Licence and billing

Almanac is free for 14 days, then a subscription of $5 a month or $50 a year for each Mac. This page explains how the trial works, how to buy and activate a licence, and how to manage your subscription.

The free trial

Almanac is free for 14 days from the first time you open it. Every feature is unlocked and you don't need an account. Settings › Licence shows how many days are left.

Prices and seats

• $5 a month or $50 a year, per Mac, plus any sales tax or VAT that applies.
• One licence covers one Mac. If you use Almanac on two Macs, you need a licence for each. You can buy several at once by choosing the number of Macs at checkout.
• All the Macs on your Almanac Account share your seats. For example, if you buy two Macs, any two of your Macs can be activated at a time.

Buy a licence

1. Go to almanac-cal.com/buy, or click Buy Almanac… in Settings › Licence.
2. Choose monthly or yearly and the number of Macs.
3. Pay securely with Stripe. Remember the email address you use, because your licence is linked to it.

The free trial is the 14 days in the app, so subscriptions don't add another one. Your first payment is taken at checkout.

Activate Almanac on your Mac

1. In Almanac, open Settings › Licence.
2. Under Sign in to Almanac Account, enter the email address you used at checkout and click Send Code.
3. Check your email for a 6-digit code. It expires after 10 minutes.
4. Enter the code and click Sign In.

Almanac shows “Licensed” and the Mac uses one of your seats. There's no password: whenever you sign in, we email you a new code.

Once activated, Almanac renews the activation by itself whenever it's online. It keeps working offline for up to 30 days. After that, connect to the internet so it can renew.

Using a licence key instead

If we've sent you a licence key (it starts with ALM1-), open Settings › Licence, click Have a licence key instead?, paste the key and click Activate. Keys are checked on your Mac. If you received an almanac://license?key=… link, just click it.

See and manage your Macs

When you're signed in, Settings › Licence lists the Macs using your licence, for example “2 of 3 in use”. You can also see them on your account page.

• To free a seat from the Mac you're using, click Sign Out in Settings › Licence.
• To free a seat on another Mac, click Remove next to it in Settings › Licence, or Deactivate on your account page.

Moving to a new Mac

1. On the old Mac, open Settings › Licence and click Sign Out. If you no longer have the old Mac, deactivate it on your account page instead.
2. Install Almanac on the new Mac and sign in with the same email.

Your calendar accounts aren't part of your licence. Add them again on the new Mac in Settings › Accounts.

Manage your subscription

Sign in at almanac-cal.com/account with the email you bought with. You can also click Manage Subscription… in Settings › Licence. There you can:

• see your licence, renewal date and the Macs using it;
• view and download your invoices;
• click Manage billing to update your card, switch between monthly and yearly, or change the number of Macs;
• cancel, or undo a cancellation.

When you change the number of Macs or switch between monthly and yearly, the price is adjusted for the rest of the current period. We email an invoice or receipt for each charge.

Need another Mac? Click Buy Another Licence… in Settings › Licence, or increase the number of Macs under Manage billing.

Cancelling and resuming

To cancel, click Cancel subscription on your account page and confirm. Almanac keeps working until the end of the period you've paid for, and you won't be charged again. Changed your mind before then? Click Keep my subscription.

After a subscription has ended, you can buy a new one at /buy with the same email at any time.

When a trial or subscription ends

Almanac doesn't lock you out of your calendar. Without an active licence it becomes read-only:

• you can still view and sync your calendars and join meetings;
• creating and editing events and tasks is paused until you sign in or enter a licence.

If a renewal payment fails, there's a short grace period while Stripe retries. If it isn't resolved, the licence stops working. Update your card under Manage billing to fix it.

Refunds and billing questions

For refunds, questions about a charge or any other problem with a purchase, email [email protected] or use the contact form. Include the email address you bought with. Our Terms of Service cover subscriptions and payment in full.