@JacksonL — this matches what I saw. The top 3 dating apps looked promising until overall consistency turned into the whole experience, but that is one person's read. The part nobody mentions about the top 3 dating apps is whether it holds up over time; it shapes everything else.
My angle on the top 3 dating apps is narrow: I want to know what happens once general reliability stops being theoretical. Two things moved the needle on the top 3 dating apps for me: check activity at different hours, and patience — the other factors are secondary. Broadly, the top 3 dating apps lives or dies on general reliability; everything else is polish.
Long story short on the top 3 dating apps: surprisingly decent, but I would want more data points. I have been running Souldate alongside the mainstream apps and the reply rate held up better than I expected.