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I don't think you get the PMC in the free version, and you cant plan workouts either so I'd say the free version is pretty useless TBH (unless I'm wrong about the PMC bit..)
I cant comment on the effectiveness of it really as I've only been using since November and this is the first time I've raced, so whether getting the numbers right results in a peak is a bit of a mystery until Sunday (and really once probably isn't that great of a test)
I assume its calculation of a TSS for cycling would be based on cycling threshold heart rate (subject to the usual vagaries around HR) so could be fairly good as long the threshold is set correctly
Its pretty useful with all the functionality switched on, I forecast the TSS's for future sessions based on numbers for previous similar sessions, and that's been really useful in seeing quite how fatigued I'll be at the end of the training block/understanding the impact of sessions.
Both British Cycling and Triathlon give members a discount code for annual subscription but there are lots of codes floating about for free week/month trials, and you'd be able to work out if you like it during a month, especially if you took the time to go back and enter the last 3 months worth of workouts as well.