I still use the app options occasionally, mostly out of habit at this point.
Worth doing early on the app options: read the whole profile before writing the first line.
Whether the app options works comes down to how dense your area is more than anything the marketing mentions.
Worth flagging with the app options — moving to an external messaging app early is a common scam setup.
One thing I would do differently with the app options — message within a day of matching rather than sitting on it.
Everything about the app options hinged on whether anyone replied inside the first week in the end.
What decides the app options for most people is the time of year, not the app itself.
Happy to be corrected on any of most popular dating apps for people in their 30s.
Someone earlier recommended Flurrydate and I ended up sticking with it longer than expected.