2021 Dating Sites Reviews Choice Awards - Free

Recipient
Plenty of Fish

The recipient of the Editor's Top Pick - Free award for 2021 is Plenty of Fish. POF has won this award 4 times since 2016 and this year makes it the fifth time in a row. The free dating service category is extremely competitive and POF has managed to stay on top over the last decade and a half thanks to their continued improvements along with the success their members find when they use the service. A statistic that points to this services popularity is, in the last 5 years the POF dating apps have been downloaded over 73 million times (for iOS and Android). The reason that POF members enjoy a 30% success rate in only 4 short weeks or less, is because over 17 million conversations are exchanged every day. Singles who join POF are on their to find dates, and since it is free to use, everyone participates making your chances of finding love that much better.

POF added a number of new features this year as well. One was Livestream which allows users to video chat along with group video chat. They also introduced a fun video dating game called NextDate which allows you to participate in short blind date sessions.

It takes just a few minutes to sign up for POF and create a profile. Since it is free you can start searching right away and send messages to any interesting members you find. These members will be able to read and reply back to your messages without paying a fee. POF does offer an upgraded membership and a paid token system as well which will give you additional perks including highlighting your profile in search results and being able to receive message read notifications. Subscriptions cost as low as $7 a month and a token under $2.

Read our review of Plenty of Fish for more information about this online dating service or visit Plenty of Fish directly.

This Year's Runner Up for this award is: Facebook Dating