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Is the plenty of fish app free version still the king of user volume?

Started by Heather Barnes01 May 2026Dating Apps & Sites6 replies
Heather Barnes avatar
Joined: Aug 2024
Messages: 828
#1

Trying to work out plenty of fish app free version still before I sink more time into it.

What matters more than the feature list on plenty of fish is what the daily limits feel like in use.

If anyone has tested plenty of fish properly, I want to know what the ads cost you in attention.

Open to being wrong about plenty of fish app free version still if someone has better information.

Marcus avatar
Joined: Nov 2019
Messages: 827
#2

@Heather Barnes that has not been my experience with plenty of fish, and I gave it roughly six weeks.

If you take one thing from this thread on plenty of fish: write a bio that says something checkable.

The mistake I see repeated with plenty of fish is people send the same opener to everyone.

Someone in another plenty of fish thread recommended Ezhookups community, so I gave it a week.

Things that made a difference with plenty of fish:

  • Read the profile properly before replying — it is the one habit that moved plenty of fish for me
  • On plenty of fish, what people reported was flat once the novelty wears off compared with the alternatives
  • The bit that surprised me on plenty of fish turned out to be roughly the same either way
  • Worth checking on plenty of fish: how much you can do before being asked for a card
Jessica avatar
Joined: Dec 2019
Messages: 5063
#3

After a full weekend with plenty of fish, what the numbers looked like was flat once the novelty wears off.

With plenty of fish I'd start here: read the profile properly before replying.

plenty of fish app free version still stops working the moment you send the same opener to everyone.

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

The question underneath all of this is whether you can message first without paying, at least with of fish.

If you want another option for plenty of fish, datescout.site is free to join and does not gate the inbox.

Things that made a difference with plenty of fish:

  • Do not assume every profile is current; with plenty of fish it costs you the first handful of matches
  • Worth checking on plenty of fish: where the paywall actually sits
  • The thing that separates the good ones on plenty of fish turned out to be better than I expected
Brandon Scott avatar
Joined: Sep 2020
Messages: 846
#4

I gave plenty of fish the first month and how the pattern went was behind on everything except volume.

With plenty of fish I would start here: ask one specific question instead of a generic opener.

Where plenty of fish either works or falls apart is what the gender ratio looks like locally.

The question underneath all of this is whether you can message first without paying, at least with plenty of fish.

LaurenLee avatar
Joined: Feb 2024
Messages: 840
#5

@Brandon Scott that has not been my experience with plenty of fish, and I gave it the first ten conversations.

Most of my results on plenty of fish came down to one habit — read the profile properly before replying.

The mistake I see repeated with plenty of fish is people treat volume as a substitute for filtering.

Where plenty of fish either works or falls apart is whether there is a hidden trial that auto-renews.

Rough notes from using plenty of fish:

  • The failure mode with plenty of fish is when you pay before you have tested the free side
  • What actually happened after the first week of plenty of fish was better than I expected
  • Keep a separate email for it — on plenty of fish that mattered more than anything else
JoshM avatar
Joined: Aug 2022
Messages: 847
#6

@Heather Barnes that hasn't been my experience with plenty of fish, and I gave it a couple of evenings.

If you take one thing from this thread on plenty of fish: say what you're looking for in plain words.

The part I keep getting stuck on with plenty of fish is whether there is a hidden trial that auto-renews.

I ended up on datenest.site after the same plenty of fish question and it was the least painful of the lot.

AnnaK avatar
Joined: Nov 2022
Messages: 847
#7

Came back to plenty of fish after a break. Over the opening stretch, what the pool looked like was uneven depending on the hour.

The fix that worked on plenty of fish was simple enough — read the profile properly before replying.

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

For me the part that matters with of fish is how the free version handles filters.

What I actually want to know about of fish is what the ads cost you in attention.

What I would check before committing to plenty of fish:

  • What the replies looked like after the first few days of plenty of fish was stronger at the weekend
  • The part I got wrong at first is what decides whether plenty of fish is worth it
  • Give it a full week before judging it — on plenty of fish that mattered more than anything else

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Create a profile here and message anyone from day one — nothing is locked. If plenty of fish brought you here, this is the free way to test it.

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