Plans and the free trial

Good Steward Money has four plans. They include the same budgeting tools and differ in bank sync.

Your first plan starts with a 30-day free trial. The Billing page shows current prices. To begin, see Start a plan or free trial.

What the plans include

Every plan includes budgets, goals, schedules, rules and reports. Manual has no bank sync, so you add and categorize your own transactions. Basic, Advanced and Premium add automatic bank sync.

A bank counts once, however many of its accounts you link. See Bank connections and your plan for what counts as a bank and what the limit messages mean.

Monthly or yearly

You pay for a plan monthly or yearly. Choose Monthly or Yearly above the plan cards. Yearly is selected first and shows how many months you save compared with paying monthly. Prices are in US dollars, and the Billing page says so above the plan cards. Amounts in sentences, on invoices and in emails start with "US$", for example "US$4.00".

After you start a plan, you can't switch between monthly and yearly in the app. See Change your plan.

How the free trial works

• The trial starts when you finish checkout on your first plan, not when you create your account.
• The trial lasts 30 days.
• A card is required. Each plan card says "30-day free trial. Charged when the trial ends."
• If you cancel before the trial ends, your card is not charged. See Cancel or resume your plan.
• If you don't cancel, your card is charged when the trial ends, and the plan renews monthly or yearly.
• Good Steward emails you a reminder shortly before the trial ends.
• A canceled trial ends on its end date. See What happens when your plan ends.
• The trial applies to the first plan you start. If you subscribe again later, no trial is offered and the plan card button reads Select instead of Start free trial.

If you pay for Good Steward Local, the previous app, see Keep your Good Steward Local price. It changes when you are first charged.

See your days left

During the trial, a chip under the logo in the sidebar shows the days left, for example "Trial · 12 days left". On a phone, it takes the place of the Good Steward Money name beside the logo in the top bar. The chip turns gold when 7 days or fewer remain.

Select the chip to open Billing. The status card there reads "Free trial" and shows the days left.

If you moved from Good Steward Local, the chip reads "First payment {date}" until your first payment, and the status card reads "Paid through Good Steward Local until {date}". See Keep your Good Steward Local price.

The chip is hidden while the sidebar is collapsed to icons.