Pricing
Simple, honest pricing.
Start with a 7-day trial. Upgrade when it has earned its place in your mornings.
Plans
Three ways to sit with it.
Every plan includes voice entries, memory, and daily reflections. The difference is how far you want to go.
- Best value
Monthly
$19.99$9.99/month
Founders price for the first 14 days after launch
- Unlimited voice entries
- All 5 entry types
- Daily + weekly reflections
- Memory bank
- Desktop access
Annual
$99.99/year
Best value — $8.33/month
- Everything in Monthly
- Monthly + quarterly reports
- Yearly retrospective
- Export and keepsakes
- Simple annual billing through Apple
How we compare
Not a journaling app. A cognitive mirror.
Other apps store your entries. Belong reads them with you.
| Feature | Belong | Day One | Rosebud | Calm |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price (monthly) | $19.99 | $2.92 | $12.99 | $14.99 |
| AI reflections | ✓ | — | ✓ | — |
| Voice-first | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Memory system | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Daily loops | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Privacy-first | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | ~ |
| Data export | ✓ | ✓ | — | — |
Questions worth asking
Everything you might want to know.
Is there a free trial?
Yes. Belong Pro includes a 7-day free trial. After that, Apple shows the App Store price before you subscribe.
What happens to my entries if I cancel?
Your data stays yours. You can keep recording, read, export, or delete your entries anytime. Free-tier AI generation is limited to 3 reflections per month and 10 reflection chat replies per day.
Can I switch plans later?
Anytime. Upgrade, downgrade, or pause your membership without losing your archive.
What if I cannot afford this?
Apply for a scholarship. We keep a quiet path open for anyone who needs it.
Is this end-to-end encrypted?
No, and we think it's important to say that plainly. Your entries are encrypted at rest and in transit, but our servers can access them to generate your reflections. True end-to-end encryption would mean we can't read anything you write — which would also mean the AI can't. We chose useful AI over marketing-friendly encryption. The AI providers we use — Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI — all operate under API terms that prohibit training on your data.
Who can see my journal entries?
You. And the services required to deliver the app — Supabase (storage), Anthropic (reflections), OpenAI (audio generation). All bound by contracts prohibiting data retention or training. Every service is named in the privacy policy.
Can I correct or delete what the AI remembers?
Yes. Memory editing is a first-class feature. Review, correct, or forget anything the AI has stored about you.
Will my journal content train AI models?
Never. Your entries are processed for your reflections only — they never enter our training, Anthropic's, or OpenAI's training datasets.
If this matters to you but the price doesn't fit
Apply for a scholarship. We keep a quiet path open for anyone who needs it.
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