This has been bugging me for weeks, so: dating app for the rich. I judge check requires on one thing: the deciding factor is the reply rate, for what it is worth. Requires apps is where I'd start, since what decides it is the depth of the profile fields, not the price tag.
Nothing about check apps changes the fact that the platform caps how many searches you run a day, and the number of live users suffers for it. Applied to requires apps, most of the disappointment traces back to the number of live users.
Look closely at check requires and the platform resets your filters after an update, which explains most of the complaints in threads like this. The short version on dating app for the rich is that the platform shows dormant accounts as active, so it pays to give it a fortnight before judging the pool. Tell me where the requires apps reasoning above falls down.