Pricing

Pay once. Keep it forever.

Boardify runs on your Mac, so the Mac app has no subscription. While it is in beta, it is free. When it leaves beta it is one payment of $9.99, and the app is yours, with every feature it has now and every feature it gets later. The browser version, which does need a server, will be a subscription kept cheaper than most notes apps.

Boardify for Mac

Free during beta
Freewhile Boardify is in beta
Then $9.99 once. Not per month, not per year.

Everything in Boardify, on your Mac. Free for as long as the beta runs, one payment of $9.99 once it leaves beta. No account, no renewal, no upsell inside the app. Every feature we add later is included.

  • Infinite canvas, all card types, boards inside boards
  • Native Mac app; browser version later
  • ZIP backup and restore
  • Milanote import
  • Every current and future feature of the Mac app, included
Download for Mac

Boardify Plus

Coming soon
Small monthly subscriptionCheaper than most notes apps. Price announced with the launch.

For the browser version, sign-in, and later sync between Macs. It runs on servers that cost money every month, so it is a subscription, priced below most notes apps. Nothing here is available yet, and nothing here will ever be needed to use the Mac app.

  • Browser version with sign-in — coming later
  • Sync between your Macs — planned
  • Sharing — planned
Sign in (soon) Coming soon
Why one payment

I paid monthly for a notes app for years. Then I built the one I wanted.

Boardify started as a way out of a subscription I could not get out of. Here is the short version, and why it ends with a single payment for the Mac app.

Michael ZogotMichael Zogot
maker of Boardify
  1. The years before

    Paying every month for an app that barely moved

    For years I paid a monthly fee for a notes app that ran on my own Mac and held my own words and pictures. The bill came like clockwork. Real improvements did not.

  2. The trap

    A local app, with a subscription as the only way in

    There was no other way to pay. Cancel, and the boards I had made on my own machine were locked away. Renting an app that lives on your own computer never sat right with me.

  3. The build

    So I made the app I had been waiting for

    Boardify is the app I use every day for my own work: the same idea, plus the improvements I had wished for all those years. I build what I actually need, then keep improving it so it is a great app for other people too.

  4. The price

    One payment, and it is yours

    While Boardify is in beta, it is free. When it leaves beta it will be $9.99 once, the deal I would have wanted. No renewal, no account, no locked features, and every feature I add to the Mac app later is included. The browser version runs on servers I pay for every month, so that one will be a small subscription, cheaper than most notes apps and never needed for the Mac app.

Freewhile the Mac app is in beta
$9.99once, when it leaves beta
$0per month, forever
100%of your data on your Mac

Pricing questions

Is $9.99 really the whole price?

Yes, for the Mac app, and while Boardify is in beta it is free. Once it leaves beta you pay $9.99 once and it is yours, including every feature it has today and every feature added later. There is no subscription behind it and nothing locked until you pay more. The browser version is a separate, optional subscription.

So is there a subscription or not?

Only for the browser version, because it runs on servers that cost money every month. It will be cheaper than most notes apps, and it is entirely optional. The Mac app stays a one-time purchase, with all current and future features included.

Do I need an account?

No. Download the app and start. Sign-in arrives later with the browser version; the Mac app never needs it.

What happens to my boards if Boardify shuts down?

Nothing. They are plain files on your Mac, and the app keeps working without any server.

Your ideas, your Boardify.

Free in beta, then $9.99 once · Apple silicon · macOS 12 or later · Browser version with sign-in coming later