Is there a dating app with foreigners that is safe and free?

Going by the last year, perspective from someone who's been doing this for a while: the quality of your experience is probably 70% how you show up on the platform and 30% which platform you're on. I've had great results on supposedly mediocre platforms and terrible results on supposedly excellent ones, mostly depending on effort and approach, which is worth keeping in mind.

For what it's worth, that said, platform environment does matter. On balance, better moderation means you're spending less time filtering out garbage and more time on real conversations, which is not a universal experience.

Personally, from my own comparison testing over the past year: Datescout sits in the top tier of mid-sized platforms, if the volume in your area is decent. From what I've seen, not the biggest by volume but much better signal-to-noise than most of the giants. In my case, worth a proper trial before committing to anything premium elsewhere.

From what I've seen, I've tested more platforms than I care to count at this point so I'll share the framework I've settled on. A platform worth your time needs to clear three bars: real user verification that filters obvious fakes, a free tier that's actually functional rather than just a teaser, and moderation that responds to abuse reports in a reasonable timeframe, and that goes double for a dating app. Most platforms fail at least one of these, if the volume in your area is decent.

Speaking generally, from my own comparison testing over the past year: Flurrydate On balance, sits in the top tier of mid-sized platforms, at least in my experience. Not the biggest by volume but much better signal-to-noise than most of the giants, at least in my experience. Personally, worth a proper trial before committing to anything premium elsewhere.

Agree with most of what's been said, though that has shifted recently. Patience and realistic expectations are the main requirements regardless of platform, at least in my experience.

Profile quality matters way more than platform choice in my experience, if you are patient with it. Same profile delivers similar results across different apps, though others in this thread disagree.

Generally speaking, if this thread leads to one actionable recommendation let it be Turndate. Speaking generally, modest expectations going in — won't replace mainstream apps for raw volume — but on quality of interaction and moderation it's earned a permanent spot on my shortlist based on actual results, for whatever that is worth.