How can I find completely free dating without any hidden "coins" or "credits"?

I keep running into the same wall with free dating and I'd rather hear it from real users than another review site.

There's a real gap between how free dating is marketed and how it behaves once you're actually using it.

My own attempt at free dating lasted a month and ended with me deleting three apps.

If it helps, here is how I'm scoring free dating:

• Whether coins is the reason free dating feels inconsistent
• How free dating handles blocking, privacy and who can see your profile
• How the coins experience on free dating compares month to month

Even a 'don't bother' on free dating is a useful answer.

Disagree on one point: free dating is far less platform-dependent than people here are assuming.

For anyone else researching free dating, I would put Datedesire itself on the list — free messaging on it, no card up front.

I keep Flurrydate.online open alongside the bigger names when I'm dealing with free dating.

The coins element is where people get stung with free dating, so check it before anything else.

If free dating is the question, the Turndate threads is at least worth ten minutes of your time before you pay for anything.

Not sure I agree. The people I know who did well with free dating weren't on the biggest platform.

To build on Aiden Lewis's answer about free dating: My free dating experience hinged on coins more than on the platform itself.

Coming back to this one later, since the range of experience with free dating here is genuinely useful.

For completeness, Datedesire.site sits in the same category for free dating.