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How do I compare free trials?

Score two or three apps fairly on the comparison worksheet.

Narrated video with captions, 37 s. Made with a fictional company, Brightline Heating & Air (sample · fictional business). Read the transcript · Download the step-by-step PDF

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  1. Step 1: Free trials usually last seven to fourteen days. Here's how to compare two or three apps fairly.

    Free trials usually last seven to fourteen days. Here's how to compare two or three apps fairly.

  2. Step 2: Make the same three calls to each trial: a common question, a missed call and an urgent one.

    Make the same three calls to each trial: a common question, a missed call and an urgent one.

  3. Step 3: Score each line on the worksheet zero, one or two. Zero if it can't, one if it needs a workaround, two if it just works.

    Score each line on the worksheet zero, one or two. Zero if it can't, one if it needs a workaround, two if it just works.

  4. Step 4: Write the price with the texts, minutes and numbers you'd really use. Brightline picked the app that scored eight of eight at seventy-nine dollars, over one that sounded better but couldn't reach the on-call tech.

    Write the price with the texts, minutes and numbers you'd really use. Brightline picked the app that scored eight of eight at seventy-nine dollars, over one that sounded better but couldn't reach the on-call tech.

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