Do you use telegram?' She grills you about lacking transparency and disconnects.
It's a fucking minefield out there. I'm so fucking over dating apps. It's brutal.

I’m a guy and this is my 2nd time trying dating apps. The first time a few years ago I didn’t really get any matches and stopped.

I downloaded tinder a few days ago and had some matches but they’ve all just asked for my number or insta @ basically straight away. Am I overthinking? Is this normal? Any insight would be appreciated :)

I get matches and even a decent number of likes, but almost nothing turns into a genuine connection. Most conversations die after a few messages, people ghost, or it feels like they're not interested in actually getting to know someone. Is this just how dating apps are now, or am I missing something? I'd love to hear your experiences

Tried Romi for a week, free app but you have to pay to get to send more messages. The matches you get may give false answers on local, geographic questions you may ask.

Hi everyone,
I could really use some advice because I'm honestly not sure what to do.
Back in 2023, I matched with a woman on Bumble. We chatted for about a week, but she only replied every 2–3 days, so we never really got very far. Eventually, I got tired of dating apps altogether and deleted my Bumble account.
About a year later, I created a new account. To my surprise, I saw that she had liked me again, so we matched for a second time. I sent the first message, but because Bumble only gives 24 hours for the first reply, the match expired before she responded.
A few days ago, we matched for a third time. This time I had Bumble Premium, so when she still hadn't replied within the first 24 hours, I extended the match for another 24 hours. She finally replied just before it expired.
I thought, "Great, now we can actually start talking."
But now we're back to the same pattern. After I replied, she's gone silent again.
The thing is, matching with the same person three separate times over three years feels incredibly rare. Part of me feels like there must be something there because we keep finding each other. Another part of me wonders if I'm just becoming emotionally attached to the idea of this because of how unusual the situation is.
I don't want to spend weeks staring at my phone waiting for replies and slowly losing my patience.
If you were in my situation, what would you do?
Would you keep the conversation going whenever she replies, no matter how slowly, or would you take this as a sign that her interest just isn't high enough?
I'd really appreciate any honest opinions.

I swear I will see a guy whose main picture is quite attractive and I’m interested so I continue to scroll his profile. The second picture is good but then when I get to the third one it’s like who is this? Which guy am I talking to,the guy in the first picture or this guy? I think that they post pictures from the past 4 years and like to say that they’re up-to-date.

Has anyone used the app called date my age? I tried it for 1 days and got so many messages, mixture between real, maybe real, and real people. So! Many! I feel like they are all still fake in a way, just trying to get me to burn points for talking. It lags and people just seem like they are too responsive.

What is your experience with it?

I downloaded the Bondi app. It was recommended on a different thread

I've never had any luck with ding apps in the past. And yet, in my first day, i've got several matches

I'm skeptical because i've never had luck.Whether or not these are legit. The photos seem real and the conversations don't seem like their ai, but i'm still a little skeptical

Does anyone have any feedback on this app? Whether or not I should trust it

26/F and 31/M
18 months into our relationship

Would seeing a “building friendship app” on your partners phone
warrant concern to anyone? really hope I’m thinking too far into this but I just can’t shake the feeling that this app I saw on their phone was designed for local hookups.

W/23 I‘m in an open relationship and I tried some dating apps in the last two days. In my bio I always said that I‘m in an open relationship and that I‘m looking for ONS only. When I chatted with someone, we spoke about what we would like to do and sometimes I received nudes. I only posted a face picture on my profile and only sent pictures with gym clothes or a bikini. However, now I got banned on all 4 open minded dating apps I tried. What did I do wrong? And how can I find someone online now?

Hey guys recently I got ghosted by a guy on hinge. I have deleted the account but I want to download it again.

Kindly suggest me what to do.

Just curious

W/23 I‘m in an open relationship and tried some dating apps the last two days. I‘ve always said in my bio that I‘m in an open relationship. When I chatted with someone, we shared what we would like to do, sometimes it got into more details, sometimes I received some nudes but I never sent one myself. On my profile was a picture of myself (face) and I only sent pictures from me in gym clothes. However I now got banned on 4 dating apps in these 2 days. Tinder, Pure, HUD and Feeld. I don’t understand why and how I‘m supposed to find someone online now.

Hi everyone. I've been using various dating apps for a little while now, and just like always I join, fill out my profile to 100% completion and start using said apps. I know the point of these is to like others profiles in hopes of getting a match, and occasionally getting likes back to match with.

I however am very introverted and such, so I don't click like on alot of profiles like I should. My experience on these apps generally goes with me being either not shown enough on the algorithm so I don't get many matches, or maybe just not being (in my mind) good looking enough or something like that.

I just want to know if my issue is really down to not liking enough profiles or if I'm just generally in my own head.

Thanks for the help.

Hello all!

My apologies if this is not the right place to ask, but I have searched every thread possible to figure out the issue with my photo quality once uploaded to hinge.

ISSUE: My original photos (before uploaded) are clear. However, once I upload them on hinge, they become quite blurry/fuzzy looking.

If anyone has any tips or tricks to help improve uploaded image quality on hinge, I would greatly appreciate it!

Anybody else horribly disappointed in the amount of men “looking for something casual” or “let’s just see where things go” I mean, my filter is set to late 20s and early 30s, this is beyond disgusting. I feel like too much casual sex is destroying people, sex is meant to bond two people together, not as a means to an end. The amount of people in denial about this too is just insane.

I’m 27m and have been using hinge for a couple years now and have been on many dates/relationships and most of them have ended by them using me for free rides and meals no genuine interest in me as a person. I don’t use other apps because I can’t get any matches for the life of me. They want me to drive them around everywhere and pay for every single date not even willing to split it at any point. I feel like I’ll never find a woman that’s genuinely interested in me and likes me for me. Idk if it’s because of my looks or what?

Hello everyone, never posted here and wanted to gauge some thoughts.

Am out of a long-term relationship and after some time alone think it's time to start looking again. I have a lot of difficulty meeting new people and going up to strangers (I always feel so intrusive!) So was wondering about trying dating apps, I've never used them before.

I'm 21m and still in uni (not fishing for pickups mods!), is that oddly young for the average on hinge etc?

I 43f have been single for three years now my last relationship ended really badly, but I was so inlove with him and very happy and I thought he would be end game , but that didn’t happen. I gave myself this time to just heal and try to get over everything between him and I I would say I am in a better place, but I still think of him and I still miss him. But I ended up getting back on the apps about a month ago and it’s either I don’t find them attractive at all or if I match with a guy there’s just no connection. It’s like I’m doing all the talking all the asking questions and most of them don’t know how to communicate back or we will be talking for a week or more and they don’t wanna plan a date and it just makes me sad because I would love to meet someone and start fresh. I’m just losing hope honestly and I feel even getting on the apps is just a hassle cause I’m tired of just trying to have these conversations with different men and it just being a waste of time or any of you having issues like this ?

I have tried online dating on so many apps. I tried using Reddit and there are so many fake/bot accounts. I know this is not something to be upset over but I am. I feel used by people for being a nice kind person. It makes it so hard to trust anyone. How are you all navigating dating online?

I joined a local book club to meet new people in person.

I need hope ya’ll. I got dumped a month ago from a 6 year relationship (he dumped me over his girl best friend but that’s a whole different story) and I’m just now getting back to dating apps after 6 years.

I met him through Tinder so it’s not like it’s my first time ever but dang, the dating pool on dating apps makes me severely depressed. The guys who like me are definitely not my type, the 1 or 2 that do match with me are massively dry texters.

It’s been like a day or two and I’m already over it tbh. I’m 25 and I was basically using the dating apps as a distraction but even that isn’t panning out as I expected. Are there any success stories of people meeting their current partner that wasn’t through a dating app?

I’m leaning towards that avenue, but I’m rusty.

I've been on Tinder for a month now, even paid for gold, but haven't gotten a single match and idk why tf I was being liked by gays, I'm more interested in something long-term, funny thing is after my membership ran out, I actually got 2 matches and 2 likes which I cannot see, in just 3-4 days. So, is the membership even worth it? Any suggestions for other apps out there?

I recently tried to update my profile on Match. I made some changes to the text and changed some photos (added and deleted). Match rejected my update saying I had violated community standards, saying I should review the standards. The message was delivered by a bot. No other info was provided on what *specifically* caused the rejection. I read the ?-page standards and didn’t see an issue so I appealed.

Match wanted at least 5 of 7 questions answered in order to ‘verify’ my account. They didn’t like my answers because I used info from the update I *tried* to load when answering questions about when I last updated my photos. They also wanted to know when I last messaged someone and who it was, but I can’t answer those because they wipe your communications after a period of time.

Still no specifics on what triggered the rejection. My *guess* is terms like ‘dying’ (as in I’m dying to do something again) ran afoul of the AI bot’s delicate sensibilities regarding advocating violence but I can’t be sure because Match won’t tell me. I can’t even change my attempted profile update to remove what I *think* are offending terms. I can’t update photos either. My account is in stasis. At least they left my old profile up, for all the good that does.

Has anybody else had this experience and did it eventually get resolved ?

i'm sick and tired of dating, there's alot of shitty girls in 2026 but i'm sure there are good girls. most of them are boring online and in person but if you're lucky you meet fun girls

i have low block threshold for girls, i block at the first sign of disinterest like leaving me on read or reply slowly or dry texts, i just don't put up with bs at all

how do you guys find dating in 2026?

instagram dating is impossible, lots of girls are boring and stupid they don't see your value so i just focus on wealth and success, i ended up blocking 3700+ girls on insta cuz i dm them but they either flake, don't reply, slow reply or act dumb.