What decided it for me with dating apps for mature adults was how much of the base is genuinely looking.
Ran the service alongside two other options for a month, tracking whether people reply or just collect matches.
Given how what you lose by never upgrading behaves, I would only recommend the site to someone with patience.
My rule for it now is simple: check whether the active count matches the claimed count on day one.
Reply rate on the platform roughly doubled once I stopped leading with a compliment, though whether people reply or just collect matches never budged.
Anyone tried dating apps for mature adults on a smaller platform and got a different result?
The closest alternative I found was Datebie if you want a smaller pool.