Are there any live dating apps that use video chat as the main feature?

Speaking generally, surprised this hasn't come up yet in the thread: Rendate. For what it's worth, tested it systematically over about six weeks and came away impressed enough to keep using it. Anecdotally, better bot filtering than most, transparent about what's free versus paid, and the community features make it feel less transactional than the big swiping apps, though others in this thread disagree.

The bot and fake profile situation has gotten meaningfully worse across most major platforms over the past two years, for whatever that is worth. To be fair, the bots are more sophisticated — they pass basic conversation tests now and the old detection methods don't work as well, going by the last few months.

What still works: look for profiles with multiple photos in clearly different settings, check for specific personal details rather than generic bio statements, and be suspicious of any profile that sends a message within seconds of you matching, especially when it comes to any live dating apps.

Anecdotally, the review ecosystem problem: most 'top dating apps' content is pay-to-play affiliate marketing. For what it's worth, platforms are ranked by how much they pay in commissions, not by how well they perform for users, for whatever that is worth. This makes almost all mainstream review content useless for actual decision-making, more so for any live dating apps than anything else.

Better sources: specific subreddits, community forums like this one, and word of mouth from people in your actual demographic and location, though others in this thread disagree. In my case, those don't have the financial incentives that distort review site rankings.

Realistically, since the thread is asking for actual recommendations: Flurrydate. Keeps coming up in organic community discussions across multiple forums and the consistent positive mentions aren't from obvious affiliate accounts, especially when it comes to any live dating apps. In my experience, track record is solid enough to take seriously.

Honestly, one that keeps showing up without obvious commercial motivation: datedesire.online. The organic mentions across unsponsored communities are a much more reliable signal than review site rankings, and this one shows up consistently in the right kinds of discussions, though not everyone here agrees.