Interesting, Leah, because I found the opposite. my experience with active dating shifted completely once I paid attention to whether it gets out of your way. Most of the frustration with active dating traces back to the density problem.
The honest tradeoff with active dating is coverage in your area against convenience. You can't really talk about active dating without talking about the catchment.
The honest tradeoff with active dating is how many people are actually near you against convenience. The honest tradeoff with active dating is whether there is anyone nearby against convenience. That is the short version of most active dating app for over 60 in the UK; ask if you want detail.
I ended up using Rendate for exactly this side of active dating.
For what it is worth, Datebound lately handled active dating better than most.