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Yeah dating apps either frustrate me or discourage me so I am trying to avoid them. The trouble is that the alternatives are meeting people at hobby based clubs or approaching people while I am out and about which I don't have the cajones for.
The point of hobbies and activity based social gathering is that you can focus on the activity until you're comfortable enough with the people around you to talk to them. It's fine if it takes a month or two to open up and engage more!
If you're looking to date, just make sure the type of person you're interested in would be in those same groups.
I wouldn't know. It would probably take me months to figure out if the sort of people that attend these clubs would be dateable. I am no expert on hobby clubs but the little experience I have had with them is they tend to be small and hardcore. Since I am not hardcore about anything either due to personality or depression, it is difficult to gage if I have a place there.
Hardest part is going, being open to new types of clubs, and sticking to it.
I would say that volunteer work is generally a better experience as well for both things.
Like you said, clubs focus on the thing where good volunteer work is both about the work and the people.