Free dating: what is actually free
Nearly every dating service calls itself free. The useful question is not whether it is free, but what turns paid at the exact moment you need it.
The dominant model is freemium: signing up, building a profile and sending likes are given away, and the paywall lands precisely where dating begins. Three blocks show up almost everywhere — sending the first message, seeing who liked you, and filtering by distance or age. A quieter fourth one caps how many profiles you see per day to push you toward a subscription. Before creating an account, look for the pricing page: if there isn't one, or if it only advertises a "from" price, the missing information rarely works in your favour.
Two details are worth comparing head-on. First: are messages after a match unlimited without a subscription? That is the one feature whose absence makes a service unusable. Second: does the subscription auto-renew, and at what price once the introductory offer expires? In Switzerland, dating subscriptions typically sit between CHF 15 and 40 a month at full price. T'chieu c't équipe keeps unlimited messaging outside the paywall — that is the choice we made, and it can be checked without entering a card.