Thanks, man! Exactly the kind of feedback I need.

Well, the point was less 'I have to get this girl', and more of did I do any mistakes along the way, missed opportunities, something that I next time could do better. Eventually, what am I doing right so far.

Yes, she did at around 10 pm (GMT +1). Her answer:

Thanks a lot!
Sounds good ;) So what does a prince work with? In addition to looking good?

So she still seem invested.

I am going out on a limb here with my theory, but it seems like the apps use classic drug-dealer psychology to get you to pay for a premium account. I got the same, 20 matches in the first couple of days after starting a new account, then maybe 15 likes in total the next month and the standard of girls dropped quite a lot as well. The apps want new users to have success (first hit for free) at the start so they put you in front of the deck. You feel like a stud getting all these matches. After that brief first period, now you get put way behind in the deck. You're left wanting that early success so you spend more time swiping (watching ads) and then money to get that feeling back. Unless you're like the top 5-10% who gets a lot of likes from girls and then you're kept in rotation to keep the hot guys around for the girls to come back to. It's frustrating when you know you can get matches with decent quality girls but don't get anything. I have friends who use the specific tactic of deleting their account, starting over, getting as many matches as possible early on and then stops swiping and just go off of those matches until they run out. And it works.