試す vs. 試してみる

Context: I was trying to say a friend suggested an app, and I tried it out and liked it.

• このアプリを試して、すごく便利です。
• このアプリを試してみて、すごく便利です。

I was curious about the nuance in the two sentences.

試して – try

• try something without the additional nuance

試してみて – try out

• みて adds a sense of “giving it a try” or “testing it out” with less commitment
• sounds softer and more conversational
• implies experimentation or evaluation

So, probably for my case, I wanted to be more conversational and more like testing it out, so 試してみて might sound better.

Reference: https://ja.hinative.com/questions/24016276