Pricing a software product is a statement of values. The model you choose says something about how you see your relationship with your users. We want to be clear about ours.
One price. One time. Forever.
Preserver costs $49 USD. You pay it once through the App Store or Google Play. You own the app indefinitely. There are no subscription fees, no renewal notices, no in-app purchases and no premium tiers unlocking features you thought you already had. Every feature is included. All future updates within the current major version are included.
We made this choice deliberately. Here is why.
Subscriptions create the wrong incentives
A subscription model requires a company to keep charging you. That creates pressure to withhold features, introduce artificial tiers and engineer reasons to keep you paying. The business model becomes about retention rather than quality. We are not interested in that dynamic.
A one-time purchase aligns our incentives with yours. We make money when you decide the app is worth $49. After that, our job is to make sure you agree you made a good decision — not to find new ways to extract revenue from you.
No ads. No data sold.
Preserver does not show advertisements. Your data is never sold, shared or used for AI training. Nothing leaves your device unless you actively choose to export or share it. There is no server where your captures are stored. There is nothing for us to monetise.
This was true before. It remains true now. The pricing model has changed; the privacy commitment has not.
We make money when you buy the app. Not from what you do with it.
What $49 covers
- All capture types — text, voice, photos, video
- Automatic GPS and timestamp on every capture
- Offline-first operation — no signal needed
- All future updates within the current major version
- No account or registration required
- Use on your own iOS and Android devices
Is it worth it?
A tradie who avoids one customer dispute by having timestamped before/after photos covers the cost of Preserver many times over. A compliance officer whose GPS-verified inspection log holds up in an audit covers it instantly. A healthcare worker whose proof of visit protects them from a false complaint covers it before they finish their first shift.
For anyone who uses Preserver professionally, $49 once is not a cost — it is an investment with a very clear return.
What about the perpetual licence?
Your $49 purchase is a perpetual licence. It does not expire. We do not have the ability to remotely disable or limit an app you have purchased and downloaded. The licence belongs to you.
