ReallyFree
See what's really 'free' before you click
45 followers
See what's really 'free' before you click
45 followers
ReallyFree offers a free, searchable Green List of books, apps and useful websites, plus an optional Chrome, Firefox or Edge extension. Use the list without installing anything. The extension shows available ratings beside supported search results; some pages remain unrated. Read the recorded conditions and provider details. Business support never buys or changes a rating.
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What happened to the word "free" in English? It's almost impossible to find anything that's really free. There's always a catch.
I built this (free!) extension to answer that question — right on your search results. Search for anything "free" and watch for the colored dots. Green means really free.
🎬 See it in action:
Enjoy the freedom!
Cool idea! I tested it with “CCTV lens calculator” and noticed that a few free tools, including JVSG Lens Calculator and others, were marked incorrectly. Looks like niche searches still need a bit of tuning. How are the ratings determined?
@lisa_yashina Hi Lisa,
We're always culling the response to catch cases where we didn't "get it right". The goal is to be 90% accurate and to improve from there.
There is a special link to report any incorrect verdicts. I'll manually report this one so it will be reviewed.
Thank you !!!
@lisa_yashina Hey Lisa,
I might not have included enough information for you to help you understand our process. My apologies.
1. We dig through the site looking for paywalls
2. We seek "pricing" pages and related -- though these sometimes offer "tiers" of free and paid products. If tiered, we try to ensure that the free product is actually useful and not just an extremely limited version of the paid one.
3. We use common terms to understand the "way" the product is referred to as paid or free
4. We seek "free" signals of many kinds throughout the site
I'll see to it that JVSG Lens Calculator is re-run per your request.
Much appreciated.
@lisa_yashina Lisa,
After a quick review of our filters, we need to consider your unioque case... you can also opt to proactrively add a few words to your page(s):
* It's ideal to have clear "free" signals -- "Free Online " --
* And then anything else you can do to reassure the user that this is not just a way to dig into a trial, paywall, etc. -- "no account necessary"... but that's icing on the cake.,
If necessary, I'll hard-code your "green" status and will send you a notification of that. You can even use your "really free" badge on your site if you wish.