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Does anyone still use the plenty of fish app for serious relationships?

Started by BeccaT20 Jan 2026Dating Apps & Sites11 replies
BeccaT avatar
Joined: May 2021
Messages: 838
#1

Hoping someone here has actually tested still use the plenty of fish app rather than just read about it.

If anyone has tested use plenty properly, I want to know what the follow-through looks like after a month.

Nobody writing about use plenty seems willing to say whether the serious label changes the conversation.

Tell me if still use the plenty of fish app isn't worth the effort and I will drop it.

Ethan Parker avatar
Joined: Apr 2021
Messages: 846
#2

Came back to use plenty after a break. Over the opening stretch, how the volume moved was flat once the novelty wears off.

The fix that worked on use plenty was simple enough — say what you are looking for in plain words.

If anyone has tested use plenty properly, I want to know what the gender ratio looks like locally.

What matters more than the feature list on use plenty is whether people are honest about wanting something serious.

Megan avatar
Joined: Mar 2021
Messages: 4646
#3

I want to agree with @Ethan Parker but use plenty kept doing the opposite for me.

The single change that improved use plenty for me was deciding to read the profile properly before replying.

The mistake I see repeated with use plenty is people ignore how long ago someone was online.

Tried a free alternative alongside it while working out use plenty — different pool, same free messaging.

Aaron avatar
Joined: May 2025
Messages: 3883
#4

@Ethan Parker put it better than I would. The only thing I would add about use plenty is that what makes a conversation last past week one matters more than the feature list.

My experience with use plenty over about a fortnight: how the pattern went was uneven depending on the hour.

The trap with use plenty is that it is easy to assume every profile is current.

What matters more than the feature list on use plenty is how many of the profiles are still active.

What matters more than the feature list on use plenty is how long it takes to get past small talk.

Lauren Mitchell avatar
Joined: Jun 2022
Messages: 846
#5

I gave use plenty about a fortnight and what the numbers looked like was less reliable than it looks from outside.

Most of my results on use plenty came down to one habit — keep a separate email for it.

I wasted roughly six weeks on use plenty because I would take silence personally.

Currently splitting my time between here and datelink.online for exactly this use plenty reason.

Nathan Davis avatar
Joined: May 2021
Messages: 830
#6

Seconding @Lauren Mitchell. What settled it for me on use plenty was whether people are honest about wanting something serious.

Used use plenty for the first week. What the numbers looked like was about what you would guess.

For me the bit nobody mentions with use plenty is how long it takes to get past small talk.

What I actually want to know about use plenty is how long a profile stays visible without paying.

The question underneath all of this is whether the premium upsell is worth it, at least with use plenty.

Nobody writing about use plenty seems willing to say what the follow-through looks like after a month.

Someone in another use plenty thread recommended Datingfly's free tier, so I gave it a week.

If you want the practical bits on use plenty:

  • The thing that separates the good ones on use plenty turned out to be more consistent than the alternatives
  • How the pattern went after about a fortnight of use plenty was stronger at the weekend
  • On use plenty, what the replies looked like was more consistent than the alternatives compared with the alternatives
Jessica avatar
Joined: Sep 2019
Messages: 5063
#7

Used use plenty for the first ten conversations. What I ended up with was worse than the reviews suggest.

With use plenty I'd start here: write a bio that says something checkable.

still use the plenty of fish app stops working the moment you pay before you have tested the free side.

the free Datewander option is the other one people mention whenever use plenty comes up.

JordanT avatar
Joined: Dec 2019
Messages: 844
#8

Only had the first month with use plenty, but what I saw was behind on everything except volume.

If you take one thing from this thread on use plenty: set your expectations before you start swiping.

The trap with use plenty is that it is easy to ignore how long ago someone was online.

Brittany Hayes avatar
Joined: Oct 2023
Messages: 845
#9

@Lauren Mitchell makes a fair point, though with use plenty I'd add that what the replies looked like was stronger at the weekend.

If you take one thing from this thread on use plenty: treat the first message as a filter.

EricV avatar
Joined: May 2020
Messages: 847
#10

@Lauren Mitchell makes a fair point, though with use plenty I would add that how the pattern went was better than I expected.

The single change that improved use plenty for me was deciding to compare two platforms side by side.

For me the thing that separates the good ones with use plenty is how long it takes to get past small talk.

Boiled down, use plenty came to this:

  • What the follow-through looked like after the first month of use plenty was flat once the novelty wears off
  • On use plenty, what the pool looked like was stronger at the weekend compared with the alternatives
  • The failure mode with use plenty is when you assume every profile is current
Madison avatar
Joined: Jan 2022
Messages: 2512
#11

Used use plenty for the first handful of matches. What the logs showed was stronger at the weekend.

With use plenty I would start here: keep the conversation on the platform until you meet.

Do not write a bio that could belong to anyone — that is what cost me a month of steady use on use plenty.

Where use plenty either works or falls apart is what the intent filters actually do.

SteveB avatar
Joined: Mar 2024
Messages: 846
#12

After roughly six weeks with use plenty, how the volume moved was behind on everything except volume.

The single change that improved use plenty for me was deciding to give it a full week before judging it.

If anyone has tested use plenty properly, I want to know what the intent filters actually do.

If anyone has tested use plenty properly, I want to know how quickly things move toward meeting.

The question underneath all of this is what the follow-through looks like after a month, at least with use plenty.

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