What to realistically expect from dating apps

Heyo! I'll try to keep this reasonably short and to the point.

I'm twenty years old and female--in the area I live in and hobbies I do, its very hard finding a Christian, especially Catholic, man around my age that isn't already taken. My plans for college fell through, and even if they didn't, it wasn't going to be a Christian campus--so I'm still stuck in my area for the time being.

However, I reconnected with someone I met online a couple years ago. He and I have become close friends the last month and have bonded over shared views on life, the dating pool, relationships, and also our shared experience growing up in a Catholic family. For a few different reasons, we both agreed that we aren't each other's person, but we'd help each other get there. And in doing so, he suggested we both make dating profiles.

Now, for me specifically, I would only want to make a profile on one, maaaybe two dating apps/websites, those of which are Christian based and not the common ones. I know the type of person I'm looking for won't be on Tinder, Hinge, or Grinder, so I'm looking at (hopefully) better options...

I've seen some people on her talk about different dating apps, but I'm wondering if anything has ever been successful for you? And what can I realistically expect from these Christian dating apps? Some I've seen require payment to send or read messages, which I'm not willing to do. I don't really think anything will come of it, but I've thought on it the last week and I don't think it would hurt, either? I'm fairly grounded and not dependent on male attention, approval, or anything unhealthy that often comes with dating apps in harming self image and confidence.

Any advance or specific app recommendations would be appreciated! I'm going in blind for the most part, lol.

Thanks!