One correction: on the service, how much control you get over who sees you isn't what people assume.
Anything I recommend around the app has to clear one bar, which is whether the recommendations improve with use.
Gave it a fair run over 4 weeks and kept coming back to whether 'free' means free to browse or free to talk.
Assuming you are not paying, whether the filters survive a refresh is where it gets tight.
Anyone tried free local dating app for finding on a smaller platform and got a different result?
Someone in another thread pointed me at the Souldate community threads and it was a fair shout.