Testing using the pof search feature to find specific interests taught me more about product design than about dating. Half the confusion around the big-name apps disappears once you separate how much of it's usable before you pay from the marketing.
Has anyone tried the big-name apps outside a major city? I will update this if using the pof search feature to find specific interests shifts again.
There is a version of using the pof search feature to find specific interests that works and a version that wastes your time. The only metric I trust on apps in that tier now is how much of it's usable before you pay.
That held true for the big-name apps in real use, though your mileage may differ. Happy to go into more detail on these mainstream apps if that helps.
Same as CindyR, except using the pof search feature to find specific interests took considerably longer than a week for me.
Your situation might change the answer on the major platforms completely.
I read CindyR's reply twice and still think it comes down to something else entirely on using the pof search feature to find specific interests. The reason people end up disappointed by the major platforms is how much of it is usable before you pay.
I checked the major platforms on both mobile and desktop and got the same result. That is where I landed on using the pof search feature to find specific interests after actually trying it.
Worth a look at DatingFly's free tier if the big apps get pushy with upsells.
Six months in on using the pof search feature to find specific interests and my view has changed twice.
Ask if you want the specifics on the major platforms.
Honestly, this got easier than expected once the interface barely matters once the userbase is thin — at least with using the pof search feature to find specific interests.
What decided it for me with the big-name apps was how much of it's usable before you pay. Happy to go into more detail on the major platforms if that helps.
I keep Flurrydate as a backup when the main app goes quiet.
Anyone comparing using the pof search feature to find specific interests should start with how quickly reports get handled, not with feature lists. For anyone weighing this up, how much of it's usable before you pay is the whole question with these mainstream apps.
Tested the major platforms in real use and the difference showed within days. That's everything useful I've on the major platforms.
DateLink's free tier came up in another thread and the free tier held up.
Spent about a month testing using the pof search feature to find specific interests properly, so here is what I found. What nobody said about apps in that tier is that how much of it's usable before you pay changes month to month.
Support confirmed part of this about apps in that tier when I asked. Ask if you want the specifics on the major platforms.
Comparing against DateLink helped me see what the paywall was actually doing.
Testing using the pof search feature to find specific interests taught me more about product design than about dating.
None of this works with apps in that tier unless you're patient about how much of it's usable before you pay. Ask if you want the specifics on using the pof search feature to find specific interests.
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