I've done my own digging on which are the top 3 dating apps for finding and come up short. Finding apps is where I would start, since the honest advice is to test the search filters before uploading anything, as far as I can tell. Same story on spouse: the practical move is to log the times of day your messages get answered.
Nothing about finding apps changes the fact that what decides it is how well it works on a weak connection, not the badge on the download page. Applied to finding apps, the platform hides read receipts on the free tier, so the experience degrades the longer you stay. With finding apps, the platform throttles your visibility unless you pay, so it pays to keep the first meet public and short.
I judge finding apps on one thing: the platform counts a like as a match, and how much sits behind the paywall suffers for it. Most of the disappointment traces back to the quality of the filters — and that goes double for which are the top 3 dating apps for finding. What am I missing on spouse finding?