What separates trusted free and single dating site from the rest of the field is how granular the visibility controls get.
I tested that one across two cities and the difference came down to whether you can hold a conversation without paying.
If your area is thin, the app will not fix that, whatever how aggressively it pushes credits at you looks like.
I would judge it on how quickly it starts asking for money rather than on the feature list.
Filling the profile out properly changed that one more than switching platforms did, and it reframed how the pricing behaves once you're invested.
I had a better run on how EzHookups handles it, for whatever that is worth.
For a second opinion I also cross-checked the Datebie boards.