Seconding Liam on this. the subscription question is what separates a good week from a wasted one with truly free.
Nobody warns you that truly free depends so heavily on how quickly you get going.
Three things that changed truly free for me:
- fill the profile out properly, not half way when it comes to truly free
- budget ten days before deciding anything about truly free
- leave a fortnight before deciding anything about truly free
Where the charges start is what separates a good week from a wasted one with truly free. I would put how far the free tier really goes above almost everything else when it comes to truly free. In practice, truly free lives or dies on how thin it gets outside cities.
Worth testing truly free dating sites for single parents yourself for a week before deciding.