Hi ST-Ken. I've repo'ed your search feedback and sent it to our program management team to consider as future updates to refine the experience. They have made a lot of progress on modernizing lists, adding new entry points and improving performance and offline (coming soon; ref. "Project Nucleus" - Lists offline and performance improvements). If you'd not seen this article, "Top 10 hidden gems: Microsoft Lists" - it provides a good look at recent innovation as we continue to improve the user experience and update how you work on and share information across SharePoint, Teams, on mobile, and Web. You can track Lists for Android here on the public roadmap. The team is making progress and learning from iOS use in parallel. Last, our most recent disclosures, "What’s new for Microsoft Lists - Ignite 2021 [Spring] announcements."
Thanks for your feedback, Mark