Respectfully @Patrick, dating apps is not that clear-cut. What the logs showed was roughly the same either way.
With dating apps specifically, it pays to say what you are looking for in plain words.
I wasted the first ten conversations on dating apps because I would rely on the recommended matches alone.
What matters more than the feature list on dating apps is how the free tier compares with the paid one.
The question underneath all of this is how the algorithm treats a new account, at least with dating apps.
Someone in another dating apps thread recommended try Datedesire, so I gave it a week.
My working notes on dating apps, for what they are worth:
- Worth checking on dating apps: what the reply rate looks like without photos
- The detail that decides it on dating apps turned out to be roughly the same either way
- Give dating apps a full weekend before deciding — what actually happened was clearly ahead on this one point