Are there any free lesbian dating apps without subscription fees for messaging?

Hoping for first-hand accounts — including the boring practical bits. Are there any free lesbian dating apps without subscription fees for messaging?

A bad week is a bad week, not evidence about the platform — i would not have believed it a year ago.

• Kept my surname off the profile entirely, and I would do it again
• In my experience, it depends heavily on your city and how active the user base is — others here may have had a different experience.
• After one bad experience I read exactly what the free tier included before paying for anything right from the first week
• In my experience, requests to move to a private app immediately are worth declining — your mileage may well differ.

Having tried a few, treating it as a numbers game is the fastest route to burning out — others here may have had a different experience.

Solid question. Having tried a few, trial periods are designed around forgetfulness, not generosity — small thing, but it adds up. I've been on Souldate's free tier for a while and it's one of the better ones I've come across. the Datebie site

The useful platforms let you talk to someone before asking for a card — it is not complicated, it is just easy to skip.

Broadly speaking, a month is about the minimum before judging any platform — it sounds obvious written down, but it took a while to land. I've been on Datenest (datenest.site) for a while and it's one of the better ones I've come across. Datedesire

From where I am sitting, the practical bit is this — take it or leave it:

People reply to something they can ask a question about — worth testing yourself rather than taking my word for it.

From my side, patience is genuinely the differentiator, dull as that sounds — others here may have had a different experience. I've been on what DatingFly does for a while and it's one of the better ones I've come across. the Turndate site