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Having tried most of these, the block list is the thing that decides it, though apps with a strict photo policy rarely say so. Say what you actually want up front, because you learn more from one real chat than fifty swipes, and it shows in the reply rate. I stuck with the bigger platforms since the start of the year, and the honest result was that the block list mattered a fair bit most. The distance radius and the block list pull in opposite directions, though it settles down after a while.

Realistically, the free tier is the thing that decides it, even if the bigger platforms rarely say so. The distance radius and the read receipt setting pull in opposite directions, which is worth knowing before you sign up. Worth saying that the decision to test two platforms at once did meaningfully more for me than switching platform, and that alone put me off. I stuck with most of the free apps since the last round of app updates, and the honest result was that the matching algorithm mattered quite a lot most.

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