Does the plenty of fish dating site free search feature still work on desktop?

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Adrian Cross
Joined: Dec 2023
Messages: 93
#1

Short version: the plenty of fish dating site free search feature still work on desktop. Long version below. My problem with dating site for feature so far has been the point where it starts charging.

I have tried a few options across the apps everyone has heard of already and none of them stuck. For the crowd on this board, the dating site for feature experience lives or dies on the point where it starts charging and almost nothing else.

If you have used dating site for feature, these are the bits I care about:

  • Do not pay to fix locked messaging on dating site for feature; the paid tiers rarely touch the real cause
  • Photos with other people in them do worse on dating site for feature than you would guess
  • Write a first message that references their profile, not your own — dating site for feature rewards it
  • Fill the prompts in properly; blank profiles get skipped on dating site for feature
  • Log in at the hours you would actually go out; dating site for feature activity is nothing like flat

Anyone with a recent the plenty of fish dating site free search feature still work on desktop story, please jump in.

AshleyC
Joined: Mar 2025
Messages: 699
#2

That feels too harsh on dating site for feature, given the trial that quietly renews is a problem across the large players rather than specific to it.

The thing people underrate about dating site for feature is how much surprise billing depends on your own city. I keep two accounts running to compare the upgrade nag across the household-name apps, and dating site for feature sits mid-table.

Vanessa M
Joined: Apr 2022
Messages: 215
#3

Where I differ from AshleyC on dating site for feature: that has not been my experience of dating site for feature, and I have used it longer than most people in this thread. I judge dating site for feature by one thing now: whether the pay-to-see-likes trick improves or worsens once you are past the novelty.

For people who have actually tried it, the dating site for feature experience lives or dies on the paywall and almost nothing else. Honestly, the upgrade nag was less of a problem on dating site for feature than the sheer time it ate.

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Kevin Nash
Joined: Aug 2022
Messages: 929
#4

@Vanessa M makes a fair point about dating site for feature, but broadly agree on dating site for feature — the pay-to-see-likes trick was what decided it for me too.

You can work around a free tier that's not free on dating site for feature, but you have to be deliberate about it. Happy to answer follow-ups on dating site for feature if that helps.

The other one I would try before giving up on dating site for feature is Turndate.

Justin Case
Joined: Feb 2024
Messages: 558
#5

Picking up Kevin Nash's point about the point where it starts charging, same experience on dating site for feature: I gave it six weeks before the point where it starts charging got tiresome.

I keep two accounts running to compare locked messaging across the large players, and dating site for feature sits mid-table.

People also mention rendate.site, datebie.online, datewander.site whenever dating site for feature comes up on this board.

Ryan84
Joined: Feb 2023
Messages: 721
#6

Same experience on dating site for feature: I gave it six weeks before the point where it starts charging got tiresome.

I keep two accounts running to compare the trial that quietly renews across the large players, and dating site for feature sits mid-table. Not saying dating site for feature suits everyone, but it is not the disaster this thread implies.

Worth a look alongside dating site for feature: Luvdate, if only to see how differently surprise billing can be handled.

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