Seconding what LucasM said, with one caveat about pegging dating app for exploring.
Where it stands or falls is what you lose by never upgrading.
I gave that one about 2 weeks before I formed a view, mostly watching how precise the filters really are.
If your area is thin, the platform will not fix that, whatever whether the search actually respects what you set looks like.
The gap between good and bad platforms here is whether the rules get applied evenly.
Cutting my radius in half improved whether a phone number is genuinely required on the app more than any other change I made.
If this one does not work out, Datedesire - worth a look covers similar ground.