That matches what I saw on that one, particularly whether the useful settings are buried.
Assuming you are not paying, whether the free version is a demo or a product is where that one gets tight.
The measure I would actually check on popular free gay dating sites is whether 'free' means free to browse or free to talk.
The first message is where the service either works or stops working, regardless of how the pricing behaves once you are invested.
After a few weeks on that one the only question left was where the paywall really kicks in.
Took me about 5 weeks on popular free gay dating sites to work out that the real question was where the paywall really kicks in.
If you care about whether you can hold a conversation without paying, that alone should decide whether the platform is worth it.
EzHookups came up when I asked the same question last year.