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Is the fish dating app just another name for POF?

Started by CindyR Start date Category Dating Apps Replies 8
#1

Started looking into fish dating app just another name for POF for a friend and ended up switching myself. The honest comparison on fish dating starts and ends with whether verification is enforced.

I kept a rough note of reply rates on dating app, which helped. That is where I landed on fish dating app just another name for POF after actually trying it.

#2

The short answer on fish dating app just another name for POF is no, and here is the part that matters. Things improved for me on these mainstream apps the moment I took whether verification is enforced seriously.

None of this was obvious to me about these mainstream apps until month two. Would be interested to hear whether fish dating behaved differently for anyone else.

#3

That is the standard answer, CindyR, and I think fish dating app just another name for POF sits outside it. The honest comparison on dating app starts and ends with whether verification is enforced.

Worth noting that the major platforms changed after their last update. Take that as one data point on the big-name apps, not gospel.

#4

My experience with fish dating app just another name for POF wasn't what the reviews suggested. I rate apps in that tier on whether verification is enforced and nothing else, in day-to-day use.

I checked these mainstream apps on both mobile and desktop and got the same result. Would be interested to hear whether the major platforms behaved differently for anyone else.

#5

Short version on fish dating app just another name for POF: the search filters are where the real differences live. Half the confusion around fish dating disappears once you separate whether verification is enforced from the marketing.

Worth noting that the major platforms changed after their last update. I will update this if fish dating shifts again.

#6

Hard disagree with LindaM on this one. whether the free tier includes messaging is the part people overrate with fish dating app just another name for POF. Half the confusion around fish dating disappears once you separate whether verification is enforced from the marketing.

I kept a rough note of reply rates on fish dating, which helped. That is my read on fish dating app just another name for POF, for whatever it is worth.

I keep DatingFly as a backup when the main app goes quiet.

#7

Ran into fish dating app just another name for POF last autumn and the situation has already shifted.

Nobody talks about whether verification is enforced, and with apps in that tier it's decisive. Happy to go into more detail on the major platforms if that helps.

#8

Going to push back slightly on how fish dating app just another name for POF usually gets described.

For anyone weighing up apps in that tier, whether verification is enforced is the tiebreaker. Your situation might change the answer on the major platforms completely.

Flurrydate's free tier came up in another thread and the free tier held up.

#9

Going to disagree with EmilyD here. For me, none of fish dating app just another name for POF came down to whether the free tier includes messaging at all.

Two things matter for dating app: whether verification is enforced, and then patience. That's my read on fish dating app just another name for POF, for whatever it's worth.

I keep Datebie's free tier as a backup when the main app goes quiet.

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