If you are asking about free online dating websites that don't have a million fake profiles, you are already ahead of where I was. The subscription question matters more for online dating than any feature list. What decided it for me with online dating was the money side of it.
If I were starting online dating again:
- commit at least a week before deciding anything about online dating
- widen your filters past what feels comfortable at least where online dating is concerned
- plan for at least a week before deciding anything about online dating
I'd put the pricing question above almost everything else when it comes to online dating.
Most of the frustration with online dating traces back to the money side of it. Your mileage on free online dating websites that don't have a million fake profiles will vary, but that is the pattern I saw.
For what it is worth, the Flamedate approach handled online dating better than most.