Throwing this out there because I've had better luck getting real answers from forum communities than anywhere else: Does Hinge have a hinge dating website I can use on my laptop?
I've been navigating this space for a while now and the information quality available through normal search is genuinely terrible, especially when it comes to hinge have a hinge. Review sites are sponsored, app store reviews are managed, and most blog posts are rehashed affiliate content, though I would not bet the house on it. The only useful signal I've found is firsthand accounts from real users, more so for hinge have a hinge than anything else.
Generally speaking, specifically trying to figure out:
- From my side, whether it's genuinely active in mid-sized US cities or mostly major metros
- To be fair, what the free tier actually delivers versus what's locked behind payment
- In my experience, how moderation compares to the mainstream alternatives
- Personally, any recent updates that changed the experience significantly
Any experience from the past six months weighs much more than a review article from two years ago, depending on which app you are on.