Building on what Jake_NYC said, once I stopped worrying about the setup, dating sites got a lot simpler. Nobody warns you that dating sites depend so heavily on how far the free tier really goes.
Concretely, for dating sites:
- plan for ten days before deciding anything about dating sites
- write like a person rather than a job listing before you judge dating sites
- fill the profile out properly, not half way while you are testing dating sites
- set aside at least a week before deciding anything about dating sites
The learning curve matters more for dating sites than any feature list. I would put how quickly you get going above almost everything else when it comes to dating sites. I'd put whether it leads anywhere above almost everything else when it comes to dating sites.
Hope that gives you something usable for dating sites that work always require a subscription.
For what it is worth, Rendate lately handled dating sites better than most.