# Can I try CryptoBud for free?

**Yes.** Sign in on the [web app](/pwa) and you can watch CryptoBud without paying. That access is **read-only** on a box we operate, live on Binance Testnet, for demonstrations. Testnet balances have no cash value.

Our live book with real money is public at [bud.trading/bud](https://bud.trading/bud). Anyone can open it.

A new account can also get **3 days** on a private box when a trial is offered. Put a card on file on the web, or your Apple ID in the app, today. The first purchase is **$0** now. On day 4 the plan you picked starts unless you cancel. A later purchase on the same account is charged at confirmation.

### How the trial works

- **Web / Stripe:** card at checkout. A new account's first purchase is free for 3 days, then weekly, monthly, or yearly — whichever you selected. A later purchase is charged at checkout. Cancel in Stripe before the trial ends and you are not charged.
- **iPhone / App Store:** Apple ID today. If an introductory offer is shown in the purchase sheet, that is the trial — Apple gives it once per Apple ID. Cancel in Apple Subscriptions before it ends and you are not charged.
- Exact prices and trial terms for in-app purchase appear **only in the App Store / CryptoBud app** (Apple rules, and they can change). United States App Store list prices today: weekly $17.99, monthly $69.99, yearly $649.99. The purchase sheet is the price you pay.

Cancel before day 3 and you keep the $0. After that, the subscription renews like any other plan.

### What you pay for

Every subscriber gets a **private cloud box** that runs the trading plan, yours alone. You pick weekly, monthly, or yearly. Flat subscription. There is no per-trade fee and no cut of profits.

**Bud Intelligence™** in the CryptoBud app is included, with a shared **$4 USD** inference pool per box per calendar month. Sandboxes on that box share the same pool. That is usually enough. If you hit it, email [support@cryptobud.app](mailto:support@cryptobud.app). We will check that box and may raise the limit. If we cannot, we will say why and offer connecting your own AI provider or a plan with more room.

You can also talk to the box from Grok, Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor over [MCP](/mcp). Those chats use that client's AI and do not spend the app pool. [Terms of Use →](/terms)

### Plans

You can choose:

- **Weekly** — short try, low commitment
- **Monthly** — month by month
- **Yearly** — pay for a year. Two months are on us in that price.

The 3-day trial, when offered, is for a new account's first purchase on all three.

### If you were charged and want your money back

**App Store:** refunds are handled by **Apple**, not by CryptoBud directly.

1. Cancel the subscription in Apple Subscriptions (so it doesn’t renew)
2. Request a refund from Apple: [reportaproblem.apple.com](https://reportaproblem.apple.com)
3. Apple decides if the refund is approved

**Web / Stripe:** cancel in Stripe so it doesn’t renew, then email [support@cryptobud.app](mailto:support@cryptobud.app). We can’t promise every request is approved.

### How to start

1. On the web, pick a plan at checkout and put a card on file — or get CryptoBud on the App Store and pick a plan there
2. On a first purchase, use the 3 days. Cancel before they end if you don't want to continue
3. Open the [iPhone app](/get) or the [web app](/pwa) and add your box

Your money on Binance stays on Binance either way. The subscription is for CryptoBud — the cloud bot and Bud Intelligence.