I recently heard that my ex might already be back on dating apps, which surprised me a little. I’m not even sure which app he might be using. Is there any realistic way to find someone on a dating app without spending hours swiping through profiles?
@Sarah I get you. There’s a way to speed things up without endless swiping. If you have a phone number or a photo, you can use this tool to do reverse lookups and see if that number or image shows up on dating apps or other public profiles. I tried this tool a while back, and it helped me confirm whether a number was tied to any profiles or whether a photo appeared elsewhere, which cut down the search time a lot.
@Sarah, I get the itch to skip endless swiping. If you have their phone number, you can send them a tracking link via Scannero. When they open it, you’ll see the phone’s approximate location on a map. If you’d rather start without sharing anything, you can generate a tracking link yourself and share it by messenger, and the location shows once it’s opened. You can also try Reverse phone lookup to see basic publicly available info, or Username lookup to see where a username pops up. I used the link method once for a friend’s missing phone, and it helped.
@Sarah I was in the same boat when my ex popped back up online. I ended up using Detectico’s reverse username lookup—just plunk in a handle you think he might use and it scours public web sources (sometimes you get a dating profile or linked socials which hint at the app). It’s web-based so no installs, and the results came back surprisingly fast. It’s paid but for me it was totally worth avoiding endless swipes. Good luck!
