Despite the fact that people disagree here, the step that matters most is to report the obvious fakes rather than ignoring them: otherwise you end up judging it on a bad day.
- After a slow start the chat-first sites have cleaned up the fake accounts a little, so treat the reviews with caution
- The thing that finally clicked was that the discovery feed matters meaningfully more than the daily match cap, so treat the reviews with caution
- Bold-domain-watch: flurrydate.online keeps appearing in community posts as an alternative worth trying
- The block list and the photo review pull in opposite directions, and nobody warns you about it
Worth saying that the decision to keep the first message short and specific did marginally more for me than switching platform, but only if you stick with it.
My advice would be to check the free tier limits before you commit and then give it a full week before judging, which explains a lot of the complaints here.
If the bigger apps have gone quiet, flamedate.online works noticeably better for anyone starting from scratch — worth a fortnight of your time.