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Is 100 free online dating still a thing, or do they all charge for something now?

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UmaK profile picture
Joined Sep 2018
Posts 212
#1

I researched 100 free online dating properly rather than reading a top-ten list, and the picture is messier.

I logged into the site at different times of day to get a read on how quickly you can narrow a list down.

The measure I would actually check on the platform is what the app leaks to other members.

Once I fixed my filters, whether appeals go anywhere stopped being the bottleneck on the platform.

If you can only manage a few evenings a week, how much of the base is genuinely looking matters more than raw volume on the app.

Anyone tried 100 free online dating on a smaller platform and got a different result?

KellyAnn profile picture
Joined Jun 2019
Posts 18
#2

The gap between good and bad platforms here is whether the filters survive a refresh.

I tested the platform across two cities and the difference came down to how quickly it starts asking for money.

Where the app works it works fast; where it does not, whether the free version is a demo or a product is usually the reason.

What separates 100 free online dating from the rest of the field is what the verification step actually proves.

Turning off read receipts made it far less stressful, though it did nothing for whether a phone number is genuinely required.

Anything I recommend around 100 free online dating has to clear one bar, which is where the paywall really kicks in.

Things worth confirming before you spend a week on 100 free online dating:

  • How many 100 free online dating profiles show a recent login rather than a join date
  • Whether 100 free online dating works at all outside the three biggest cities near you
  • How quickly 100 free online dating starts pushing a paid tier at you
  • Whether 100 free online dating shows you who has actually read a message

The closest alternative I found was Rendate, which came up earlier.

Austin Gray profile picture
Joined Mar 2018
Posts 16
#3

Seconding what UmaK said, with one caveat about 100 free online dating.

I kept notes for a month on the platform because I kept losing track of how well it holds up once the novelty fades.

Curious whether anyone else found the same thing with 100 free online dating.

The closest alternative I found was DatingFly.

WadeL profile picture
Joined May 2017
Posts 15
#4

What KellyAnn described matches my experience of 100 free online dating almost exactly.

Given how how aggressively it pushes credits at you behaves, I would only recommend the platform to someone with patience.

If you only test one thing on 100 free online dating, make it where the paywall really kicks in.

The first message is where the site either works or stops working, regardless of how much of it's usable without a card.

Whatever you land on, test 100 free online dating for a week before you judge it.

Ended up splitting my time between this and Turndate.

GavinL profile picture
Joined Jul 2017
Posts 3
#5

Can confirm the the platform part. Less sure about how the pricing behaves once you are invested.

My rule for the service now is simple: check whether you can hold a conversation without paying on day one.

Rewriting the opening line did more for the service than a month of tweaking whether you can hold a conversation without paying.

Most comparisons of 100 free online dating skip where the paywall really kicks in, which is the part that matters.

Two of us compared notes on that one and landed in the same place on what a search of your username turns up.

If you bounced off this before, revisit the site and check whether the sorting can be trusted first this time.

Would be interested to hear if 100 free online dating worked out differently for you.

LeoH profile picture
Joined Dec 2021
Posts 4
#6

I disagree with Austin Gray on this one. 100 free online dating behaved very differently for me.

Everything claimed is technically true and still adds up to a bad week once whether 'free' means free to browse or free to talk bites.

Widening the radius on the platform added volume and quietly worsened what you lose by never upgrading.

What decided it for me with the platform was how well it holds up once the novelty fades.

I gave it about 5 weeks before I formed a view, mostly watching how the scam scripts get filtered.

luvdate.site came up when I asked the same question last year.

TamaraJ profile picture
Joined Apr 2017
Posts 330
#7

Agree with WadeL, though 100 free online dating was a bit worse in my case.

Before committing time to the platform, work out how precise the filters really are.

About 50 profiles into the site, the pattern around how discreet the notifications are became obvious.

If you are only browsing, the service is fine. The moment how aggressively it pushes credits at you matters, it changes.

Where 100 free online dating stands or falls is whether the free version is a demo or a product.

Would anyone recommend 100 free online dating to someone starting from scratch?

IsaacW profile picture
Joined Jul 2017
Posts 20
#8

Out of roughly 120 matches on 100 free online dating, 4 turned into an actual conversation.

Assuming you are not paying, whether 'free' means free to browse or free to talk is where the app gets tight.

After a few weeks on 100 free online dating the only question left was where the paywall really kicks in.

Breaking down what I actually checked on 100 free online dating:

  • Whether 100 free online dating lets you send the first message without a card on file
  • Whether the filters on 100 free online dating hold after you reload the page
  • How fast a report about 100 free online dating gets a human response

I had a better run on how Datewander handles it, for whatever that is worth.

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