Does Hily Have a Free Trial?

Sometimes. Hily's Terms of Use say the company may from time to time offer free trials or other promotions, such as free access at the subscriber level for a set period. It is not a standing offer you can always claim. If you are shown one, you have to cancel before the promotion ends to avoid being charged automatically. Hily also says trials are not available to a user who has already paid for a subscription, took a trial before and cancelled it.

Hily's help center does not list a standing free Premium trial. It does list a free Boost trial, and Hily says its support team may be able to offer a personal promo at a discount.

You may not need a trial to find out whether Hily works for you. Hily is free to download, and the free version already lets you make a profile, browse, match and chat. That is the whole basic loop of a dating app, and a man can get a woman's number and take her out without paying anything.

So the honest first step is a test with no money at all. Run the free version for a stretch and write down what happens: how many women you match with, how many conversations start, and how many reach a plan.

Hily Premium is an optional subscription. Hily lists Advanced Filters, Major Crush, Visible Likes and Rollback among its features.

Advanced Filters narrow who you see. Major Crush lets you send a note to a woman before you have matched. Visible Likes shows the people who already Liked you, which means you can respond to interest instead of guessing. Rollback brings back a profile you skipped by accident.

Each of those saves time or gets you in front of more women. None of them makes you more attractive. If your photos and first lines do not work, a trial of Premium shows you the same weak page to more people.

A trial is only useful if you can compare it with what you had before. a dating coach's rule for any paid feature on the apps is to test it and judge by results, not by feel.

Before you start, take a baseline from the free version. Then use the trial period for the features that match your problem. Use Visible Likes if you are not getting matches, Major Crush if you have a favorite woman you cannot get to, and Advanced Filters if too many profiles do not fit.

Near the end, count again. If the count has barely moved, you have your answer, and it cost you nothing. If it has moved a lot, you can subscribe knowing why.

This is where men lose money. Hily says you must cancel before the promotion period is over to avoid being charged the subscription fee.

Put a reminder on your phone for the day before the trial ends, not the day of. Then cancel from inside Hily. The path Hily gives is Hily Profile, then Settings, then FAQ, then Hily Premium, then Premium Billing, and finally the entry called How to cancel my subscription.

Deleting the app does not cancel anything, and neither does deleting your account. The subscription runs through the store you used, so the charge continues until you cancel it there or through Hily's route.

For most men, yes, once the free version has stopped giving you results. A trial turns a vague worry about missing out into a number.

coach also makes the point that paying a little to be seen is not embarrassing. A woman cannot tell that you paid, and being alone with no dates is a bigger cost than a subscription. The condition is that you pay for something that works, and a trial is the cheapest way to find out whether Hily is that.