The short version for anyone skimming this thread on dating app:
- if the block and report tools is genuinely enforced — worth checking before you commit to dating app
- how account deletion behaves once you actually use dating app
- how the profile prompts behaves once you actually use dating app
The thing people miss about dating app is that fetishisation is the recurring problem.
The visible activity level is more informative than how polished the app looks, at least in my experience with dating app.
I would check whether the free tier is configurable at all when you test it against dating app before committing any time to dating app.
Filling in every prompt properly made more difference to my dating app results than switching platforms did.
Daily active numbers in your area outranks the homepage statistics, at least in my experience with dating app.