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Head-to-head

Plenty of Fish vs Tagged Dating

Plenty of Fish 4.3★ · Free + IAP 65
Winner Plenty of Fish
Tagged Dating 4.5★ · Free + IAP 40

Plenty of Fish is a better choice for those seeking a traditional dating app experience, despite its issues with scammers, while Tagged Dating struggles with an overwhelming number of ads and a shift towards live streaming over actual dating.

Full reviews: Plenty of Fish · Tagged Dating

Plenty of Fish (PoF) offers a more conventional dating app experience, with users reporting both successes and frustrations with fake profiles and app glitches. Tagged Dating, while having a slightly higher lifetime rating, is plagued by excessive ads, a prevalence of scammers, and a shift in focus from dating to live streaming, making it less suitable for finding local matches.

Head to head

Features & Matching edge: Plenty of FishR1R3R5R15
Plenty of Fish Plenty of Fish offers options that some users appreciate, even if they sometimes require payment R5. However, its matching system is often criticized for being confusing, providing unsuitable matches (e.g., a 20-year-old receiving messages from 40+ men), and not allowing users to filter unverified accounts R1R3. Some users also report issues with the algorithm not matching them with people who have liked them, pushing for paid features R15.
Tagged Dating Tagged Dating has undergone updates that users feel have removed desirable features, such as finding friends and chatting with people from other countries in the free version . The app's focus has shifted significantly towards live streaming, with many users lamenting the lack of dating functionality and the prevalence of streamers seeking money R117. Users also report difficulty finding locals and connecting with people close to them R72R101.
Ease of Use & Reliability edge: Plenty of FishR7R12R19R33
Plenty of Fish Plenty of Fish users report various technical issues, including the app not opening, being logged out unexpectedly, password reset emails not arriving, and the app being glitchy or crashing R7R19R33. Some also find the app's interface clunky and invasive with too many personal questions R12.
Tagged Dating Tagged Dating is heavily criticized for being almost impossible to use due to an overwhelming number of full-screen ads that cause the app to run slow, freeze, and disrupt the experience R64R69R76R100. Users also experience glitches with live streams crashing, messages not being received unless the app is closed, and the website not downloading properly .
Scammers & Fake Profiles tieR2R3R4R10
Plenty of Fish Plenty of Fish is widely criticized for having a significant problem with fake accounts, scammers, and bots, with some users claiming 99% are scammers R2R3R4R10. Users report encountering repetitive messages, profiles with Telegram numbers, and even threats of blackmail and stalkers R2R13. The app offers verification but does not require it, making it difficult to filter out unverified accounts R3.
Tagged Dating Tagged Dating also has a major issue with fake profiles, scammers, and bots . Users frequently encounter scam profiles immediately upon logging in and report that the app does little to stop them . Many profiles are described as escorts, OnlyFans models, or people with unreasonable demands, making it hard to find genuine connections R73.
Price & Value edge: Plenty of FishR3R5R15R18
Plenty of Fish Plenty of Fish is a free app with in-app purchases, but many users feel it is money-hungry, limiting free users to one message a day and pushing payment to see likes or unlock more communication R3R15R18. Some users report being charged full price despite being offered discounts, or being continuously charged after canceling subscriptions . However, some appreciate that it offers options that would otherwise be paid for on other apps R5.
Tagged Dating Tagged Dating is also a free app with in-app purchases, but users feel it has become excessively focused on monetization. Many features, such as changing locations, height, or ethnicities, are now behind a paywall . The app is also criticized for fake 'gold offers' for completing tasks and for its overwhelming number of ads, which significantly degrade the free user experience R64R69R76.
Support & Account Management tieR1R4R34R55
Plenty of Fish Plenty of Fish users report issues with account bans for unclear reasons, with some claiming they were banned shortly after creating an account or for reporting inappropriate behavior R1R4R34. There are also complaints about unresponsive support when features don't work, with users exchanging multiple emails without resolution R55.
Tagged Dating Tagged Dating users frequently report being unable to delete their accounts because they do not receive confirmation emails for deactivation . Some users also state their accounts were permanently disabled for no reason . Customer service is described as non-existent .
Pick Plenty of Fish if

You are looking for a more traditional dating app experience and are willing to navigate around a significant number of fake profiles and occasional app glitches .

Pick Tagged Dating if

You are primarily interested in live streaming or connecting with people globally, and are willing to tolerate an overwhelming amount of ads and a high prevalence of scammers .

Evidence note: Plenty of Fish has a much larger user base and review count, leading to more diverse feedback, including many positive experiences of finding partners . Tagged Dating's reviews are heavily skewed towards recent negative experiences related to ads and the shift to live streaming, despite its higher lifetime rating.

Frequently asked

Are there many scammers on Plenty of Fish?
Yes, Plenty of Fish has a significant problem with scammers, bots, and fake accounts, with many users reporting that a large percentage of profiles are not genuine R2R3R10R13.
Is Tagged Dating still good for finding local dates?
No, Tagged Dating is no longer good for finding local dates, as many users report difficulty finding people in their area and a shift in the app's focus towards live streaming over traditional dating R72R73R101R117.
Does Plenty of Fish limit messaging for free users?
Yes, Plenty of Fish limits free users to one message per day, pushing users to pay for subscriptions to unlock more communication R3R18.
Why are there so many ads on Tagged Dating?
Tagged Dating has an excessive number of ads, including full-screen pop-ups every few swipes or clicks, which significantly disrupt the user experience and make the app slow and frustrating to use R64R69R76R100.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

  1. [R1] Plenty of Fish 1/5 · US Confusing: I didn’t understand how the matching system worked and ended up gaining messages from men 40+. I am 20. I had no say on who could message me. I had got annoyed so I started trolling one of the old guys, I was reported and banned from the app right after. Catering to weird old men is wild and the matching + messaging system should be changed.
  2. [R3] Plenty of Fish 3/5 · US Offers verification but not required!: Cannot filter all unverified accounts. Saw alot of complaints of fake accounts and seemed to be many I believe to be fake. Just a breeding ground for scammers. Also subscribing does not open uou up to more communication. One message a day for free! Money Hungy!
  3. [R5] Plenty of Fish 4/5 · US Very good: Gives you options that you would otherwise have to pay for. Very good range of people, not huge on pressuring you to pay
  4. [R15] Plenty of Fish 3/5 · US Likes but won’t match: The algorithm in plenty of fish is 🚮 they don’t match you ever with people that like you. In which enforces payment to purchase to see likes. I’m not doing that just to see results. I feel like this app is a waist of complete time. You can swipe for hours an still get nothing. Idk what is worse. This app or tinder 🤦🏽
  5. [R7] Plenty of Fish 2/5 · US Not working: Tried to get it and is not opening
  6. [R12] Plenty of Fish 3/5 · US Used to love it but idk now: Its use to be pretty easy but now its asks so many and personal questions that you can’t even opt out of answering. Just feels invasive a bit.
  7. [R19] Plenty of Fish 1/5 · US Poorly Made: Created an account last night, swiped for a few minutes and went to bed. I woke up this morning and I was logged out! Strange, but even stranger is the fact that PoF is NOT accepting my password (I saved it so I know it is correct). I clicked on reset password through both the app and a browser, and I still have received no password reset email. However, when I try to create a new acc
  8. [R33] Plenty of Fish 3/5 · GB Glichy: this site is very glitchy, it’s not the first time I’ve been on Plenty of Fish, and it was better before it does not work unless you read a situation where you have Wi-Fi which is very annoying. This never used to be a problem a few years ago when I was on it before. sometimes messages don’t come on from other people straight away and the timeline makes you look inconsistent. This could af
  9. [R2] Plenty of Fish 4/5 · US There are fake people here.: One conversation a few days the question became repetitious but he would deny they were. The questions seem as if they were program because looking back at his msgs they were exact same wording. Blocked! But in honesty; I did meet some nice interesting people
  10. [R4] Plenty of Fish 1/5 · US Garbage: They ban real users while letting scammers and blackmailing extortionists thrive on here I made an account and the next morning i was banned for some reason
  11. [R10] Plenty of Fish 1/5 · US Plenty Of Scammers: 99% scammers
  12. [R18] Plenty of Fish 3/5 · US No Limit: Stop limiting customers to one message in a 24hour. If you have not signed up with your service.
  13. [R34] Plenty of Fish 1/5 · US Not good: Signed and few minutes after I got removed for no reason after verification
  14. [R55] Plenty of Fish 1/5 · US If a feature on the app doesn’t work they will NOT fix it: I exchanged no less than 12 emails trying to receive help since the upgraded subscription features were not working. They never got the app to work for me and were of zero help.
  15. [R13] Plenty of Fish 1/5 · US A lot of scammers/bots: Plenty of Fish has many scammers and bots here; you can tell because their bios often include a Telegram number, which is a major red flag even in 2026. I still have to deal with that nonsense as if it were the Myspace days. Come on now. The development team should do better, the software should improve, the project manager should be doing a better job, and the product owne
  16. [R72] Tagged Dating 3/5 · US Near Me: I used to really enjoy this app. But I can’t find locals, unless I scroll through hundreds of profiles in the “for you” section. I used to be able to see ppl in distance (1-200 miles) away. Now first person I see is 198 miles away, so I scroll through the for me section and I see at least 4-6 streamers within 60 miles of me. How do I resolve this?
  17. [R73] Tagged Dating 1/5 · US Escorts homos onlyfans bops: As you may have read in title this is all that’s on here it’s no one in your area I’m in Columbus Ohio it’s nthn here every chick on here will beg day one second one they all onlyfans “models” or the classic chick wit 5 children and needs a “real” man to be around on my soul this is all that is on this site it’s literally nthn to do at all but talk to societies misfits
  18. [R101] Tagged Dating 5/5 · US Tag fix this: This app use to be the best . Now I can’t see or connect with no one close to me . They took away the best part , that was allowing us to have a feed . Now we can’t even express ourself , and I can’t even connect with woman who are close
  19. [R117] Tagged Dating 1/5 · US Unfortunately It’s Nothing…: Literally just a bunch of streaming. There is no real meet to the dating aspect. Unfortunately, I’ve not seen much positive. There are scammers, spammers, and a bunch of old profiles that appear to be uninhabited…
  20. [R64] Tagged Dating 1/5 · US Hate the new Ad format: The app is almost impossible to use now. All of the ads trying to pop up FULL SCREEN, as soon as you open the app makes it run slow. Then when you try to scroll or click past it, your screen freezes and I just end up closing the app to try again later. Like, the ads always bring on screen and now full screen ads popping up disrupting the entire experience is very frustratin
  21. [R69] Tagged Dating 3/5 · US Not best: Too much add every 5 swap on the right there is an ad
  22. [R76] Tagged Dating 1/5 · US Too many ads: Can't do nothing with all them ads
  23. [R100] Tagged Dating 1/5 · US Terrible app: This app has an add every 2 swipes

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store