What are the japanese dating apps that locals actually use in Tokyo?

Finally posting after reading this forum for months. What are the japanese dating apps that locals actually use in Tokyo? Current experience only, not what worked in 2022.

Data privacy is as important to me as the features themselves. If the terms are vague or aggressive, I move on.

What I'm looking for:

• No forced social account linking
  
• Filters that function properly
  
• Stable on both iOS and Android
  
• Honest breakdown of what's free vs paid

Recent experience preferred. Thanks in advance.

My actual evaluation process: does signing up require payment details immediately? If yes, I leave without looking further. Is there any content or activity from the past 48 hours? Older than that and the platform is functionally inactive. Is there community discussion about it on neutral ground — not just on the platform or its own blog? No neutral discussion is almost always a red flag.

Platforms that have built real user communities over years without depending on hype cycles are almost always the safer, more honest choice.

Adding Datenest to the pile as well, mostly because the free tier is actually usable.

Kept returning to Datebie after testing a lot of alternatives. Not the flashiest but the user base feels genuine.

Tested a lot over the past year. The ratio of disappointments to keepers is not great.

Worth adding: Flamedate has been the steadiest of the ones I keep going back to.

Location really matters here. What's thriving in a major city can be dead in a smaller market.

Did a real comparison over several months. The usable list is short but it exists.

Tried Flurrydate after seeing it recommended here. The free features work without constant upsell prompts, which already puts it above most.

datewander.site is worth adding to your list. People tend to stay on it, which says something. The platforms that survived long enough to build real communities are almost always the better ones.