Is Siply free?

Yes, Siply is free to download with no account required to start. The free tier includes 5 sessions per month, up to 8 drinks per session, BAC estimation, intention setting, and one introductory narrative to show you what the morning-after entry feels like. Premium unlocks everything — unlimited sessions, unlimited drinks per session, full AI narratives every morning, hourly BAC breakdowns, pattern insights, photo uploads, data export, a custom drink library, budget analysis, and the full editorial content in the app — for $4.99 per month or $39.99 per year. The annual plan comes with a 7-day free trial.

The pricing structure is short enough to fit in a single paragraph, which is intentional. There is no enterprise tier, no in-app currency, no tiered feature unlocks that surface as you use the app. There is one free version, one premium version, and a discount for paying annually. The full reasoning behind that simplicity is the actual subject of this piece.

How much does Siply Premium cost?

Siply Premium costs $4.99 per month or $39.99 per year. Both plans are billed through the Apple App Store or Google Play Store, and both can be cancelled at any time through your standard subscription settings.

The annual plan saves roughly 33% compared to the monthly rate and includes a 7-day free trial. The monthly plan does not include a trial. If you want to try Premium without paying anything up front, the annual plan is the path — you can cancel any time during the trial week and pay nothing.

What is the actual difference between free and paid?

Free is a real working trial of Siply, capped at 5 sessions a month so you can see what the app does. Premium removes the caps and unlocks the features that make Siply useful over time. If you only drink occasionally and want to check in on yourself a few times a month, the free tier may be enough. If you want Siply to be a real practice — a daily or weekly tool you actually rely on — Premium is what you are looking for.

Specifically, Premium adds:

• Unlimited sessions and drinks — no monthly cap, no per-session ceiling, log as much as your life actually contains
• Full AI narratives every morning — the introductory entry you saw in the free tier, written fresh for every session you log
• Hourly BAC breakdown — see your estimated BAC by the hour, including projected time to sober and trace levels
• Pattern insights — analysis across many sessions, surfacing recurring patterns you would not catch alone
• Photo uploads — attach images to your sessions so the entries can reference what the night actually looked like
• Custom drink library — add the specific bottles, brands, and pours you actually drink, with accurate ABV
• Budget analysis — see what your drinking actually costs you, broken down across the month
• Data export — download your full session history in a portable format you own
• Unlimited history — every session stays accessible, not just the last seven days
• No ads — the free tier shows occasional ads to offset its cost; Premium does not

The free tier is generous enough to show you whether the product works for you. Premium is what makes it sustainable to use as an actual practice.

Is there a free trial of Siply Premium?

Yes, the annual plan includes a 7-day free trial. During those seven days you have full access to every Premium feature — unlimited sessions, AI narratives, hourly BAC breakdowns, pattern insights, the works. If you cancel before the trial ends, you are not charged.

The trial is only available on the annual plan, not the monthly. This is partly a billing simplification — the App Store and Google Play handle trial enrollment cleanly for annual subscriptions but more awkwardly for monthly — and partly a soft nudge toward the plan that actually works long-term for most users. Mindful drinking is a practice, and practices benefit from continuity. The annual plan rewards continuity with a better rate and a real chance to evaluate the product before committing.

If the trial period is not enough time to decide, you can always cancel before the seven days end, then resubscribe later. Your logged data persists across the gap — Siply does not delete your sessions when a trial expires or a subscription lapses. You can return whenever it makes sense.

Can I cancel Premium anytime?

Yes, you can cancel Siply Premium at any time through your App Store or Google Play subscription settings. After cancellation, you retain Premium access until the end of your current billing period, then automatically revert to the free tier.

Your logged sessions and historical data are not deleted when you cancel. The narrative entries from your Premium period remain readable in the app, and any magazine PDFs you have already downloaded are yours to keep regardless of subscription status. We treat cancellation as a normal lifecycle event, not a problem to be prevented.

Why not free forever?

The honest answer is that an app like Siply has real ongoing costs that do not disappear after launch. Generating high-quality narratives requires AI inference, which is a per-use expense. The monthly magazine involves editorial design, writing, and assembly. Server costs, payment processing, App Store fees, and basic compliance all scale with usage rather than launch-once-and-forget.

A free-forever app is either supported by venture capital (which expects an eventual exit that often involves selling user data or running ads), supported by an existing successful product, or running at a permanent loss. None of these models fit what Siply is trying to be. A small subscription from users who get genuine value is the cleanest way to keep the product honest — no ads, no data sales, no engagement-maximizing dark patterns. You pay if it is worth paying for. You do not if it is not.

The pricing also reflects a belief about what the product is. Siply is not a one-time utility you open once and discard. It is a journaling practice, and journaling practices benefit from continuity. Paying a few dollars a month aligns your incentive with the app's design: both of you are bet on a long-term relationship, not a single moment of use.

The Siply Editors write about the small chemistry and large culture of how we drink. Read more in Issue 01.