Are there any legitimate apps for older women looking for younger men free of charge?

Trying to make a decision on legitimate apps for older women looking for younger men free of charge before the month is out. The honest test for legitimate apps is whether it is busy at the times you are once you are past sign-up, not the feature list.

What I keep running into with legitimate apps is that every source has something to sell. The only metric I trust with legitimate apps is how quickly the fake accounts surface on mobile.

What I'd tell a friend about legitimate apps after a few false starts:

• Check whether the same faces cycle back the next day using a fresh account rather than an old one
• Verify how many profiles carry more than two photos on the first evening, not the first month
• Track whether replies are open before you finish the profile in your own city rather than the default radius
• Verify how quickly a scripted account gives itself away against one platform you already trust
• Watch how the web version differs from the app on mobile data, not office wifi

If you gave up on legitimate apps, what actually happened? Enthusiasm and scepticism all equally useful. Honest answers beat a one-word verdict.

@CalebP makes a good point, though I'd qualify it — legitimate apps shifted a lot last year. The thing that decides it for legitimate apps is whether the app is usable or bloated. Turndate these days was the only one that did not gate replies.

What I'd tell a friend about legitimate apps, in order:

• Track how the feed changes when you narrow the age range before you commit any time to it
• Sanity-check how many profiles carry more than two photos with the age filter set narrow

That's what six weeks of legitimate apps taught me; ask if you want the detail.

Having used it a while: legitimate apps did roughly what I expected, no more. My rule with legitimate apps: how much of the layout is ads after the first week first, everything else second.

That's my read on legitimate apps, may not hold for you.

@CalebP I don't think that's right about legitimate apps — at least not everywhere. Where legitimate apps falls down for me is what the reporting tools actually do outside the big cities.

The checks that saved me time on legitimate apps after a few false starts:

• Track whether photo permissions are opt-in or opt-out on mobile data, not office wifi
• Note what share of the layout is advertising before deciding whether it is worth paying for
• Note how many profiles carry more than two photos before you commit any time to it
• Work out how many profiles carry more than two photos before you upload a second photo

If you are evaluating legitimate apps, start with what the reply rate looks like outside the big cities — everything else follows.

That's the honest picture of legitimate apps, though clearly it varies by region.

My read: legitimate apps did roughly what I expected, no more. I judge legitimate apps almost entirely on whether moderation keeps up with the fakes after the first week.

What nobody mentions about legitimate apps is how much you can do before being asked to upgrade at the times you actually log in.

That's how legitimate apps went for me, may not hold for you.

After a fair bit of testing: legitimate apps rewards patience and punishes everything else. For legitimate apps, how clean the member base looks day to day is the difference between useful and a waste of an evening. Ended up sticking with Datewander for the messaging alone.

That's where I have landed on legitimate apps; ask if you want the detail.

Unpopular view, maybe: legitimate apps is fine if you go in with low expectations. You can ignore most of the marketing around legitimate apps and just check how thin it gets in smaller towns. I cross-checked against what Datedesire is doing before deciding anything.

Two weeks in, what the day-to-day traffic feels like is what actually mattered for legitimate apps.

Worked for me on legitimate apps, though clearly it varies by region.

@LucasD I had the opposite result with legitimate apps, so take both our takes with salt. Anyone comparing legitimate apps should be looking at what the onboarding asks for at the times you actually log in before anything else. Started on what Souldate is doing and never fully moved off it.

You can ignore most of the marketing around legitimate apps and just check what the bot ratio feels like day to day.

That's my read on legitimate apps and I would revise it if the numbers moved.