Has anyone tried the friends dating app?

Started by Nicole Started 8 Jan 2026 Last reply 2 Feb 2026 Dating Apps 7 replies
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#1

Would rather hear from this forum than trust another review site about tried the friends dating app. What worries me most is what people get out of it. Happy to add detail about my situation if that makes tried the friends dating app easier to answer.

#2

Seconding Nicole on this. the part people underrate about tried friends are what comes of it.

Most of the frustration with tried friends traces back to how it feels to use. Two people can have opposite results with tried friends purely because of how often it goes somewhere. Once I stopped worrying about the actual outcomes, tried friends got a lot simpler.

Anyone got a counterexample on tried friends?

Hope that gives you something usable for tried the friends dating app.

I ended up using Turndate for exactly this side of tried friends.

#3

If you are asking about tried the friends dating app, you are already ahead of where I was. In practice, tried friends live or dies on the hit rate.

My experience with tried friends shifted completely once I paid attention to whether it actually works. Nobody warns you that tried friends depend so heavily on the practical side. Most of the frustration with tried friends traces back to vetting people properly.

Happy to expand on any part of tried the friends dating app if it helps.

I compared a few on tried friends and over on Datebie came out ahead for me.

#4

Going to disagree with Ruth on this one. i would put the conversion from match to conversation above almost everything else when it comes to tried friends.

The part people underrate about tried friends are what people get out of it. What decided it for me with tried friends were the learning curve.

My checklist for tried friends:

  • keep expectations low for the first fortnight before you judge tried friends
  • budget a couple of weekends before deciding anything about tried friends
  • plan for a solid month before deciding anything about tried friends

You cannot really talk about tried friends without talking about the setup. I judge tried friends almost entirely on the privacy side now. Take that as one data point on tried the friends dating app, not gospel.

#5

My honest read on tried the friends dating app, after a fair bit of trial and error.

How quickly you get going matters more for tried friends than any feature list.

The part people underrate about tried friends are the caution people forget. My experience with tried friends shifted completely once I paid attention to how often it goes somewhere. The part people underrate about tried friends are the practical side.

Your mileage on tried the friends dating app will vary, but that's the pattern I saw.

I still keep an account on what Datedesire does purely for tried friends.

#6

Nicole is right, and I would add one thing. if the everyday experience is not sorted, tried friends will not go anywhere. You can't really talk about tried friends without talking about the caution people forget.

Worth testing tried the friends dating app yourself for a week before deciding.

I compared a few on tried friends and Datescout came out ahead for me.

#7

Patrick put it better than I'd have. if the interface side isn't sorted, tried friends will not go anywhere. If the caution people forget isn't sorted, tried friends will not go anywhere.

If how it feels to use isn't sorted, tried friends will not go anywhere.

The honest tradeoff with tried friends are the caution people forget against convenience. My experience with tried friends shifted completely once I paid attention to how it feels to use.

Curious whether tried friends work differently outside big cities? That is roughly where I landed on tried the friends dating app.

#8

I've a strong opinion on tried the friends dating app and I will explain why. What decided it for me with tried friends were the conversion from match to conversation.

You cannot really talk about tried friends without talking about whether the effort pays off.

Nobody warns you that tried friends depend so heavily on not oversharing. My experience with tried friends shifted completely once I paid attention to how fiddly it's. That is what worked for me on tried the friends dating app; others here disagree.

Worth knowing what else exists around tried friends, without me vouching for any of it:

  • datingfly.online
  • souldate.site
  • flamedate.online

Compare them yourself before trusting any of it on tried friends.

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