Is the eharmony app free version good for anything other than a personality test?

Broadly agree, though I would weight where the paywall really kicks in higher.

I would judge the site on whether 'free' means free to browse or free to talk rather than on the feature list.

I logged into the app at different times of day to get a read on whether a reported account really disappears.

Unless you're in a major metro, expect what the subscription actually unlocks to be the limiting factor on the platform.

After a few weeks on the app the only question left was how much control you get over who sees you.

If this one does not work out, Luvdate if you want a smaller pool covers similar ground.

Roughly my read too, with whether the search actually respects what you set as the caveat.

Out of roughly 50 matches on Eharmony, 3 turned into an actual conversation.

If you're only browsing, the app is fine. The moment how far the free tier actually stretches matters, it changes.

The signals that told me most about Eharmony:

• Whether Eharmony works at all outside the three biggest cities near you
• How fast a report about Eharmony gets a human response
• Whether the filters on Eharmony hold after you reload the page

Your mileage on Eharmony will vary by city more than by anything else.

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

Seconding what JacksonH said, with one caveat about Eharmony.

If you care about where the paywall really kicks in, that alone should decide whether the platform is worth it.

What I would look at, in order, for Eharmony:

• How many Eharmony profiles show a recent login rather than a join date
• How Eharmony behaves on mobile data rather than wifi
• Whether Eharmony shows you who has actually read a message

what Datewander does with filters came up when I asked the same question last year.

PatrickJ covered most of it. The bit I would add on Eharmony is below.

Anything I recommend around the site has to clear one bar, which is how much control you get over who sees you.

That is roughly where I landed on Eharmony after a fair amount of trial and error.

Someone in another thread pointed me at Datenest - worth a look and it was a fair shout.

Different crowd on datingfly.online, which suited me better.

Agreed on the whole. Whether the algorithm is doing anything useful is the bit I would test first.

The most useful filter on it was recent activity, not distance, and it changed whether the algorithm is doing anything useful completely.

The thing nobody mentions about Eharmony is whether the free version is a demo or a product.

I gave the site about 3 weeks before I formed a view, mostly watching whether the free version is a demo or a product.

Take that as one data point on Eharmony rather than a verdict.

Someone in another thread pointed me at Datedesire and it was a fair shout.