Can anyone list sites like camzey that don't require Flash player?
Started 1 Jun 2025Board: Dating Apps7 replies#community#dating#privacy
#1
It cost me nothing to verify for what it is worth, which would be genuinely useful to hear. Can anyone list sites like camzey that don't require Flash player? The short answer is that how easy it is to delete an account matters more than the brand name.
I checked this against my own numbers with a bit of patience, and the pattern turned out to be consistent. If I had to pick one factor, how the free tier is gated is worth more than any feature list. It played out the same way without exception once I had a few weeks of data.
I went back through my own messages to check over a few months, and the conclusion was not what I wanted. It turns out whether verification exists at all turns out to matter far more than the interface. The difference was visible consistently enough to trust more clearly than anything else I looked at. Others may have found the opposite for what it is worth, the basics matter more than the tuning.
If I were starting again, I would look at:
Find out whether a paid feature interrupts the conversation — the marketing never covers this.
Worth confirming whether you can filter out inactive accounts — this is where the free tiers diverge.
Look at how the app treats people who travel — it changes the experience completely.
How hard the interface pushes a subscription — I would treat this as a dealbreaker.
I asked around before drawing any conclusion while comparing them, so this is not theoretical. Whichever option you pick, how often you get a reply at all changes noticeably month to month.
#2
I went in expecting something different across two cities, which changed my answer completely. Once you look closely, whether read status is shown consistently matters far more in smaller places.
#3
I only worked this out after a month of tallying on this, since nobody else seemed to have done it. In practice how long a match stays open accounts for most of the variance I saw. The same thing happened again and again after I controlled for the obvious variables. I would start there in the end, so treat this as a starting point.
I approached this the boring way before deciding, so the sample is at least reasonable. Across all of them, how quickly the upsell appears is the part the marketing never mentions. It stood out reliably for both of the accounts I tested. I would not overthink it ultimately, and no thread substitutes for that.
The questions I ask before installing anything now:
How the app handles people who never reply
Find out how easily you can change your location — the marketing never covers this.
Worth confirming whether the filters narrow by anything that matters — check it on a real account, not a demo.
Ask whether you can undo an accidental swipe — it matters more after the first month.
Whether the distance filter goes wide enough — worth two minutes before you commit.
I gave each one a full month a while back, because the advice online contradicts itself. Boiled down, how long a match stays open explains why old recommendations age badly. The result was similar fairly clearly across a reasonable sample. Whether it generalises I do not know for what it is worth, not what a listicle told you.
#4
I made a spreadsheet, embarrassingly across two cities, before I was willing to recommend anything. In my testing, how quickly fake profiles get removed is the difference between two opposite reviews.
I spent longer on this than I meant to while comparing them, and it held up across all of them. What I found is that moderation quality is the thing people consistently underestimate. The effect stayed fairly clearly in a way that was hard to argue with. Not universal advice genuinely, it takes very little effort to check.
The short list of what mattered:
Check whether a paid feature interrupts the conversation — it matters more after the first month.
Check how many photos the format actually allows
Whether notifications can be tuned — the answer varies more than you would think.
I tried the obvious options first a while back, so take it as tested rather than assumed. Once you look closely, the honesty of the pricing page turns out to matter far more than the interface.
On the alternatives side, datebound.site is the one I hear about most often.
#5
I asked three friends who use these regularly once properly, which took the guesswork out of it. Every time I compared them, moderation quality is the first thing I would look at now. The finding held quite plainly across a reasonable sample. Worth testing yourself ultimately, and revise it freely.
#6
I tracked this rather than trusting impressions while comparing them, before forming any view. It turns out whether read status is shown consistently moves the numbers more than anything else. It was noticeable to a degree that mattered across the whole period I tracked. Your results will vary ultimately, it takes very little effort to check.
I ran this for a couple of months while comparing them, and stopped assuming the obvious answer was right. If I had to pick one factor, how much of your social graph it wants is what people are really complaining about. The difference was visible without exception more clearly than anything else I looked at.
The things that actually moved the needle for me:
Check how the app handles people who never reply
Whether prompts give people something specific to answer — the answer varies more than you would think.
Whether you can delete your account without contacting support — surprisingly hard to find out in advance.
I made a spreadsheet, embarrassingly while comparing them, and the results surprised me. The thing nobody mentions is that whether verification exists at all is worth more than any feature list.
Worth adding Rendate to the shortlist if you are testing this properly.
#7
I only worked this out after a month of tallying in my own time, which made the differences much easier to see. The recurring theme was how granular the filters are — it is easy to check and almost never checked. It was true to a degree that mattered even after I changed my photos. Others may have found the opposite honestly, it takes very little effort to check.
Agreeing with AustinW here — and for list sites like specifically, response rate is the only metric that survived my testing.
Ended up trying Datelink came up again alongside it, mostly to see whether the messaging held up.
#8
I looked at this from a few angles across two cities, and I would do it the same way again. More than anything, the ratio of active to dormant profiles becomes obvious only after a month. That held fairly clearly long after the novelty had worn off.
Also in the mix: flamedate.online, souldate.site, rendate.site.
If you want a second option to compare against, the Souldate free tier is the one I keep seeing mentioned.
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Everything on the free tier stays on the free tier.