It very much depends on who you are and what you are comparing regarding the Tiger. Ooops, Dev would curse me for calling it that.
As a romantic image of vintage aviation it scores most highly.
As a trainer, again, top scores, both for ease of repair and exhibition of the handling traits with which a student pilot needs to be able to deal.
But what do you compare it with?
Well, the Stampe and Jungmann are a joy but even they are are few years younger, the start of a new era perhaps.
Comparing it with the more modern aeroplanes, perhaps the Cessna which is now the primary training aeroplane, and the fact is the Tiger still requires more skill.
What I hate is to hear people who haven't flown one slamming it. Or those who haven't flown it enough. Easier to criticize it than to admit that you can't handle it.
And for all that, the noise, drafts, cold and handling, we still love it! We wouldn't have it any other way.