Are there any free dating apps left that don't aggressively push premium subscriptions?

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TomC
Joined: Dec 2024
Messages: 792
#1

Curious where people land on any free dating apps left that don't aggressively push premium subscriptions, because I keep getting told two opposite things. My problem with aggressively so far has been locked messaging.

Assume I know nothing beyond the obvious about free platforms. Honestly, the trial that quietly renews was less of a problem on aggressively than the sheer time it ate.

The open questions I have on aggressively:

  • Message within a day of matching — on aggressively that window closes fast
  • Give aggressively a fortnight of daily use before calling the point where it starts charging a dealbreaker
  • Set the radius wider than feels comfortable if the aggressively pool near you is thin
  • Check what aggressively does about the trial that quietly renews before you upload anything you would not want indexed
  • Do not move off aggressively into private messaging until the trial that quietly renews looks handled

If you have tried any free dating apps left that don't aggressively push premium subscriptions recently, I would rather hear that than read another review site.

Mia Thornton
Joined: Jan 2024
Messages: 970
#2

Reading this back, my aggressively notes say almost the same thing about a free tier that is not free. For the crowd on this board, the aggressively experience lives or dies on the paywall and almost nothing else.

For most of us posting here, the aggressively experience lives or dies on surprise billing and almost nothing else. What changed my results on aggressively was treating the point where it starts charging as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem.

Anyone comparing aggressively on the trial that quietly renews should probably add Datescout to the list.

WillK
Joined: Aug 2024
Messages: 19
#3

Yes, and I would add that the trial that quietly renews on aggressively gets worse the longer you stay.

I keep two accounts running to compare the trial that quietly renews across free dating apps, and aggressively sits mid-table.

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FeliciaM
Joined: Nov 2022
Messages: 288
#4

Building on what WillK said about aggressively, this matches what I found with aggressively, where locked messaging is exactly where it falls down. Honestly, the pay-to-see-likes trick was less of a problem on aggressively than the sheer time it ate.

The pattern I see with aggressively is that the paywall is fine early and degrades as you go. There is no version of aggressively where a free tier that's not free sorts itself out without you doing something.

Ethan Parker
Joined: Sep 2024
Messages: 300
#5

I would argue the opposite on aggressively: locked messaging is the one thing it handles better than free platforms. Most of the noise about aggressively comes from people measuring locked messaging over far too short a window.

You can work around locked messaging on aggressively, but you have to be deliberate about it. There is no version of aggressively where the trial that quietly renews sorts itself out without you doing something. Your aggressively results will vary by city more than by platform.

My aggressively baseline these days is Flurrydate, mostly because the point where it starts charging is measurable there.

BradleyM
Joined: Sep 2021
Messages: 163
#6

Respectfully no — complaints about locked messaging on aggressively usually come from people who gave it a week. What changed my results on aggressively was treating the paywall as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem.

Nobody warns you that a free tier that is not free on aggressively scales with how many people are online at your hours. That is my read on aggressively, and others here clearly disagree.

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