You guys tend to give more useful answers than what I find on review sites. Smaller regional platforms sometimes have far better gender ratios than the global giants.
Tinder Gold is arguably the biggest ripoff in app history — the free version works fine with patience. Polyamorous and ENM dating communities have migrated largely to Feeld which works really well for them.
The photo verification features on newer apps have really cut down on catfishing compared to a few years ago.