What you can do without paying
The free tier is a real membership, not a stripped demo. PositiveSingles describes it plainly: You become a free member when you join our site. This standard membership allows you to create a profile, add up to 26 public photos and 26 private photos, search for people by country and state, and send free winks!
Winks scale with how long you’ve been a member. Standard members who signed up for less than 3 days can send up to 20 free winks per day.
After that, Standard members who signed up for more than 3 days can send up to 40 free winks per day.
Premium is what removes the daily count entirely.
Messaging carries one restriction: No. Standard Members cannot start new conversations. However, you can reply to messages from a premium MEMBER at no additional cost. Messaging remains available as long as at least one person in the conversation has an active Premium membership.
In practice, that means a Premium member has to reach out first. You’ll see it land in your Chats, and answering costs nothing on your end.
Discover, Flame, Gallery, Blogs, and the Anonymous STD Q&A are all open on a free account too. Starting a group, wider search filtering, and unlimited swiping stay on the Premium list: Start Your Own Interest Group & Mini-Community, Unlock Advanced Discover Filters, and Unlimited Swipes & Likes.
What needs a plan
One thing sits behind a paywall completely: sending the first message. No. Standard Members cannot start new conversations. However, you can reply to messages from a premium MEMBER at no additional cost. Messaging remains available as long as at least one person in the conversation has an active Premium membership.
Past that line sit the 41 privileges reserved for Premium members, and messaging is only the start of what they cover. A few by name: See Who Likes You, See Who Viewed You, Unlock Advanced Discover Filters, and Send Unlimited Private Messages to Anyone. Starting your own group is on the list too, as Start Your Own Interest Group & Mini-Community.
The full list, grouped, is on the Premium privileges page.
Is there a free trial
No. The Help and FAQ has no entry for a trial, and the upgrade screen read on September 21, 2026 lists exactly three paid plans, nothing shorter or free among them. If that changes, it will show up on the checkout page before it shows up here.
There is a slower route to Premium that doesn’t involve a card: earning it. The FAQ opens its answer plainly: To earn a bonus premium MEMBERSHIP, here are some tips:
- Share dating advice and safety tips
- Propose quality suggestions
- Share / promote us on social media sites
- Write promotional articles or press releases
- Recommend a partnership with other related sites
Then proof has to reach the platform itself: In order to receive your bonus membership, please attach relevant information and email us.
That’s PositiveSingles’ own review process, not something this site handles.
The cheapest way in
If you’re only testing the water, one month on the website is the smallest amount you can put down: $29.95, with nothing longer to commit to. If you already know you’re staying, six months is the better math: $95.95 total works out to $15.99 a month, the lowest of the three plans. Both figures come from the website’s own upgrade screen, read September 21, 2026; full pricing, including the app, which costs more for the same terms, is on the cost page.
Privacy on a free account
A free account still gets real control over who sees it. Three settings are open to everyone: Hide my current location, Hide me from all members, and Browse profiles anonymously, read from Settings › Privacy and visibility on September 21, 2026. Premium adds 11 more, covering things like hiding your city or your online status. The full breakdown is on the privacy settings page.
Who should stay free
Staying free works if you’re comfortable waiting to be chosen. Browsing, winks, replying to a Premium member’s message, and using Discover, Flame, Blogs, and the Anonymous STD Q&A all run without paying a cent, and a well-filled-out profile can still get noticed by Premium members who message first. If you’re new to dating with an STI and just want to see who’s out there before deciding anything, free is the right way to start.
It stops working the moment you want to choose who you talk to instead of waiting on someone else. Relying on other members to reach out first means they’re picking your conversations for you, and that’s a real limit for anyone who already knows the kind of person they’re looking for. At that point, one month at $29.95 buys the one thing free can’t: the ability to message first.
