Interesting, Rachel, because I found the opposite. the part people underrate about badoo free is the everyday experience. I judge badoo free almost entirely on whether it's worth paying for now.
Where the charges start is what separates a good week from a wasted one with badoo free. My experience with badoo free shifted completely once I paid attention to what it actually costs.
Nobody warns you that badoo free depends so heavily on the everyday experience.
Take that as one data point on badoo free to use in the US, not gospel.
Out of the ones I tried for badoo free, Souldate recently was the least annoying.