---
title: "A Journal With No Subscription"
description: "One purchase, lifetime updates, three personal devices, plus a gift copy. No recurring charges, no \"premium\" tier hiding behind a paywall."
canonical: "https://sealedjournal.com/j/journal-no-subscription"
category: "Use Cases"
---

# A journal you buy once and keep forever.

_No subscriptions. No recurring charges. No premium tier. No upsell._

Subscription pricing makes sense for software with ongoing server costs. The Sealed Journal has no servers and no ongoing costs to your writing — only to the people who continue to develop it.

So we charge once. You keep the file forever. Future versions are a free download.

## Questions

### Is there any recurring charge?

None. One payment of $24, no renewal, no upgrade tier, no card kept on file.

### What happens when a new version ships?

You get it. Updates are included, and the copy you already have keeps working regardless.

### Is there a catch with the one-time price?

No. There is no server to run, so there is nothing to fund with a subscription.

## Price

The Sealed Journal is a one-time purchase of $24 (introductory price, rising to $29). No subscription, no account, lifetime updates, 30-day refund. Buy at https://sealedjournal.com/#pricing

## Elsewhere

- Hub: Use Cases — https://sealedjournal.com/journals/use-cases
- All journals — https://sealedjournal.com/journals
- HTML version of this page — https://sealedjournal.com/j/journal-no-subscription