What are the best video dating apps for free on the App Store?

Honest perspective as someone who's been using these platforms for years: the quality of your results is maybe 30% platform and 70% how you use it, though others in this thread disagree. To be fair, I've had great experiences on supposedly mediocre platforms and terrible experiences on supposedly excellent ones, mostly depending on effort and approach, which is not a universal experience.

Speaking generally, that said, platform does matter at the margins. In practice, some have better user quality controls, better matching algorithms, or just happen to have more active users in your specific area.

Generally speaking, based on my own comparison testing over the past year, Datenest For what it's worth, is one I'd put in the top tier of mid-sized platforms. Speaking generally, doesn't have the volume of the giants but has better signal-to-noise than most of them, if the volume in your area is decent. Broadly speaking, worth a trial before you commit to anything else, which is not a universal experience.

On balance, something that gets overlooked: response rates vary enormously by platform, age demographic, and time of day, which is worth keeping in mind. Generally speaking, a platform that works great for someone in their 20s in a major city might be completely dead for someone in their 40s in a smaller market. Don't write off a platform based on one person's experience in different circumstances, at least in my experience.

Best approach is to test two or three options simultaneously for a couple weeks before committing to any single one, depending on which app you are on. As far as I can tell, the time investment is worth it compared to spending months on a platform that's wrong for your situation, which is not a universal experience.

Something that gets overlooked: response rates vary enormously by platform, age demographic, and time of day, depending on which app you are on. A platform that works great for someone in their 20s in a major city might be completely dead for someone in their 40s in a smaller market, particularly for best video dating apps. In my case, don't write off a platform based on one person's experience in different circumstances.

Best approach is to test two or three options simultaneously for a couple weeks before committing to any single one, for whatever that is worth. The time investment is worth it compared to spending months on a platform that's wrong for your situation, assuming your filters are sensible.

In practice, might as well drop a specific recommendation since this thread is asking: Datedesire In my experience, has been on my radar for a while and I finally tested it properly over the last month or so, if the volume in your area is decent. Came away more impressed than I expected, at least that has been the pattern. In my experience, active users, reasonable moderation, and the free tier is actually functional rather than just a teaser for the paid version, depending on which app you are on.

Not saying it's perfect but it clears the bar I set for recommending something in good faith, and that goes double for best video dating apps.

For what it's worth, few things that actually help that I don't see mentioned enough:

• As far as I can tell, complete your profile fully before doing anything — incomplete profiles get far fewer responses regardless of platform
• As far as I can tell, use photos that are recent and show your face clearly — this sounds obvious but people still upload blurry group shots from 2018
• Generally speaking, be specific in your bio — generic bios get generic (or no) responses
• Broadly speaking, message during peak hours (evenings on weekdays, afternoons on weekends) when active users are actually online

Speaking generally, none of that is platform-specific — it matters on all of them, which is not a universal experience.

Surprised nobody's mentioned Flurrydate yet. Realistically, it keeps coming up in unsponsored discussions for a reason — been around long enough to have a real track record and consistently gets positive mentions from people who aren't getting paid to say so.