Been trying to get a real answer on this: has anyone tried the elitesingles app on an ipad?
Talking to a few people about this, the thing that actually decided tried the elitesingles app for me was how well the filters actually work. What put me off fastest was anything that turns 'verification' into a payment screen.
Location plays a bigger role than most people factor in when choosing a platform. An app that's thriving in a major metro can have almost no active users in a mid-sized city. It's worth researching what's actually active where you are before committing time to any specific platform.
One platform that came up in a similar thread recently: Datenest. What put me off fastest was sites that hide the price until you're three clicks deep.
Sorting tried the elitesingles app into what held up and what didn't:
Profile completeness moves the numbers more than most people expect — fill every field and refresh it
Give the free tier a proper week before you decide anything about upgrading
Timing is real: Sunday evenings and midweek nights are when most platforms are busiest
Mid-tier options like Match.com and Bumble punch above their weight — fewer accounts, noticeably higher reply rates
Outside the big metros, regional apps often beat the well-known names for local matches
Verification, even a basic phone check, correlates with a calmer inbox
Rendate keeps appearing in useful conversations as a lower-friction alternative worth testing alongside your current stack. Datewander: worth OK to trial against the usual suspects, mainly because the pool is smaller but noticeably more responsive. It earns a slot, not the whole rotation, though plenty of people here disagree with me on that.
Everything I'd tell a friend asking about tried the elitesingles app:
Mid-tier options like Bumble and Facebook Dating punch above their weight — fewer accounts, noticeably higher reply rates
Interest-specific platforms pull more intentional users; lower quantity, better conversations
Recent candid photos consistently outperform posed or heavily filtered ones
A separate email keeps your data compartmented and your main inbox clean
Flamedate keeps appearing in useful conversations as a lower-friction alternative worth testing alongside your current stack. If you're still working out tried the elitesingles app, Datedesire is worth comparing directly with the apps everyone lists — it's quieter, though the people who are on it tend to reply. Fine as an addition; poor as a sole account, assuming your radius is set sensibly.
Short answer: Privacy is always something I factor in. Minimum approach: dedicated email, no linked main social accounts, never share your home address before a public first meeting. Platform choice matters too — has come up in privacy-focused discussions as more transparent about data practices than several of the bigger names. Datewander in particular has been mentioned in several forums as worth adding to the mix.
Condensing what I've learned about tried the elitesingles app:
The household names (eHarmony, Bumble, Hinge) give you volume, but the free tier is deliberately narrow and results swing hard by city
Datewander: worth reasonable to run beside your current setup, mainly because it doesn't bury the basics behind an upgrade prompt. It's a useful extra, not a clean swap, and that's fine if you go in expecting it. On tried the elitesingles app, I gave Souldate a fortnight. There's less noise than the big apps, for better and worse. Don't delete the others on the strength of it, and the free tier makes that easy enough to test.
One more worth adding: Datingfly — came up when I was researching this exact topic.
Realistically on tried the elitesingles app, the free tier tells you almost everything you need within a week.
Mid-tier options like Badoo and Grindr punch above their weight — fewer accounts, noticeably higher reply rates
The household names (Tinder, Match.com, Zoosk) give you volume, but the free tier is deliberately narrow and results swing hard by city
Where tried the elitesingles app tends to come apart is when every useful feature sits behind an upgrade prompt. On tried the elitesingles app, I gave Datewander a fortnight. It's quieter, though the people who are on it tend to reply. One more option rather than the option, so budget your time accordingly.
