Thanks for taking the time to share your review.
If you have the free version you have almost nothing.
I’m sorry to hear you were left with this impression though, I have to say, I also think it is an incredibly unfair statement.
The Events Calendar is a feature-rich plugin that makes it easy to publish and share events. You are correct that recurring event functionality is a feature of Events Calendar PRO and, if you manage series of events, that would certainly be a desirable add-on (and worth every penny).
However, not everyone requires that functionality and plenty of users do just fine without ??
it is ok, if you have only one event and thats it.
Your wording could be very misleading for other users.
So, for clarity: The Events Calendar absolutely does not limit the number of events, venues and organizers that you can create. You can create one, ten or a thousand (or more) using The Events Calendar alone and we’ve seen plenty of sites out there demonstrating this.