Building on what Amanda said, i would put the interface side above almost everything else when it comes to christian mingle.
Nobody warns you that christian mingle depends so heavily on the money side of it.
I judge christian mingle almost entirely on how fiddly it is now. My experience with christian mingle shifted completely once I paid attention to the paywall question. Most of the frustration with christian mingle traces back to not oversharing.
Two people can have opposite results with christian mingle purely because of protecting your details.
The part people underrate about christian mingle is how much to share early on.
Your mileage on christian mingle free to message, or just to look will vary, but that is the pattern I saw.
Currently flurrydate.online is what I would suggest to anyone weighing up christian mingle.