#1. OurTime.com
Relationships:
Casual Dates, Deep Relationships
Match System:
Search by age, profile, zip, more
Our Experts Say:
OurTime is quickly gaining popularity amongst older
singles, featuring an extensive profile search and simple interface.
Exclusively for ages 50+.OurTime is a fast-growing dating site exclusively for singles aged 50 and up who are looking for deep relationships with other older singles. The site features an easy sign-up process, as well as an impressive set of search features for its users.
The layout of OurTime is similar to SeniorPeopleMeet.com in that it is very user-friendly, providing a ton of helpful features for its mature user base.
OurTime.com's user base consists of singles ages 50 and older who are looking for casual dates and deep relationships.
1.4 million people visit the site each month, making it one of the most popular dating sites made specifically for seniors.
Women make up a larger portion of OurTime.com's gender ratio, with 52 percent of its users being female and 48 percent being male.
Match System
- Step-by-step instructions allow for quick sign-up, which includes sections for personality traits and interests.
- Users have the option to fill out each section now, or they can skip the sections and fill out the rest later in order to go straight to the homepage and begin searching.
- Personality matching process helps generate potential matches daily.
- Search for matches by specifying preferences.
Other Features
- Profile options include photos, videos, audio and personal greetings.
- Chat with matches live.
- Dating advice provided by dating experts.
#2. SeniorMatch.com
Deservedly taking the number one spot in our senior dating category is SeniorMatch.com. It proclaims itself as ‘the largest and most effective site for baby boomers and seniors’ and we’d be inclined to agree. With a huge membership base of educated, successful mature singles over 50, it’s the number one place to meet, chat and date. The first thing that strikes you is that the site’s so easy to navigate and use the various features, which makes it ideal...
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Editor's Verdict:
Deservedly taking the number one spot in our senior dating category is SeniorMatch.com. It proclaims itself as ‘the largest and most effective site for baby boomers and seniors’ and we’d be inclined to agree. With a huge membership base of educated, successful mature singles over 50, it’s the number one place to meet, chat and date.
The first thing that strikes you is that the site’s so easy to navigate and use the various features, which makes it ideal for keeping tabs on your dating activities, avoiding the clutter and poor layout of some other sites. As with other sites, it’s free to join, create a profile and upload photos. All you’ll need is a valid email address in order to verify your membership account. Members come from all over but the vast majority are resident in the US. The membership base comprises literally millions of profiles, with thousands online when we checked out the site. Profiles are very detailed, including basic details about where a member lives, their age and distance from you, which is handy when considering the possibility of meeting. Something else you won’t see on other sites is a ‘first date idea’ section, which is helpful in giving you some idea of a suitable activity should you arrange to meet. Self-written sections really give you a good idea about what a member’s like, complemented by information on appearance, interests, lifestyle and what that member is looking for in a potential partner.
Profile photo thumbnails are quite small and sometimes it’s difficult to really see what a member looks like, but these can be enlarged with a click. Most profiles feature large images with good resolution. Where they don't SeniorMatch.com can’t always be held responsible. Up to 27 photos can be uploaded and most profiles have at least one, with many featuring multiple photos. Some profiles also feature private photos, which can only be viewed by requesting permission from that member. Some members post pictures of themselves looking stylish to the ‘fashion show’ galleries, which you can browse.
It’s possible to get in touch with members in a variety of ways via their profile page. In addition to the usual internal email system that functions as the default medium for communication, it’s possible to send a ‘wink’ by the simple click of a button (a wink is an automated, preformatted message sent to break the ice and express your interest). If you’d like to chat online, the IM messenger feature allows you to do so by clicking on the appropriate tab on a member’s profile requesting IM chat. You can even post comments on a member’s profile page, send an e-greeting card, view your potential compatibility based on your profiles, create a list of your favorite profiles and even answer a member quiz (if they have set one up), all of which are very simple and fun to do. Participating in the member forums (covering issues including lifestyle issues, health, entertainment, technology, online dating and more) also help connect you with members with similar interests to your own. In addition you can write a blog or read and comment on other bloggers (the largest blog feature of any dedicated senior dating site).
Because of the number of profiles on the site, it’s important to have good search tools to make your browsing more efficient and SeniorMatch.com provides an impressive range of options. The quick search is swift and easy to perform, specifying gender and relationship type sought, age range and location/distance). For those who have something specific in mind, the advanced search enables you to pinpoint members based on a variety of personal, lifestyle, physical and other criteria and is a truly comprehensive search tool. You can even save your searches. The reverse search is original and searches for members who are looking for somebody who matches your profile. There’s also an astrology search (search by sign), location search (by state/province/zip/city), username search and a number of tab searches including members online, recommended members (most active members), new members and those with a birthday today.
To get the best from the site it’s a good idea to upgrade and there’s no place better to pledge your subscription. You can currently save 25% on monthly membership, 50% if you sign up for 3 months and a huge 60% by taking out a 6 month subscription. Standard members are relatively limited in what they can do, including creating a profile and uploading photos, replying to emails and online chat requests, initiate winks, use basic searches, create a favorites list, check out the site’s news feed, get 24/7 telephone and email support and access the site through a mobile device.
Upgrading to Gold membership gets you full access to all features (most importantly initiating communication with other members), send e-greeting cards, receive alerts when messages have been read, access to all search tools, blogs and forums, compatible match updates, listing at the top of searches and access to daily news and updates, dating advice and tips (over 1,000 articles), priority customer support and your own account manager. It’s well worth considering upgrading to Gold on SeniorMatch.com as we believe that your chances of finding a date are optimized.
There’s also an excellent FAQs page (arranged by category) and 24/7 customer support by telephone and email, plus access to a live chat counselor if you upgrade. You won’t find this level of support on any other senior dating site.
With the best and most original features of any senior dating site, an easy to use site, vibrant membership base and great discount subscriptions, SeniorMatch.com is a real winner. If you’re serious about online dating then look no further.
- Standard membership is free
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Gold membership:
- Monthly: $29.95 per month. Save 25%.
- 3 Months: $59.95 (equivalent to $19.95 per month). Save 50%
- 6 Months: $95.95 (equivalent to $15.95 per month). Save 60%
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Payment options:
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Credit card:
- Visa
- MasterCard
- American Express
- PayPal
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Bank check/money order by postal mail
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Credit card:
Features:
- SeniorMatch.com is the best online senior dating site on the web
- The place to be if you're over 50 and looking for romance, dating, pen pals or new friends
- It's free to join, create your profile and upload photos
- Browse member profiles from across the globe
- Send and receive messages by email
- Send a wink to break the ice and express your interest in a member
- Create a list of your favorite profiles
- Post comments on member profiles
- Chat online using the IM feature
- Send e-greeting cards
- Upgrade and get listed at the top of all searches
- Use a great range of search options to make your browsing more efficient and find exactly the right kind of people for you
- Participate in member forums and meet people with the same interests as you
- Check out the site's news feed and stay up to date
- Post up to 27 photos on your profile
- Check out stylish members using the Fashion Show feature
- Answer fun member quizzes
- View your romantic compatibility with other members
- Get full mobile access through your portable device
- Read daily news updates
- Priority support for Gold members
- Post first date ideas and advice
- Get over a thousand articles on dating tips and advice
- Upgrade and get your own account manager to help tailor the best service in accordance with your needs
- Live chat support with a SeniorMatch.com counselor when you upgrade
- 24/7 telephone and email support
Editor's Verdict:
Deservedly taking the number one spot in our senior dating category is SeniorMatch.com. It proclaims itself as ‘the largest and most effective site for baby boomers and seniors’ and we’d be inclined to agree. With a huge membership base of educated, successful mature singles over 50, it’s the number one place to meet, chat and date.
The first thing that strikes you is that the site’s so easy to navigate and use the various features, which makes it ideal for keeping tabs on your dating activities, avoiding the clutter and poor layout of some other sites. As with other sites, it’s free to join, create a profile and upload photos. All you’ll need is a valid email address in order to verify your membership account. Members come from all over but the vast majority are resident in the US. The membership base comprises literally millions of profiles, with thousands online when we checked out the site. Profiles are very detailed, including basic details about where a member lives, their age and distance from you, which is handy when considering the possibility of meeting. Something else you won’t see on other sites is a ‘first date idea’ section, which is helpful in giving you some idea of a suitable activity should you arrange to meet. Self-written sections really give you a good idea about what a member’s like, complemented by information on appearance, interests, lifestyle and what that member is looking for in a potential partner.
Profile photo thumbnails are quite small and sometimes it’s difficult to really see what a member looks like, but these can be enlarged with a click. Most profiles feature large images with good resolution. Where they don't SeniorMatch.com can’t always be held responsible. Up to 27 photos can be uploaded and most profiles have at least one, with many featuring multiple photos. Some profiles also feature private photos, which can only be viewed by requesting permission from that member. Some members post pictures of themselves looking stylish to the ‘fashion show’ galleries, which you can browse.
It’s possible to get in touch with members in a variety of ways via their profile page. In addition to the usual internal email system that functions as the default medium for communication, it’s possible to send a ‘wink’ by the simple click of a button (a wink is an automated, preformatted message sent to break the ice and express your interest). If you’d like to chat online, the IM messenger feature allows you to do so by clicking on the appropriate tab on a member’s profile requesting IM chat. You can even post comments on a member’s profile page, send an e-greeting card, view your potential compatibility based on your profiles, create a list of your favorite profiles and even answer a member quiz (if they have set one up), all of which are very simple and fun to do. Participating in the member forums (covering issues including lifestyle issues, health, entertainment, technology, online dating and more) also help connect you with members with similar interests to your own. In addition you can write a blog or read and comment on other bloggers (the largest blog feature of any dedicated senior dating site).
Because of the number of profiles on the site, it’s important to have good search tools to make your browsing more efficient and SeniorMatch.com provides an impressive range of options. The quick search is swift and easy to perform, specifying gender and relationship type sought, age range and location/distance). For those who have something specific in mind, the advanced search enables you to pinpoint members based on a variety of personal, lifestyle, physical and other criteria and is a truly comprehensive search tool. You can even save your searches. The reverse search is original and searches for members who are looking for somebody who matches your profile. There’s also an astrology search (search by sign), location search (by state/province/zip/city), username search and a number of tab searches including members online, recommended members (most active members), new members and those with a birthday today.
To get the best from the site it’s a good idea to upgrade and there’s no place better to pledge your subscription. You can currently save 25% on monthly membership, 50% if you sign up for 3 months and a huge 60% by taking out a 6 month subscription. Standard members are relatively limited in what they can do, including creating a profile and uploading photos, replying to emails and online chat requests, initiate winks, use basic searches, create a favorites list, check out the site’s news feed, get 24/7 telephone and email support and access the site through a mobile device.
Upgrading to Gold membership gets you full access to all features (most importantly initiating communication with other members), send e-greeting cards, receive alerts when messages have been read, access to all search tools, blogs and forums, compatible match updates, listing at the top of searches and access to daily news and updates, dating advice and tips (over 1,000 articles), priority customer support and your own account manager. It’s well worth considering upgrading to Gold on SeniorMatch.com as we believe that your chances of finding a date are optimized.
There’s also an excellent FAQs page (arranged by category) and 24/7 customer support by telephone and email, plus access to a live chat counselor if you upgrade. You won’t find this level of support on any other senior dating site.
With the best and most original features of any senior dating site, an easy to use site, vibrant membership base and great discount subscriptions, SeniorMatch.com is a real winner. If you’re serious about online dating then look no further.
#3. Seniorsmeet.com
Costs:
- Standard membership is free
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Premium membership:
- Monthly: $19.99 per month
- 6 Months: $35.97 for 6 months (equivalent to $5.99 per month)
- 6 Months + Special Profile Highlight: $77.94 (equivalent to $12.99 per month)
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Payment options:
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Credit card:
- Visa
- MasterCard
- American Express
- Discover
- Pay by postal mail
- Western Union
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Credit card:
Features:
- Bringing seniors together for online dating, pen pals and friendship
- Millions of members registered with the site
- Free to join and create your profile
- 'I'm interested' feature lets you choose the members you'd like to meet and see if the feeling's mutual
- Get matched with compatible members and receive regular updates
- Get tips to help you date safely
- Detailed profiles with audio and video introductions
- Send and receive email messages
- Basic search, advanced search and a range of tab searches help make your browsing more efficient
- Great looking, clear and uncluttered site make navigation easy
- Send flirts to express your interest in other members and make contact
- Create a list of your favorite profiles
- View articles on dating tips and lifestyle issues
- Create your own social network by sending friend requests to members
- Read success stories and member testimonials
- Choose from a range of payment options
- FAQs page and email support
Editor's Verdict:
SeniorsMeet.com claims to be ‘the premier online senior dating service’ and sets the bar extremely high with a huge membership base, fantastic range of features and one of the best designed and easy to use websites in this category. However, it doesn’t quite make it to our number 1 spot because of its questionable billing practices and somewhat lackluster customer support.
SeniorsMeet.com is one of the largest sites in this category. Each year over a million new singles join from across the world, though the vast majority are resident in the US. When this review was conducted there were thousands online (an exact figure was unavailable) giving a real sense of vibrancy, which translates into the fact that your chances of finding a date here are very high.
If you’ve already looked at a few other senior dating sites it should immediately be apparent that the look and feel of SeniorsMeet.com is refreshingly clear and logical, without the slightest sign of clutter, which makes navigation a dream. The profiles are detailed and easy to read, some with video or audio greetings (you need a web cam or microphone to record your own). Profiles include all manner of details including hobbies and interests, lifestyle and appearance, as well as location and last login date (indicating whether that member is active or not). Photo quality obviously depends to a degree on the skill of the photographer, but you’ll find at least one photo on a profile (often multiple images) and the resolution and size are good. Moreover, all members can view all photos and enlarge them.
You can get in touch with other members in a variety of ways. In addition to exchanging email, members can send flirts (automated messages to express interest and initiate communication) which involve selecting one of a range of rather corny messages and emoticons. You can also chat online using the IM messenger, add a member to your favorites list or send a friend request and build up your own social network.
A couple more fun to use features also helps you get in touch. The ‘Matches’ feature updates you with new compatible matches, with a link to their profile and allowing you to click whether you think this person may be a possible match. If you both click yes then you’ve got a match. Similarly, the ‘I’m interested’ feature works on the same basis but primarily on the basis of member photos, most of whom won’t have been matched with you.
When browsing you can take advantage of several search tools. The basic search restricts you to limited search criteria (looking for, age range, location/zip) with filters (photo only, video greeting only, audio greeting only) whilst the advanced search lets you specify a much wider range (including ethnicity, habits, appearance and more). There’s also a username and keyword search, whilst one click tab searches quickly list members online now and members with birthdays today.
In addition to all of the above there are success stories to read, articles on dating and lifestyle and dating safety tips too. In addition to creating a profile, free members can browse profiles, send flirts, use all searches, use the Matches feature, see who’s viewed them and create a favorites list. It’s worth considering upgrading your membership, which allows you to read, initiate and reply to all messages, see who’s flirted you and listed you as a favorite, watch member videos, use the IM messenger and get astrological matches, as well as featuring above standard members in searches. However, whilst the site is very clearly set out we did find SeniorsMeet.com’s billing practices to be somewhat confusing and their customer support left a lot to be desired. You’ll find a FAQs page on the site and email support.
Although SeniorsMeet.com has many features which make it one of the best senior dating sites in this category, unfortunately it is let down by its billing system and customer support, which is a real shame.