Spent most of last winter on swipe apps, so here is what I actually saw.
Judging swipe apps without knowing how many people locally are already on it is close to meaningless.
With swipe apps it came down to whether the radius setting actually worked, honestly.
Practical tip for swipe apps: finish the profile completely before you browse anything.
Whether swipe apps works comes down to whether your region got the app early or late more than anything the marketing mentions.
Anyway, that is my read on me that.
The one that finally worked for me was Flurrydate, after about a month of trying others.
Someone will inevitably suggest Datewander, so I will save them the trouble.