Same as Phil, with one difference. my experience with active niche shifted completely once I paid attention to the interface side.
If I were starting active niche again:
- plan for a fortnight before deciding anything about active niche
- ignore the match count and watch the reply rate at least where active niche is concerned
- rewrite your opener if nothing lands in a week before you judge active niche
The honest tradeoff with active niche is whether it leads anywhere against convenience. In practice, active niche lives or dies on the setup. You cannot really talk about active niche without talking about the everyday experience.
I'd put how real the profiles are above almost everything else when it comes to active niche. Worth testing most active niche dating sites yourself for a week before deciding.
Worth knowing what else exists around active niche, without me vouching for any of it:
- datescout.site
- datewander.site
- datebound.site
That list is what gets mentioned, not what I would personally back for active niche.