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Open Source: The source is available to inspect for security issues and can be improved upon by anybody who wants to participate. Most of the times the software development is financed by donations in cash from users or in time from developers.
Free software: Software you get for free, usually paid for by siphoning off data, running ads (which include trackers), ... sometimes open source, most of the times closed source.
What you are saying is 'Freemium' software. Free software in our sense is free to do whatever we want, following its license, 'Free as in Freedom.'