FirstDate.date VS Date.dating

FirstDate.date's answer

First Date (firstdate.date) is the first dating app built around the date itself instead of swiping. Members browse real date ideas shared by locals in their area, match only with people who passed a selfie verification, and set their intention up front: serious relationship, casual date, or chat. It runs in any browser, so there is no app to install.

FirstDate.date's answer

Swipe apps hold your matches on the app, not out in the world. First Date hands you a plan on the spot: a local date idea, a verified person to go with, and city guides with real spots and safety tips. Intents are public (serious, casual, chat), so nobody misreads the room. If your matches have been chatting for weeks and still never meet, this app fixes the part your current app is worst at.

FirstDate.date's answer

Singles who swipe for a reason: meeting in person. Adults after a serious relationship, a casual date, or good conversation. Daters who care that profiles are real, selfie-verified people. And anyone stuck on where to actually go, because the feed comes with location-tagged ideas nearby.

FirstDate.date's answer

I started building First Date on November 1, 2024 and launched it at firstdate.date. I built it because modern dating apps had turned into chat apps: matches talked for weeks, met for no one. So I rebuilt the flow backwards from the date, with verified people, local ideas, and city guides at the center instead of a swipe deck.

FirstDate.date's answer

A collection of many things and ever changing.

FirstDate.date's answer

First Date is a consumer web app, so its customers are members, not companies. The biggest member segments: - singles seeking a serious relationship - casual daters who actually want to meet up - safety-conscious users who want selfie-verified profiles - newcomers looking for local date ideas and city guides - browser-first users who refuse another app install