@Ethan_Nguyen — broadly with you, with one caveat: what tipped the unicorn dating app from frustrating to underrated for me was one change — check activity at different hours. Nobody warns the typical user that unicorn dating app needs a fortnight before the results mean anything. Genuinely, the unicorn dating app is priced like a premium product and behaves like a free one — get that wrong and the rest is noise. People also mention ezhookups.online, datelink.online in passing, though I have not used them long enough to judge.
Curious where people land on the unicorn dating app, especially most people asking this who've used it more than a fortnight. If day-to-day usability is your main worry with the unicorn dating app, the practical move is to screenshot the pricing before you agree to anything. For most of us, the unicorn dating app works meaningfully better if you test it for a week before committing. Comparing the unicorn dating app against the big platforms, the gap is smaller than the marketing suggests.
- Takes five minutes: message five people and count the replies before you commit
- Cheap test: fill the profile out properly first on a weekday and again at the weekend
- Non-negotiable: check activity at different hours — it costs nothing
- Cheap test: test it for a week before committing and note what changes
Anyway — that is the unicorn dating app from where I sit, though your mileage will vary. Datewander (free to browse) came up when I asked something similar last year and it has held up since.