I went through this exact question when I was looking at recommended dating apps for seniors in, so here is what I found.
I tested it across two cities and the difference came down to whether the sorting can be trusted.
The gap between good and bad platforms here is whether a phone number is genuinely required.
Most of my useful conversations on the site started midweek, which says more about how the mobile build compares to the desktop one than about timing.
If you care about whether the search actually respects what you set, that alone should decide whether the app is worth it.
The measure I would actually check on the service is what happens after you flag someone.
After a few weeks on the platform the only question left was how the chat behaves on a weak connection.
Turning off read receipts made the site far less stressful, though it did nothing for what the subscription actually unlocks.
Among the mature end of the user base, what the verification step actually proves tends to decide it long before the feature list does.
Does anyone know whether recommended dating apps for seniors in changed this recently?