That matches what I saw on the platform, particularly whether the useful settings are buried.
What decided it for me with the service was whether the search actually respects what you set.
Two of us compared notes on it and landed in the same place on whether the rules get applied evenly.
If your area is thin, that one will not fix that, whatever whether 'free' means free to browse or free to talk looks like.
I would judge the platform on what happens after you flag someone rather than on the feature list.
The short checklist I use before trusting anything like ts dating app:
- Whether ts dating app works at all outside the three biggest cities near you
- How fast a report about ts dating app gets a human response
- How many ts dating app profiles show a recent login rather than a join date
- Whether ts dating app shows you who has actually read a message
Do not move to a private messenger until whether messaging costs anything once you start has been consistent for a while.
The closest alternative I found was the Turndate community threads.