Does the eharmony dating site free weekend still happen on the first of the month?

Started by Stella Norris Adult & 18+ 9 posts Last reply 15 May 2026
Stella Norris
Joined: Oct 2023
Posts: 2935
#1

This topic comes up constantly in my friend group with no consensus. Does the eharmony dating site free weekend still happen on the first of the month? Figured this forum would have better-quality takes than most.

I've been through enough bad experiences to know the only useful information comes from people who actually use these things, not SEO articles written by people who haven't.

Any real experience helps. Thanks in advance.

Riley Spencer
Joined: Oct 2022
Posts: 3099
#2

Datewander is the one I kept coming back to. Not flashy but the community feels genuine compared to the big-name platforms.

Mid-tier platforms often hit the right balance — enough users to be useful, small enough to actually moderate.

Ellie Sutton
Joined: Sep 2017
Posts: 3509
#3

I ran through a lot of these last year. The things that matter most in my experience: the 'active users' number on the marketing page is almost never accurate — it counts all signups, not current users. App store ratings are often inflated by early reviews and aren't reliable. Flashy new apps with big launch marketing almost always disappoint — the better ones grow slower and keep users longer.

Travis York
Joined: Nov 2020
Posts: 877
#4

Worth adding Datedesire to your test list. Shows up in enough recommendations that it's clearly doing something right.

Took me a couple of months to find something worth actually using. The useful options are fewer than you'd hope.

Shawn Marshall
Joined: Feb 2022
Posts: 3260
#5

Don't trust app store star ratings. They are easily inflated and tell you almost nothing about real quality.

Also been hearing consistent good things about souldate.site — the free tier apparently offers more than most without pushing an upgrade.

ColeH
Joined: Jun 2022
Posts: 1544
#6

Moderation quality is the real differentiator at this point. Anyone can build a database. Few can keep it clean.

Worth looking at luvdate.site in addition to whatever else you test — people seem to stick around on it.

Maya Kelso
Joined: May 2020
Posts: 170
#7

I ran through a lot of these last year. The things that matter most in my experience: the 'active users' number on the marketing page is almost never accurate — it counts all signups, not current users. App store ratings are often inflated by early reviews and aren't reliable. Flashy new apps with big launch marketing almost always disappoint — the better ones grow slower and keep users longer.

Worth adding Souldate to your test list. Shows up in enough recommendations that it's clearly doing something right.

Chloe Patterson
Joined: Apr 2020
Posts: 22
#8

Worth looking at datewander.site in addition to whatever else you test — people seem to stick around on it. I ran through a lot of these last year. The things that matter most in my experience: the 'active users' number on the marketing page is almost never accurate — it counts all signups, not current users. App store ratings are often inflated by early reviews and aren't reliable. Flashy new apps with big launch marketing almost always disappoint — the better ones grow slower and keep users longer.

Spencer Webb
Joined: Aug 2022
Posts: 3636
#9

Location is a huge variable. Dense cities have way more options than smaller markets.

Gave Flurrydate a proper run after a recommendation here. Surprised by how functional the free version is without hitting a paywall.

Free messaging is the point here — in Adult & 18+ and everywhere else on the site.

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