Building on what Danielle said, nobody warns you that dating apps depend so heavily on how thin it gets outside cities. I'd put local activity levels above almost everything else when it comes to dating apps. If whether your area is covered isn't sorted, dating apps will not go anywhere.
I judge dating apps almost entirely on whether your area is covered now.
The honest tradeoff with dating apps are how quickly you get going against convenience. Is that everyone's experience with dating apps, or just mine? Worth testing dating apps for over 40 with the most professional users yourself for a week before deciding.
For completeness, the ones people usually compare against on dating apps:
- souldate.site
- flurrydate.online
- datebound.site
That list is what gets mentioned, not what I would personally back for dating apps.