Worth flagging with mainstream apps — some free tiers stop you exactly at the reply button.
Worth doing early on mainstream apps: screenshot anything that looks like a scam and report it.
Judging mainstream apps without knowing the day of the week you actually use it is close to meaningless.
If you are starting with mainstream apps, screenshot anything that looks like a scam and report it.
The thing to watch on mainstream apps is that requests for money at any stage are a hard stop.
Worth doing early on mainstream apps: give it two weeks before deciding whether it works.
That said, I'd still hear other views on best dating apps to use if you're tired of.
Someone in another thread pointed me at Datenest — datenest.site and it is worth a look if you are outside a big metro.
A few people swear by Turndate, and a few others really do not.