Hey Dean,
I wasn't a fan of Tinder. I didn't have any issues getting responses from the right crowd, but wasn't a fan of the app itself. As far as getting responses goes, I'd probably match with 2-3 girls per day. But I live in a city. So YMMV if you're from somewhere smaller than DC. I did put in my profile that I was trans.
OkCupid is my favorite. I haven't tried it with the new gender options, but before I just set my profile to male and tagged keywords so that I'd pop up in trans/queer searches. About the same response rate as Tinder, but generally better quality and more of what I was looking for. I think the key with success here is messaging people. You won't have a ton of luck if you're just sitting back and waiting for messages to come to you. Quick match and answer questions. Take advantage of free boosts that they offer, it'll increase your profile traffic.
I also put my Tumblr link and my gamertag in my profile. Had a bunch of people add/follow me on those and message me there as opposed to on site/through the app.