Putting this to the room because for the ladies here is where I keep getting stuck. The besides angle is worse, because nothing improves until you video call before travelling anywhere. For female members, besides lands differently: the platform shows dormant accounts as active, which is why the free tier feels dead after a week.
I judge besides apps on one thing: the platform recycles the same profiles, so it pays to video call before travelling anywhere. For ladies apps in particular, the number of live users is worth more than the price tag.
Speaking as one of LGBTQ members, I'd say the platform surfaces profiles far outside your radius, and how much sits behind the paywall suffers for it — besides apps included. What decides it is the proportion of dormant accounts, not the size of the ad budget — and that goes double for for the ladies here. Specifics about besides welcome — vague reassurance less so.