Is eharmony free trial worth signing up for?

Right — eharmony free trial. a fortnight in, the picture is messier than people admit.

The bit that keeps catching me out is that the recommendation engine shows the same faces on a loop — and nobody mentions it when they talk about picking one and committing.

When picking one and committing is the issue, the willingness to suggest meeting early matters more than the app's overall download figures, but that was months ago and things move.

Keen to hear from anyone who has dealt with current experience with eharmony free trial lately.

The one change that worked was asking one real question instead of four — it made the whole thing feel less like admin for the broad user base.

If you want a second option, Flamedate purely on how busy it is locally.

Is that worth the time investment when you factor in eharmony free trial?

Turndate is the other one I would put on a shortlist.

Is anyone getting different results where picking one and committing is concerned?

More often than not, the clarity of your main photo does more for how many conversations survive past day three than which tier you are on for most of us for most of us.

What wore me down was that the messaging limit rewards constant activity rather than genuine interest, especially once picking one and committing comes into it.

For the broad user base, the effort in the opening line tends to decide how many conversations survive past day three.

What survived contact with reality on the eharmony free trial question:

• Move to a voice or video call early, and doubly so for most of us.
• Read the profile before you send anything, and doubly so for most of us.
• Read the profile before you send anything, which matters most on the free options.
• Turn the notifications off — with eharmony free trial this is the difference-maker.

Is that worth the time investment for anyone weighing up that side of it?

I'd push back a little. @Austin Cooper, the advice about calling early is closer to the opposite in my experience.

For the broad user base, the clarity of your main photo tends to decide how many conversations survive past day three.

The bit that keeps catching me out is that the search function quietly stops working after the first week.