AmeliaG_CA makes a fair point but I read it differently. i judge percent free almost entirely on how far the free tier really goes now. Nobody warns you that percent free depends so heavily on how it feels to use. Two people can have opposite results with percent free purely because of how thin it gets outside cities.
The honest tradeoff with percent free is the paywall question against convenience. You can't really talk about percent free without talking about the setup.
Three things that changed percent free for me:
- read the whole profile before you send anything when it comes to percent free
- plan for a full month before deciding anything about percent free
- leave a fortnight before deciding anything about percent free
- set aside a couple of weekends before deciding anything about percent free
Curious whether percent free works differently outside big cities? Take that as one data point on 100 percent free dating sites are usable, not gospel.
A friend pointed me at Datelink for this when I asked about percent free and it held up.