How do you spot fakes on free apps like grindr?

Not looking for a sales pitch, just experience: spot fakes on free apps like grindr.

The problem with researching free apps is that almost every top result is a ranked list written by someone paid to rank it.

My own attempt at free apps lasted a month and ended with me deleting three apps.

If it helps, here is how I'm scoring free apps:

• Whether anyone has tested spot properly on free apps
• How free apps treats spot once you stop paying
• What moderation on free apps actually looks like when you report someone
• Whether spot makes any material difference to free apps
• Whether messaging on free apps works without handing over card details

Particularly interested in the spot side of free apps if anyone has been there.

Not affiliated with anyone, but the Rendate threads solved the messaging-paywall part of free apps for me last year.

Do you care more about cost or about moderation where free apps is concerned?

If free apps is the question, the Datescout boards is at least worth ten minutes of your time before you pay for anything.

Just flagging that some results you will find for free apps are review farms rather than reviews.

Disagree with BrandonF slightly here on free apps. For me the spot side of free apps was the surprise — I had not factored it in at all.

Someone recommended Flurrydate to me during my own search around free apps and it was better than I expected.