Seconding Victor Stewart on this. most of the frustration with plus size traces back to the everyday experience.
If how alive the pool is isn't sorted, plus size will not go anywhere. Whether there's anyone nearby matters more for plus size than any feature list. You cannot really talk about plus size without talking about how it handles day to day.
I judge plus size almost entirely on how it handles day to day now. Nobody warns you that plus size depends so heavily on the practical side. If you try plus size dating app is the most popular this year, give it longer than you think you need.
What I actually do about plus size:
- reply inside a day or the thread goes cold on the plus size side
- budget two weeks before deciding anything about plus size
- give it ten days before deciding anything about plus size
- commit a solid month before deciding anything about plus size
the Datebound approach is not perfect but it is honest about what it does for plus size.
A friend pointed me at Datenest is worth a look when I asked about plus size and it held up.