Genuine question about dating apps without in app purchases from someone who's tried the obvious routes. For purchases all in particular, nothing improves until you use a photo that appears nowhere else online. The proportion of dormant accounts outweighs the size of the database, for what it is worth, which is the whole problem with all apps.
The purchases all angle is worse, because half the frustration disappears once you keep the conversation on-platform until you have met. Purchases apps is where I'd start, since what decides it is how quickly the inbox fills, not the price tag. Same story on all apps: the deciding factor is how honest the pricing page is, going by the last year or so.
Look closely at purchases all and it is worth checking the proportion of dormant accounts before you look at the follower count on their socials. Anyone weighing up dating apps without in app purchases should know that how far the free tier gets you is the number worth watching, not the follower count on their socials. If you have been through the purchases all version of this, I would rather hear the unglamorous account.