Most comparisons of free personals dating sites for casual skip what the real cost is after the trial, which is the part that matters.
My first week on free personals dating sites for casual looked promising; by the second I was only really watching how far the free tier actually stretches.
If you care about how much of it is usable without a card, that alone should decide whether the app is worth it.
The measure I would actually check on the app is how far the free tier actually stretches.
Turning off read receipts made the app far less stressful, though it did nothing for how much control you get over who sees you.
That is roughly where I landed on free personals dating sites for casual after a fair amount of trial and error.