Pricing

Free in beta.

No number yet, on purpose. We’d rather earn it first. Here is exactly how it will work, so nothing surprises you.

Today, the beta

Everything, free

$0 the whole app, no trial clock
  • Licensed to you by name the first time you open it
  • Every feature, every theme, every export
  • Updates announce themselves quietly; you choose when to install
  • Your feedback shapes what ships, Help → Report a Problem
Later, at 1.0

One-time purchase

TBA announced well before launch
  • Pay once, own it: the key works offline, forever, for the whole 1.x line
  • Never a subscription, not now, not later, not “per seat per month”
  • Beta writers get a discount, thanks for the bruises
  • Your words are never hostage: files stay readable and exportable, licensed or not

The promise underneath both columns: Quillard makes money by being bought, not by watching you, renting to you, or holding your manuscript for ransom.

Questions
Why no price yet?

Because the app should prove itself before it asks for money. The number will be announced well before launch, and beta writers hear it first, with their discount.

What happens to my beta copy at 1.0?

It keeps working. Builds released after 1.0 need a paid key; nothing already on your machine is taken away, and your files stay readable in either case.

Will there ever be a subscription?

No. Major new versions may someday be paid upgrades, always optional, always with a discount for owners, but writing software you rent is the thing Quillard exists to not be.