Leave a Review Plenty of Fish Dating App
Horrible and disappointing
I have used this app for many years and its by far the worst app i have ever used to start it kept deleting my profile out of no where so i would have to create a new one every other day so i had stopped using it i literally went 2 whole years without using it because of that i just recently created a new profile 2 days ago and the app still is disappointing first i got sever messages by the app its self saying my pictures were inappropriate when they were just regular pictures of me and they deleted my pictures off my profile because they also said that it was not me in the picture🙄🙄🙄 then i got another message saying that i got reported for harassing another member when i had just made the profile and i haven't even got a message or talked to anyone on the app like how is that even possible and also when i talk to some one we can talk but after a certain while it wont let me talk or reply to any messages it wont let me like people’s profiles or anything and if some one messages me i cant reply o say nothing to them at all the app does not let me if you guys really want people to upgrade and pay the monthly subscription to pay for the full POF app you might want to consider fixing all that before because i really wanted to pay for it but not if this continues to happen all the time its annoying🙄🙄🙄Show lessbdhekgkf
Hacked
I haven’t used my account in probably over a year and I randomly got emails that I got a message. (A lot of emails that I am still receiving saying the same thing in fact) I figured I must be hacked so I tried logging in to an account who’s information I have long since forgotten but I was able to change my password at least. Then when trying to log in with the new password to see what the heck is going, on it wants me to verify my phone number, but the number was not my own which confirms to me my account has been hacked. I tried to just delete my account from their website that isn’t working either saying I input the wrong information. I’ve tried reaching out twice to the help page regarding the problem of which I received a generic reply saying “it seems like I can’t login” and gave me instructions on how to reset my password. I responded to that reiterating my problem and didn’t hear back. I filed another request for help explaining the problem again around three days ago and again, still haven’t heard back. The lack of haste regarding the issue of my personal information being hacked is unacceptable, I’m an easy going person and almost never leave negative reviews. But a company that has left me feeling violated with still no solution is not one I would recommend.Show lessKatieKatMay
You will have to pay for this in time
THIS IS NOT FREE. You cannot do almost anything, see who likes you, click on profiles to look at those who like you etc. unless you pay for their service. This is set up so you can infrequently match with some locals, but inevitable need to buy a subscription to effectively communicate with anyone or even just browse profiles. Technically, yes, you can get away with doing this entirely free, but what really is free is setting up and having your profile. If you want to legitimately meet anyone, go ahead and just buy the subscription because you will have to, they make you. They even give people the option to only receive messages from upgraded accounts, which is pretty much all the legitimate accounts on here. While in the app, most of the functions lead you to a link to buy their subscription, and you cannot do anything other than watch people on live stream or browse through their selection of “potential matches” which 99% of the time will not include anyone who has already liked you, forcing you to pay for a premium membership just to see these members. I would give this app zero stars for misleading all of their users, but sadly I cannot. Outside of this huge issue, I would still only give the app 3 stars.Show lessArmy17761776
Disappointed
I have been an on and off member for a while now of Plenty of fish on a friends recommendation. So I gave it a go not knowing what a mess I was walking into. Literally the only people I ever “matched” with were hookers or escorts. While the search wasn’t as bad as some it was kind of terrible. It never took into account where you were when looking for matches only where the majority of people were so if you weren’t in Seattle or Tacoma it would recommend a million people in Seattle and Tacoma because that’s apparently where everyone lives. It did give some recommendations near where I was but the digging I had to go through to find them was cruel.
Then when you match someone and it could be a person! Nope, next thing you know your inbox is full of “hey sexy I’m an escort in your area!”... no just no while sending you your profile picture. And at least on the guys side you can’t get rid of your matches, I looked and looked and looked hoping to find where to narrow down my matches so it didn’t constantly say over a dozen, those dozen being the hookers that won’t go away. I know girls unmatched me but I can’t I match them so I’m stuck having to look at the escorts forever unable to delete them.
And then as your going through the “meet me” side of it you decline someone and then three swipes later the same exact person appears in front of you. I just declined you? How many profiles do you have to show up that many times that quickly?Show lessVareth12345678910
Website Not User friendly/terrible customer service
I started to create a profile on POF a long time ago but was stopped in the middle of the process and never completed it. Nonetheless I get emails from POF about new matches. One day, I decided to log back into the account and just delete it. My password didn’t work so assuming I had forgotten it since it had been a long time since I signed in, I used the option to reset my password via email. I received the email for reset, followed the instructions and successfully updated my password. However, when I tried to sign in with the new password, it said my credentials were incorrect. I tried to sign in multiple times to make sure I wasn’t mis-keying my password, but had no luck. I tried to reset my password again. No luck. I decided to contact customer service which is difficult to find out how to do. Contact for support is nowhere in their website. I reached out to them on Twitter and they said they responded to me via email. I check my email. They tell me the account is inactive and I need to sign up again. I try to sign up again. It says my email is already in use. I tell them this. They say I’ve updated my profile and it’s active but I didn’t because I was never able to log in and I couldn’t create a new profile. I try to reset the password again. Reset was successful again yet I still can’t log in. Still no resolution.Show lessaleah12235
Developer Response
Hi there, we are sorry to hear that you haven't had the best experience on Plenty of Fish so far. If you would like to share your feedback on our features, please email them to us at customer support - csr@pof.com. We value all feedback received. Thank you!Filled with spambots and very unsafe
I’ve used POF many times on and off through out the years. Just recently when I joined again I noticed all the fake profiles, spambots, cam models. Every week I’ve been getting 15-30 fake messages from spambots asking me to click on links, message them on other sites, also soliciting sex services as well. Their profiles you could tell are fake and not real members. Then this past weekend I noticed somehow my account was hacked and whoever took all of my pictures down and added up pictures of a lady in revealing pictures and then they also messaged a ton of guys, also I saw I received 25 messages from guys as well. I immediately deleted my account and I’ll never use POF again. It’s very unsafe and turned into a very sick site. Just this summer I saw people were posting up pornagraphic pictures with websites and also numbers in their profile pictures as well. Here POF never removed them or anything. I never give out my phone to anyone or any of my information nor do I ever use somebody’s phone or computer and use it to log on. My profile definitely got hacked by a sicko. With all the spambots and catfishing and fake profiles on it it’s not even worth it. The moderators just don’t even care and don’t take it downShow lessHavochellion
Long list of issues
To start the latest update keeps saying that I don’t have internet access when I do. Can access internet through browser, get on yt etc but the app doesn’t seem to connect!?
As far as the app when it does work, it’s gone downhill fast. Most profiles that use the meet me part are all bogus accounts trying to lure you to bs websites. Can’t turn that part off either, the notifications are annoying. Now also seems to be lot of profiles that require you to upgrade to be able to talk to them. Not sure why but that seems like a scam to get you to upgrade. The quality of people are questionable to say the least. I’ve been contacted by prostitutes, people wanting to score drugs and people wanting money, rides or a place to live. It’s like being in a virtual trailer park at this point. Guys are at a huge disadvantage (as on most sites) because the women have a smorgasbord of men to choose from. So unless you have some killer first line then you will never stand out. It’s better to go out and meet people doing real activities rather than sit online and deal with screwed up individuals that lie and hide things about them. No longer worth the hassle considering app doesn’t work and the annoying scam profiles.Show lessHardTymes
App Works Fine, Platform is Flawed
As an application Plenty of Fish does what you would expect. The notifications work properly, the user interface while nothing exceptional or noteworthy gets the job done, and performance is responsive the majority of the time. One major issue though seems to be consistency. Portions of the app have been updated to meet a newer era design standard while other sections of the applications still match the website which is quickly becoming archaic in appearance and function.
However as a platform the site is deeply flawed and I cannot recommend it. As others have mentioned the search parameters are often ignored if the search does not meet a nebulous criteria for minimum number of results. Over time the amount and type of information the platform displays has changed with little rhyme or reason. One of the biggest problems I have encountered is the sheer amount of spam bots and false profiles. On average I would say 3/4 of my matches are with profiles that are not real users and rather just a bot designed to get you to click a risky link. This level of turnover is unacceptable and goes to show the lack of scrutiny on behalf of POF.
Overall there are much better dating platforms out there. I would seriously consider one of them before coming to fish in this sea.Show lessJ-Start
God Awful App
This app is one of the worst “dating” apps, if you can qualify it as such, on the market. First, there are next to no profiles in my area. Most of the profiles that show up are for people in the next state over. On top of that, the girls on there are of about the trashiest quality out there. On the homepage you can see a list of possible profiles to look at down at the bottom, but in the rare chance you see someone interesting after clicking another option, when you go back to the homepage the list of profiles has been shuffled and there are “new” profiles to look at. On top of that, I never had a conversation with an actual person. If I messaged someone I never got a response back, and the only profiles that messaged me first were bots trying to get me to sign up for their porn virus link. There are so many bots. Developers, please find a better set of algorithms or whatever to screen profiles before they sign up. The user interface is ugly looking from a graphic designer’s perspective. Don’t waste your money on premium either, I thankfully didn’t as I could tell it was already going to be a waste. The only real benefit of premium is you can message certain profiles that have blocked themselves from being messaged by the basic free account I signed up with. All in all, don’t waste your time with this app, you’re never gonna find someone on it, unless you like viruses from bots.Show lessGinger_arts
Do not use. It will get hacked!
TLDR; got hacked TWICE and a bot sent a message to everyone in my messages to upgrade the app.
I downloaded this app on a Wednesday. I checked it out and I wan’t a fan of the old school layout. It reminded me of an app you’d find in 2007. I checked it out a bit that night. And in the morning when I was back the next morning. My account was gone. Like it never existed. Strange! So I thought maybe it was a glitch. I kept checking in on the app but my credentials weren’t working. On Friday. I decided to try to create one AGAIN. using the same user name and email to see if I was blocked. It let me create a profile and I didn’t think my much of it. Throughout Friday. I checked in on the app and I noticed it said I reply to every single message I received I thought that’s weird I haven’t even opened half of these. I kept trying to check to see what the message was and when I finally found an account that I wasn’t blocked in it was a link that was promoting people to upgrade the app. It sent an automatic message to everyone in my messages which caused people to block me and I lost my account. This happened twice already so be where I wouldn’t download this app if you want your stuff to be hacked all your photos to be erased and for people to block you.Show lessKayyy45
