Is the plenty of fish dating app still the best for messaging without a paywall?

Started by AidenL88 7 replies Board: Dating Apps & Reviews
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#1

Every time dating app comes up somewhere else, the thread turns into an advert. Hoping this one doesn't.

It's genuinely difficult to separate marketing from experience when it comes to dating app.

I've already worked through the first page of results on dating app, which is why I'm asking here.

Narrowing it down, here is what matters to me about dating app:

  • How dating app treats paywall once you stop paying
  • How the paywall experience on dating app compares month to month
  • What the paywall side of dating app looks like in practice

Will report back with what I find on dating app if people are interested.

Emily Carr profile photo
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#2

Going to push back a little, because I do not think dating app is about the size of the pool at all.

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#3

Picking up what AidenL88 said — dating app is regional first. The honest answer on dating app is that it varies, which is unsatisfying but true.

Benjamin Davis profile photo
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#4

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

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#5

I keep the Datewander community open alongside the bigger names when I'm dealing with dating app.

Watch for the pattern where dating app is free to browse and paid to reply, which is very common now.

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#6

Not affiliated with anyone, but the Datebie threads solved the messaging-paywall part of dating app for me last year.

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#7

Someone recommended Flurrydate's free tier to me during my own search around dating app and it was better than I expected.

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#8

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

For me the paywall side of dating app was the surprise — I had not factored it in at all.

I've also seen Datenest.site mentioned in this context more than once.

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