A purity test is a checklist of 100 experiences with a score attached: start at 100, lose one point for every item you have done, and see what number survives. People search for a purity test when they want the checklist itself — something they can start immediately, finish in minutes and compare with friends. This page explains the checklist theme by theme, how to take it properly, and what to check before you begin.
What the checklist covers
A good purity checklist is balanced, so no single part of life can decide the whole score. On the Purity Meter the 100 questions sit in five themes of 20 each. Romance covers dating, firsts and relationships. Social life covers friends, parties and nights out. Mischief covers rules bent, dares accepted and trouble narrowly avoided. Habits covers everyday routines and indulgences — the quiet points almost everyone loses. Digital life covers the modern list older checklists never had: phones, group chats, posts regretted and profiles revisited. Your result breaks down by theme, so the checklist tells a story, not just a total.
How to take the checklist properly
The rules are short and traditional. Answer honestly and quickly — first instinct, no negotiating with the score. Answer for the life you have actually lived, not the one you present online. Never answer on someone else’s behalf. And in a group, nobody reveals anything until every person has finished: the simultaneous reveal is the whole game, and it has survived a hundred years because it works.
Before you start: a three-point check
- Age. This is an adults’ game — the checklist on this site is labelled 18+ and written for fun, not as any kind of assessment.
- Privacy. Take the quiz somewhere your answers are yours. On this site the answers never leave your browser, but a friend reading over your shoulder is a local problem no website can solve.
- Comfort. You are allowed to stop. A checklist you abandon at question 60 has still done its job if it made the group laugh — finishing is traditional, not compulsory.
After the checklist: reading and sharing your result
When the last card is answered, your gauge lands on a final score and one of eight bands, from Practically a Saint (97–100) to Legend Status (0–14), alongside the category breakdown. Share the result card — a picture of the score and band — rather than your individual answers. The card is the headline you control; the answers behind it stay private, which is precisely how the checklist was designed to end.
Group mode: turning the checklist into a night
The checklist was designed for company, and it still plays best that way. Put every player on their own phone, agree the house rules out loud before question one — honest answers, no conferring, reveals happen together — and let the cards run. The middle of the checklist is where the room gets loud: scores are falling at different speeds, nobody knows where anyone else stands, and every player is quietly recalculating which category is about to betray them. When the last gauge lands, reveal in ascending order, lowest score last, and let the breakdown tables do the arguing. It takes about fifteen minutes all in, costs nothing, and reliably produces the story your group will still be retelling at the next gathering.
Why a checklist, and not a long form?
The card-by-card format matters more than it looks. A wall of 100 checkboxes invites skimming, second-guessing and quiet editing near the end, when the score is already visible in someone’s head. One question at a time keeps each answer separate and honest, and the progress bar carries you through the full hundred in about four minutes. It is the same century-old checklist, paced the way it was always played aloud: one question, one pause, one answer.
Start the checklist: Take the free Purity Meter — all 100 questions, one card at a time, about four minutes, no signup.
Keep reading: 15 Purity Meter Questions Explained, by Category · What Is a Purity Meter? How the 0-100 Score Works
Adults 18+ – for fun only, not a psychological test.