During the process, you are asked about how you react in daily events and specific situations involving others.
Millions of singles who know what they want — and are willing to go after it — have invested their time, energy, and money in their eharmony membership, and now eharmony boasts having one of the highest quality dating pools around.
You will be able to review all your matches on day one and see the potential compatibility of each one by checking their matching score. eHarmony's 32 Dimensions of Compatibility are the result of continued research (of almost two decades) that reveals what is at the heart of a successful relationship. Their matching system and algorithm go beyond simple likes and dislikes of a person's attributes — instead, they focus on deeper foundational traits like ambition, sociability, level of passion and conflict resolution. This, of course, does not necessarily mean that all matches you receive from eHarmony will be someone who sparks your interest, but it does mean it is an excellent place to start. The matching score helps you to identify which members might be a good fit for you. A score over 100 is considered to be very compatible.
Something unique about eharmony is that there's no search feature. At all. Unlike Match, it won't even let you browse a list of who's nearby outside of the matches they've picked for you. Each day, you'll get a new batch of matches, which is fine if you've made good decisions in the past, but bad if one day's batch happens to be full of people you're not interested in.
10 million users seems like a decent dating pool, but you probably won't be making a match every hour like you are on a swiping app. eharmony wants things to be slowed down here, and the algorithm doesn't want you to choose the people you always choose. If you went filter crazy when choosing criteria for potential matches and gave extreme answers on the sliding scales, a few log-in sessions will likely only produce tumbleweeds.
EHarmony cost varies widely depending on the length of your subscription and any promotions that are available at the time, but it generally ranges from $18 to $35 a month if you can catch a membership on sale.
EHarmony has a full fledged help and FAQ section available on their website that makes it easier to find answers to any additional questions you may have. It is organized by topic and can also be searched.
These questions get to the heart of who you are and what you’re looking for, and the information you provide will be the foundation of your matches, so take your time and answer carefully.
To get the full experience, eHarmony requires its members to purchase a monthly subscription. There are two membership types:
While most competing sites have made upgrades and tried to keep up with social media or internet trends, eharmony has maintained a pretty consistent message. But if you used eharmony 10 years ago, you might not recognize it today (in a good way): The app has been totally modernized to appeal to people who want something more mature than Hinge, but still like the clean, one-person-at-a-time look of swiping apps.
With a free account, you can read all your messages and respond to some potential matches without a paid membership or an eharmony free communication weekend.
Match and OkCupid are the biggest competitors IMO, and probably what you'll see everyone comparing eharmony to if you do any research on your own. Both of those give significantly more freedom when it comes to "playing the field" and browsing tons of nearby people and have the ability to match with profiles even if their algorithm didn't suggest it. That could be better or worse, depending on how much help you think you need in the choosing area. (If your dating history has a pattern of life-ruining people who your parents hate, maybe sitting back and letting eharmony do the selecting is a good change of pace.) I personally like Match better, but when researching on Reddit, I saw a pretty even amount of people mentioning liking eharmony over Match (then saying other other one "sucks") and vice versa. To each their own, I guess.
To adjust your settings, navigate to the Data & Settings tab from your profile page. From there, you can:
You even have the option to put your favorite TV shows, music, sports, and more on your profile, and the redesign cleans it up into a really nice, modern app view.
Yeah, well, 10 million other people are tired of the same things, and they've put their love lives in the hands of eharmony: the site that claims to make a love connection every 14 minutes. If you've been nervous about online dating, this is one place where you're almost guaranteed to find good intentions.
As a free eharmony member, you can play the field and try out all the site’s features for as long as you please (no eharmony coupon or promo code necessary). The dating process — from the relationship questionnaire to the icebreaker quizzes — is what you make of it, so be sure to put your best foot forward with every match and conversation.
"I met my wife on eharmony. I'd definitely recommend it. Now, the caveat is that you need to be painfully honest on their questionnaire if you want good results. Most of my friends whom this hasn't worked for are quite delusional about themselves and, thus, don't find very good matches."
Amber is a Contributing Editor for DatingNews. She is a prominent figure in the dating industry and has penned well over 1,200 articles on every dating topic under the sun. She has written in-depth profiles on dating professionals, reviewed dating sites, given dating advice, and covered the latest trends in the dating scene. She understands all the ins and outs in the industry and is excited to bring that wealth of knowledge to DatingNews.
Prices fluctuate frequently and depend on how long you're subscribing for, but they're always one of the priciest dating sites out there. Here's a tentative price breakdown, which literally just depends on when you happen to sign up:
