A purity meter is a light-hearted quiz that turns a long list of life experiences into a single number between 0 and 100. You start at a perfect 100. Every question describes something you may or may not have done, and every time you answer Yes, one point comes off. Answer all 100 questions and whatever is left is your score. A high score means you ticked very few boxes. A low score means you have lived a busy life — and probably have the stories to prove it.
Where the idea comes from
Checklist-style purity quizzes have been passed around student campuses for roughly a century, long before the internet. The format survived because it is simple, social and a little bit revealing: friends take it together, compare numbers, and argue about the questions. The Purity Meter keeps that classic idea — 100 questions, start at 100, lose a point per Yes — and rebuilds everything else for the phone in your pocket: one question per card instead of a giant list, a live score you can watch move, and a result you can save as a picture.
How the scoring works, step by step
There is no complicated formula hiding behind the number. Your score is simply 100 minus the number of Yes answers. Say Yes to 12 questions and you score 88. Say Yes to 63 and you score 37. Every question counts the same — one point each — whether it is a small everyday moment or a legendary misadventure. That flat scoring is deliberate: the quiz measures how many experiences you have collected, not how daring any single one was.
As you play, the score updates after every answer, and a progress bar shows how far through the 100 questions you are. At the end, an animated gauge lands on your final number and places you in one of eight result bands, from Practically a Saint at the top to Legend Status at the bottom.
The five categories behind the questions
The 100 questions are split evenly across five parts of life, with 20 questions in 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 the everyday routines and indulgences that quietly add up. Digital life covers the modern stuff older quizzes never asked about — phones, social media, group chats and online behaviour. Your result screen breaks your score down by category, so you can see exactly which part of life cost you the most points.
What a purity meter is not
It is not a medical test, a psychology tool or a judgement of anyone’s character. It cannot measure kindness, honesty or worth, and it was never designed to. Two people with the same score can be completely different humans; the number only records how many items on one particular list they said Yes to. It is also not a competition with a “right” answer. A score of 95 and a score of 25 are both just snapshots — and retaking the quiz in a year, after life has happened, is half the fun.
Private by design
The Purity Meter runs entirely in your browser. There is no account, no email form and no server quietly storing your answers. Close the tab and the answers are gone. The only thing that leaves your phone is the result card you choose to download and share yourself — a picture showing your score and band, not your individual answers.
How long it takes, and how to play it well
Most players finish in about four minutes. There are no timers and no trick questions — which is exactly how it should be played: first instinct, honest answer, next card. Answer the person you actually are, not the person you present at work or online. The traditional way to play is in a group: everyone takes it on their own phone, nobody announces anything until all the gauges have landed, and then the scores are revealed together. That pause before the reveal, when everyone is quietly recalculating their life choices, is the best part of the game — and it has been part of the ritual for a hundred years.
Try it now: Take the free Purity Meter — 100 questions, about four minutes, no signup. Watch your score move live, then download your result card and compare it with a friend’s.
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Adults 18+ – for fun only, not a psychological test.