With the update towards the new dashboard I got myself the free trial once again. In my client it tells me it should have expired on 2017-09-18, however, it's the 22th and I still have it.
https://gyazo.com/a3180b24b06509cf8008e118437e4e9a
Running whatpulse 2.8.1 on W10 professional
https://gyazo.com/a3180b24b06509cf8008e118437e4e9a
Running whatpulse 2.8.1 on W10 professional