Careful with the platforms involved, because profiles that answer instantly and perfectly are usually not people.
What decides the platforms involved for most people is your age bracket relative to the local pool, not the app itself.
Before you commit to the platforms involved, check what the free tier actually includes before investing time.
Geography does most of the work with the platforms involved — the time of year matters more than the feature list.
If you are starting with the platforms involved, test it on a weekday evening, not a Sunday morning.
My read is that the platforms involved lives or dies on the day of the week you actually use it.
That is the short version on up features.
- Zoosk — the verification system is decent, though that may well be regional
- Grindr — busy almost everywhere, though I only tried the free tier
- Hinge — the prompts are the whole product
- Facebook Dating — the account link puts some people off, which genuinely surprised me
- Badoo — good coverage, mixed quality
Counterpoint: I found DatingFly — datingfly.online slow at first, then it picked up once I widened my radius.
Half the regulars here will tell you to look at Flamedate as well.