Friends Reunited Dating review

www.friendsreuniteddating.co.uk

Friends Reunited, remember them? They were doing social networking before social networking was invented and now they're back and they're into online dating in a big way. They claim to be the friendliest online dating site on the web.

The Good: Full featured search options • Low subscription prices • Recognisable internet brand • Good trust score

Bad: No phone support • No video chat option • Mobile phone payment option is extra cost

Profile Creation

It's possible to have your profile on Friends Reunited Dating within a couple of minutes. The site only requires you to input the minimum of information to register free. This is good if you're new to the site and just want a quick look around to see if it's for you. Naturally, if you intend to use the site properly you'd need to fill out more comprehensively. We'd predict this to take about 10-30 minutes as there's lots of options.

Login via Facebook	Multiple photos	Video profiles
Compatibility testing	Photo via webcam	Sign up ~ 10 mins
Horoscopes	Photo editing

Search Style

This site offers the usual basic search based on an age range and postcode along with an advanced search where you can be more specific in your targeting. This site allows you to sort your results in several different ways including the date when members joined, if they have new photos or if they are online. Friends Reunited scored the maximum allocation on its search functions.

Free to search	Advanced search	Save searches
Find new members	Postcode search	GPS-based search
Search last login	Gender search

Halo Score

This site scores well under our Halo criteria. We award points for the ability of members to self cancel online and the ability to remove their details from the site online. The negative on this score was the lack of phone support and that the support form used to log issues is quite hard to find.

	Show last login		Online profile removal		Cancel subs online
	Show who's online		Block / blacklists		ID checks

Payment & Support

Pay for your Friends Reunited Dating membership by most major debit or credit cards but be wary of the option to pay via mobile phone text message. This options cost around what it costs for payment via card. This site doesn’t offer a non-recurring billing membership option.

Credit / debit cards	Non-recurring fees	Phone support
Direct debit / SO's	Cancel subs online
PayPal	Mobile payments

Communications Summary

Communication options are fairly typical; direct messaging plus the option to send virtual winks. You are able to customise the winks and add a virtual gift, effectively a small graphic file and a choicee of preset lines of text designed to start a conversation.

Show who's online	Flirts, kisses, winks	Direct messaging
Show who's looking	Instant messaging	SMS texting
Friends list	Video chat

Mobile Features

This site currently offers no mobile dating applications.

	iPhone app		Android app		GPS-based search
	Blackberry app		Nokia app

Many of the links on our website take you to your destination via a special re-direct. Rest assured this isn't anything weird or scary; it just means by using the link we may get a small commission for referring you. It helps us earn a little for putting this site together and is hugely appreciated. Thank you!

70%
overall review score

How we rated Friends Reunited Dating:

Profile creation:	Search style:
Halo score:	Payment/Support:

Friends Reunited Dating prices:

1 month subscription: £18.50
3 month subscription: £34.50
6 month subscription: £49.50

network reach...

A number of searches conducted from differing age groups and postcodes displayed a large number of profiles. Friends Reunited Dating also ranked highly in the 2010 Hitwise stats.