For what it's worth, the messaging limit is the thing that decides it, though apps with a video option rarely say so. My advice would be to keep your expectations low for the first fortnight and then widen the distance radius early on, which is worth knowing before you sign up.
The pattern I keep seeing is that the matching algorithm matters considerably more than the block list, and it shows in the reply rate. Going by my own attempts, if you keep matching but never talking the answer is usually to write a profile that gives someone something to reply to rather than use a recent photo with your face clear.
The bit that caught me out was that the matching algorithm matters hardly at all more than the daily match cap, and that alone put me off. If you want something casual, skip anything asking for a card number to read messages — most complaints trace back to that one thing.