• FreeDating

Overview

FreeDating has a rating of 2.2 stars from 19 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. FreeDating ranks 274th among Dating sites.

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Top Positive Review

“Great dating site”

Chris M.
5/28/22

I've read tonight with interest on here the reviews about Freedating.Co.uk Most reviews were negative but I've found it really good. Yes it still has its fakes, time wasters etc but every site has that sadly. I find there is always someone to chat to and I've had a few dates form here. My great sadness is tonight I've logged in any it seems it is no more I've tried Logging in a number of times and keep getting a tech issue msg. I really hope it's a 24 hr thing as I was talking to a Couple of really nice guys :(

Top Critical Review

“A total time-waster with bunch of fakes. It's not really free.”

Danny R.
8/10/21

I found a better platform http://J4Dating.com I don't regret this decision. It seems to be a legit site, working properly and attracting genuine women. I keep in everyday contact on Whatsapp with 3 women I met there. Freedating is very unreliable compared to the other dating sites. Despite its name it's not really free. It's a time-waster with bunch of fakes and bots. 8 out of 11 accounts I communicated with were banned. I think it's created for baiting people into buying a premium membership. But the problem is they have very suspicious and questionable profiles. You waste your time there and nothing is happening for months.

Reviews (19)

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Thumbnail of user dannyr239
1 review
7 helpful votes
August 10th, 2021

I found a better platform http://J4Dating.com
I don't regret this decision. It seems to be a legit site, working properly and attracting genuine women. I keep in everyday contact on Whatsapp with 3 women I met there.
Freedating is very unreliable compared to the other dating sites. Despite its name it's not really free. It's a time-waster with bunch of fakes and bots. 8 out of 11 accounts I communicated with were banned.
I think it's created for baiting people into buying a premium membership. But the problem is they have very suspicious and questionable profiles. You waste your time there and nothing is happening for months.

Thumbnail of user brianc1439
1 review
4 helpful votes
March 31st, 2020

Most of the women on this site do not exist, just photos with somebodys musings written beside them, if you watch seemingly desperate women spend months just wandering round the site. You can spot the ones that have been there and are just plants to draw you in to joining other sites plus the odd tart that gets through the checks. Why would a beautiful 25 year want to meet urgently with a 65 year? Get real free dating you are a scam most of the time!,

Thumbnail of user samuelm437
1 review
3 helpful votes
June 2nd, 2021

They modify and monitor messages. They stipulate it that you communicate only via their platform. Any other form of contact is blocked. The majority of female profiles are fake. There are plenty of scammers. I have been asked for money nearly 10 times in 2 months. I don't know why they call themselves free dating. They are not free. Moreover, they are money fraud. They mostly have bots and fakes. Actually there are a lot of better options since FreeDating is pretty much a waste of time. They gave me no dates, the only thing they did was taking my money. Their goal is to make a short-term profit by selling you a long-term paid membership.

Thumbnail of user alexn2
5 reviews
20 helpful votes
September 1st, 2011

Not a bad site, not enough people who are online to really make it that interesting though. But stil, probably the best free dating site in the UK, so worth a look.

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Dan W. – FreeDating Rep

Thank you for your review. Since you posted this we have done a big advertising campaign so if you check back you should hopefully fine more people.

Thumbnail of user jonathanm515
16 reviews
113 helpful votes
August 5th, 2020

This dating site by far is even worse than POF which I thought was bad enough, especially after the Covid-19 outbreak. First of all like someone else put here, there's hardly any women around my age group. The few younger ones that are on are ugly, bad tempered, single mums who block you just for sending a simple message. There are quite a few good looking older women so I tried messaging one of them. Not for a relationship, only to try and get someone nice to talk to. Same old thing! She blocked me too, obviously because women that age are not interested in men my age. Honestly? These websites are getting to the point where guys will be going on medication for women giving them mental health issues.

Thumbnail of user jamiew480
1 review
5 helpful votes
July 27th, 2020

I left this site after 3 weeks. There were no women in my age group at all, and it appears there are only lonely women aged 50 and 60+ who are on it. Very disappointed in this dating site. I would not bother joining if you are reading my review.

Thumbnail of user leeb422
1 review
7 helpful votes
November 19th, 2019

I 100%agree with David k. My account has been suspended for no reason I was new on here I been on for 3 days max by Dan. He is nasty noremource he show I said you accusing me show me evidence he not reply. All he is after is asking people for there real I'd send them in to him passport driving licence etc.no way how can you Dan no one no you who are you and don't you dare ask for people's personal belongings after you deliberately suspend their accounts. I requested to Dan he should leave freedating with immediate effect.he is not fit to run the site.and also people he fools you saying freedating customer team. There is no team he runs it on his own from he personally told me.the man is a con. Lee.

Tip for consumers:
Get rid of Dan he is a fraud and a con who breeds on people's personal I'd by suspending there accounts without valid reason

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Thumbnail of user ellenab
1 review
5 helpful votes
September 6th, 2019

After joining Freedating.co.uk, I was bombarded with spam emails of a sexual nature. My email address was obviously used to sell to scammers!

I adhered to site's terms and conditions yet, for some reason I received a ban. Instead of my profile being removed from site, as one would expect, my details and photos were still available for other users to view. As I no longer had access to my account, there was no option to delete. When contacting 'Freedating.co.uk' to ask why I had received ban, the obnoxious creep, named Dan Winchester, refused to provide a reason for the ban. I explained that I adhered to T&Cs, to which he replied 'I can chose who I want and don't want on my site', thus confirming that said ban wasn't justified. Disgusting attitude! I receive a ban, for no reason, yet Freedating.co.uk, won't remove my details and photos. Clearly just a scam site to obtain personal details!

Thumbnail of user stevenb764
1 review
5 helpful votes
October 10th, 2019

A lady i was chatting to started to get a bit nasty with me as i wouldnt meet her she did live 250. Miles away. As i wouldnt meet her she complained to Freedating and got me barred from the site. No one wanted to listen to me or my side of the story,

Thumbnail of user davej636
1 review
0 helpful votes
August 16th, 2022

Freedating takes forever to approve a profile the sites a complete waste of time don't bother giving it a try

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Thumbnail of user chrism3303
1 review
0 helpful votes
May 28th, 2022

I've read tonight with interest on here the reviews about Freedating.Co.uk
Most reviews were negative but I've found it really good. Yes it still has its fakes, time wasters etc but every site has that sadly. I find there is always someone to chat to and I've had a few dates form here.

My great sadness is tonight I've logged in any it seems it is no more I've tried Logging in a number of times and keep getting a tech issue msg. I really hope it's a 24 hr thing as I was talking to a Couple of really nice guys :(

Thumbnail of user davidk780
1 review
6 helpful votes
January 22nd, 2019

Account suspended for no reason.
I attempted to join this site, filled my profile in as required and uploaded approx 5 photo's, the following day i logged in to be told my account was suspended and there was a list of guidelines it said i had breached, i went through the guidelines and there was nothing there that i had breached so i contacted them only to receive a response from a Dan Winchester informing me my account was linked to a fake account, now this was not possible, as anyone who 1st joins knows that your account remains invisible to other users untill it has been approved by the moderators of the site, so therefore no one other than the employees of Freedating.co.uk could have seen my profile or photo's to use for a fake account.
Dan Winchester is now insisting that i send them a photo ID with my DOB and full address, perfect for an ID fraud! I will not be sending any photo ID and strongly advise anyone else not to should they get the same very odd request, Not only that, but they have locked me out of my account so i'm unable to delete my photo's that remain in their database, it's all a very odd set up indeed!

Thumbnail of user misssym
1 review
1 helpful vote
September 13th, 2019

Let's not forget this is a free site so you know you will have to sift out the good from the bad and as free sites go I think it's fine except too many are allowed without having a profile picture but you can just block them or change settings in mail to stop them contacting so that doesn't lose the site a point.
I particularly like the warnings about sending sexual content in messages and an option shown for sexual chat sites if you prefer that sort of chat, I don't and it's a welcome change not to be bombarded with it and feel kind of protected from it.
I've checked my email for this 'spamming' accusation from the site and so far not one of that type of email has been received.
I also just contacted because I put the wrong location on my profile and was contacted back and rather quickly on how to solve the problem, which is a rarity from these types of sites.

Thumbnail of user matts321
1 review
8 helpful votes
July 26th, 2018

I had my profile deleted for no reason. Just logged in one day and was gone. I didnt break any rules ect, Infact I was speaking to a couple different woman and things were going well. As i said, logged in and profile was perma deleted. $#*! site, con and the guys running it are a joke.

Thumbnail of user davyd8
3 reviews
21 helpful votes
October 29th, 2016

www.freedating.co.uk is a horrible dating site that's never ever been any good. Too much of a clique on the forums. Same old faces, year in, year out. No one answers messages, and no women post messages to guys. Avoid.

Thumbnail of user danielf15
3 reviews
13 helpful votes
October 5th, 2012

This is a very refreshing dating site. I have been delighted with the site and I would suggest it to others.

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Dan W. – FreeDating Rep

Thank you for your kind words!

Thumbnail of user kiranb26
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
August 14th, 2022

Only giving it 3 stars.
I've used this site many times. Firstly they kept deleting or suspending my account every couple of weeks. I don't know if idiot men who call me fake, report my page, what becauze I don't like them or they are too old for the age bracket I set my preferences to?
I even complained 4 times including today! And they send me email saying we believe your profile is fake. What the actual...
They then said they would put my profile back up so saves me having to writ my bio all over again and said they would make a note of it under my email address. So what happens again today? 14/08/22, they suspend my profile I only made it yesterday. After emailing them asking why everytime I filter my messages to the age bracket I want it never works. That's when I found my account suspended then they keep saying sorry it will 'never' happen again. What a joke. Dumb people being employed for this company.

Thumbnail of user johnk1297
2 reviews
8 helpful votes
May 31st, 2019

Not many members, and full of adverts, well it is free, and as such it ok ish... but dont even think of sending any rude words, or any type of innuendo, even if your comment or the words you use maybe on the profile of the person you are messaging, you will get your account suspended, no chance of appeal. A real person reads your messages, to decide if you were rude, i can only imagine he is stuck in the Victorian age. Save yourself some time and effort and join POF ot Twoo both are free and infinitely better sites

Thumbnail of user ashleys78
3 reviews
62 helpful votes
March 2nd, 2016

This is a nice and one of the few completely free dating sites. I like it because you are reasonably sure its just people from the UK. Although after saying that you can log in from other countries so who knows for sure. I think there are still a few selection of scammers and other questionable people on the site but as long as you use your common sense it seems pretty good.

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Dan W. – FreeDating Rep

We try and strike a balance between allowing people to access from other countries, e.g. when working abroad or on holiday, whilst not allowing people who are based abroad, and therefore cannot physically go on dates. We use Scamalytics to fight scammers, and remove sex pests whenever they are reported to us.

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FreeDating.co.uk, one of the most popular free dating sites in the UK. Free online dating with profile search and messaging.

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