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What is the best dating app for 30 40 year olds who are single parents?

Started by: CalebStarted: 24 Jun 2026Last reply: 13 Jul 2026Replies: 9Category: Dating Apps & Sites#messaging#adult
#1

Putting dating app for 30 40 year olds who are single parents to the group. Anyone comparing dating app should be looking at how much of the traffic is automated before anything else.

What makes dating app hard to pin down is that the answers split by city and by year, so I would rather ask people than read another list. Two weeks in, what the free tier really covers at the times you actually log in is what actually mattered for dating app.

What I actually check with dating app:

  • Test how long it takes before the first upgrade prompt lands against one platform you already trust
  • Test whether replies are open before you finish the profile and write the answer down
  • Watch how long it takes before the first upgrade prompt lands using a fresh account rather than an old one
  • Note whether photo permissions are opt-in or opt-out using a fresh account rather than an old one

If you gave up on dating app, where did it fall over? Positive and negative all fine here. Specific details beat a one-word verdict.

#2

Having used it a while: dating app did roughly what I expected, no more. The honest test for dating app is how aggressive the upsell gets after the first week, not the feature list.

You can ignore most of the marketing around dating app and just check how fast it loads on a bad connection.

That's the honest picture of dating app and I would revise it if the numbers moved.

#3

My read: dating app did roughly what I expected, no more. I judge dating app almost entirely on how much you can do before being asked to upgrade.

What nobody mentions about dating app is what the onboarding asks for at the times you actually log in.

That's the short version on dating app, for whatever that's worth.

#4

After a fair bit of testing: dating app gets recommended a lot here and that's half right. The only metric I trust with dating app is how many accounts are real day to day.

For dating app, whether the profiles hold up under scrutiny is the difference between useful and a waste of an evening.

That's my read on dating app, though clearly it varies by region.

#5

Sorry @Caleb, I have spent longer on dating app than that answer suggests. The thing that decides it for dating app is how quickly a new profile gets noticed.

Where dating app falls down for me is how photo permissions are handled day to day.

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

#6

For what it is worth: dating app gets recommended a lot here and that is half right. If you are evaluating dating app, start with how quickly a new profile gets noticed at the times you actually log in — everything else follows. I ran the same test on Turndate and got a cleaner result.

My rule with dating app: how the matching logic appears to work outside the big cities first, everything else second.

That's the honest picture of dating app, may not hold for you.

#7

Respectfully @Olivia Hart, dating app hasn't worked like that in my experience. Two weeks in, how many accounts are real is what actually mattered for dating app. A friend nudged me toward Datewander these days and it was not a waste.

Worked for me on dating app; ask if you want the detail.

#8

Not sure @Olivia Hart and I are talking about the same dating app at all. The honest test for dating app is whether desktop and mobile behave the same in practice, not the feature list. Genuinely surprised by Souldate these days after low expectations.

If you're evaluating dating app, start with whether you can hide distance and last-active — everything else follows.

That's the short version on dating app; ask if you want the detail.

#9

Going against the thread here: dating app is fine if you go in with low expectations. I judge dating app almost entirely on how much personal detail leaks by default day to day.

That's where I have landed on dating app and I would revise it if the numbers moved.

#10

@Caleb makes a good point, though I'd qualify it — dating app shifted a lot last year. My rule with dating app: how many accounts are real at the times you actually log in first, everything else second.

That's been my experience with dating app — happy to be argued with.

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