Pricing
Three tiers.
Real differences.
No padding.
Free is the full app on one device, capped at 120 minutes a month. Pro is for active recorders who want sync. Pro AI is for stakes. Pick what fits, switch when it doesn't.
Every signup gets a 7-day automatic trial of the next tier up. How intro pricing works · Bonfiyah Friends — earn free months
$0
Forever, no card required
120 min/month · single device
- ✓ One-tap recording from lock screen + Dynamic Island
- ✓ Full transcripts via the upstream transcription provider (30+ languages)
- ✓ Speaker separation per recording
- ✓ Two-party consent management + state-by-state law guide
- ✓ Verbal-consent detection (v3.0)
- ✓ Search in transcripts (keyword)
- ✓ Eight widgets — 4 Home Screen (Recording, Daily Brief, Promise Ledger, Truth Layer; Small + Medium), 3 live activities, and a Control Center starter
- ✓ Records via AirPods, Bluetooth lavaliers, USB-C mics
- ✓ 4 appearance themes — Dark, Cream, Blue Flame, Light Blue (+ System)
- ✓ Contact Cleanup — find & merge duplicate contacts (25 fixes included)
- ✓ Bugs + feature requests reach me directly — your "I wish Bonfiyah did X" can ship the same week
- · Local on one device — no cross-device sync
- ★ 7-day auto trial of Pro at signup
$14.99/mo
$14.99/mo for the first 2 months, then $24.99/mo. Cancel anytime.
or $149.99 first year, then $199.99/yr
Unlimited recording. Multi-device cloud sync. Cross-recording layer.
- Everything in Free, plus:
- ✓ Unlimited recording (no monthly cap)
- ✓ Multi-device cloud sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac
- ✓ On-device live captioning (Apple Speech)
- ✓ Cross-recording Voice ID (voice recognition)
- ✓ Live speaker reassignment with carry-forward
- ✓ Email Intelligence — deep-linked emails
- ✓ Advanced Search (stories, transcripts, speakers, tags)
- ✓ Native Calendar + Contacts integration
- ✓ Contact Cleanup — 50 fixes/month (unlimited on annual)
- ✓ Auto-summaries on every recording
- ✓ Auto-translation across 30+ languages
- ✓ Custom vocabulary (word boost)
- ✓ Trim, split, continue, resplit recordings
- ✓ Branded PDF + Markdown exports
- ✓ Projects, tags, smart playlists
- ✓ Real-time multi-device sync
- ✓ Inline transcript editing
- ✓ Pre-meeting consent request
- ✓ Redaction view + sanitized exports
- ★ 7-day auto trial of Pro AI at signup
$24.99/mo
$24.99/mo for the first 60 days, then $34.99/mo. Cancel anytime.
or $179.99 first year, then $279.99/yr
Eighteen cross-recording AI surfaces — including the new in-app Help AI.
- Everything in Pro, plus:
- ✓ Proactive Notifications · v3.0.32
- ✓ AI Project Context · v3.0
- ✓ Compatibility Analysis · v3.0
- ✓ Team Dynamics · v3.0
- ✓ MBTI Compatibility · v3.0.52 · Keirsey-Bates
- ✓ Ray Dalio Pointillist Painting · v3.0.57 · 16 archetypes + 10 dimensions
- ✓ Mach-IV (Machiavellianism) · v3.0.425 · Christie & Geis 1970 · new
- ✓ Daily Brief · v3.0.447 · new
- ✓ Bonfire Pulse · v3.1.0 · weekly 10-Principles self-portrait · new
- ✓ Founder Score · v3.0.764 · weekly six-dimension mirror on operator posture · new
- ✓ In-app Help AI · v3.0.900 · conversational assistant on every screen, 200 msgs/day · new
- ✓ Promise Tracker
- ✓ Truth Layer (cross-recording contradictions)
- ✓ Pre-Brief notifications
- ✓ People Memory · Speaker Insights
- ✓ Story Mode recaps + Episodes
- ✓ Speaker Themes
- ✓ Project Actions (across projects + 'mine' filter)
- ★ 60-day intro window — real time to decide
All subscriptions billed via Apple. Cancel anytime in iPhone Settings → Subscriptions. Intro pricing applies to new subscribers only and steps up automatically at Apple's renewal cycle. How intro pricing works · Why two AI tiers?
Bonfiyah Friends · New
Refer a paid signup. Both sides get a free month.
Share your unique referral code. When a friend signs up to Pro or Pro AI with it, both your subscription and theirs get one free month credited automatically. Stack as long as your subscription stays active.
How Bonfiyah Friends works →Multi-device
Use it on every Apple device you own.
Your Pro or Pro AI subscription covers one primary device. Adding more — iPad, Mac, family iPhone, any combination — starts at $1.99/month for the first 90 days, then $2.99/month. Every device gets the full app with real-time sync of every recording, transcript, and Pro AI output.
+1 Device · Monthly
$1.99/mo
$1.99/mo for the first 90 days, then $2.99/mo. Cancel anytime.
Add or remove anytime in Settings. Cancellation pro-rated to current period.
+1 Device · Yearly
$19.99/yr
$19.99 for the first year, then $29.99/year. Cancel anytime.
Effectively under $1.67/mo in year one. Best for permanent setups (your iPad, your Mac).
How this compares
| Adding a second device | Cost | Sync experience |
|---|---|---|
| Bonfiyah | $1.99/mo intro → $2.99/mo · or $19.99/yr intro → $29.99/yr | Real-time, full app, every device |
| Otter Pro | +$20/mo per seat | Per-seat license; manual link sharing |
| Plaud NotePin | +$169 per device | Buy a second piece of hardware |
| Notta Pro | +$13.99/mo per seat | Separate seat |
| Just Press Record | Free across devices | File-based iCloud Drive only |
Feature-by-feature
The complete list, organized by tier.
| Capability | Free | Pro | Pro AI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recording & transcription | |||
| One-tap recording from lock screen + Dynamic Island | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| On-device live captioning (Apple Speech) | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full transcript with diarization (the upstream transcription provider) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Languages | 30+ + auto-detect | 30+ + translation | 30+ + translation |
| Custom vocabulary (word boost) | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Speaker separation (per recording) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Recording cap | 120 min/mo | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Inline transcript editing | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Trim, split, continue, resplit | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Personalization | |||
| Appearance themes — Dark · Cream · Blue Flame · Light Blue (+ System) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cross-recording layer | |||
| Cross-recording Voice ID (cross-recording) | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Live speaker reassignment with carry-forward | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Email Intelligence (deep-linked exports) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Advanced Search (stories, transcripts, speakers, tags) | Transcripts only | ✓ | ✓ + AI semantic |
| Native Calendar + Contacts integration | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Contact Cleanup — find & merge duplicate contacts, Siri-suggestion triage, bulk actions (on-device) · new 2026-06-10 | 25 fixes | 50/mo · unlimited on annual | 50/mo · unlimited on annual |
| Lock-screen Live Activity | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Recording-status widget + Dynamic Island | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AirPods / Bluetooth / lavalier mic input | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Auto-summaries | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Branded PDF export | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Export project to Apple Files Whole project + sub-projects as a folder tree — each story folder has its AI summary (Pro AI), a consent-redacted transcript, metadata, photos & files. iPhone, iPad, Mac. | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Projects, tags, smart playlists | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pro AI — Eighteen cross-recording surfaces | |||
| Proactive Notifications · v3.0.32 | — | — | ✓ |
| AI Project Context · v3.0 | — | — | ✓ |
| Compatibility Analysis · v3.0 | — | — | ✓ |
| Team Dynamics · v3.0 | — | — | ✓ |
| MBTI Compatibility (Keirsey-Bates) · v3.0.52 | — | — | ✓ |
| Ray Dalio Pointillist Painting (16 archetypes + 10 dims) · v3.0.57 | — | — | ✓ |
| Mach-IV (Machiavellianism) (Christie & Geis 1970, conservatively scored, not for hiring) · v3.0.425 · new | — | — | ✓ |
| Daily Brief (one morning roll-up · email + lock-screen) · v3.0.447 · new | — | — | ✓ |
| Bonfire Pulse (weekly 10-Principles-of-Burning-Man self-portrait · Sunday 06:00 UTC · personal-development reflection, not a clinical instrument · fair-use of an unaffiliated framework) · v3.1.0 · new | — | — | ✓ |
| Founder Score (weekly six-dimension mirror on operator posture · Vision Clarity, Conviction, Customer Obsession, Capital Discipline, Hiring Posture, Operating Cadence · strength signal + adjacent failure mode + Practice Move per dimension · built for the operator running the company, not for evaluating other founders) · v3.0.764 · new | — | — | ✓ |
| Help · Static FAQ + diagnostics (54-entry knowledge base browsable by category + search · one-tap diagnostic checklist · Report a Problem path · no AI required, no daily cap, no network) · tier-pinned 2026-05-30 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Help · Pro-feature topics + AI advisory teaser (Pro-specific articles: iCloud sync, AI summaries, transcript email, ACP/Internal flags, speaker memory · plus one conversational AI advisory per day, screen-aware) · new 2026-05-30 | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Help · On-page conversational AI (the `?` icon on every screen pushes a full conversational assistant · context-aware, your-data-grounded answers with citations · 8 read-only tools · structured tool proposals you confirm before they run · 200 messages/day) · v3.0.900 | — | — | ✓ |
| Promise Tracker | — | — | ✓ |
| Truth Layer | — | — | ✓ |
| Pre-Brief notifications | — | — | ✓ |
| People Memory · Speaker Insights | — | — | ✓ |
| Story Mode + Episodes | — | — | ✓ |
| Speaker Themes | — | — | ✓ |
| Project Actions + My Action Items | — | — | ✓ |
| Direct from the developer | |||
| Bug reports reach me directly — same-day fixes are normal cadence | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Feature requests reach me directly — your idea can ship the same week | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| In-app notifications when your fix or feature ships | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Privacy & consent | |||
| Consent & Privilege Management All six speaker states — including Attorney-Client & Doctor-Patient Privilege — with audit log and exportable PDF. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Verbal-consent detection (auto) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pre-meeting consent request | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Local-only notifications (no APNs payload) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Redaction + sanitized exports | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-device | |||
| Multi-device cloud sync (iPhone, iPad, Mac) | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Real-time multi-device sync | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Extra device add-on | — | $1.99/mo intro → $2.99/mo | $1.99/mo intro → $2.99/mo |
| Trials & rewards | |||
| 7-day auto trial of next tier at signup | → Pro | → Pro AI | — |
| Bonfiyah Friends referral program | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Always shipping | |||
| Bonfiyah ships new features continuously — there's no annual "big release." Open the app and the home screen surfaces what's new since your last visit, with a one-tap walkthrough of anything that affects your workflow. | |||
Pricing FAQ
The questions that actually come up.
What does intro pricing actually mean?
Pro is $14.99/mo for the first 2 months, then $24.99/mo. Pro AI is $24.99/mo for the first 60 days, then $34.99/mo. Extra devices are $1.99/mo for the first 90 days, then $2.99/mo. Annual plans are discounted in their first year and step up at renewal. Apple's StoreKit handles the step-up automatically. You can cancel anytime in iPhone Settings → Subscriptions. The full intro-pricing explainer →
Is there a free trial?
Yes — every Bonfiyah download gets a 7-day automatic free trial of the next tier up, built into the app. It fires on first launch with no card and no subscription required — just download. Download on the Free tier and get 7 days of Pro automatically. Subscribe to Pro and get 7 days of Pro AI. After 7 days you stay on the tier you actually paid for unless you upgrade.
How does Bonfiyah Friends work?
Refer a paid signup with your unique code: both you and the friend get one free month credited to your subscription. Stack referrals as long as your subscription stays active — no cap on how many free months you can earn. Both sides must be on a paid tier (Pro or Pro AI) for the credit to apply. The full mechanics →
Can I switch tiers anytime?
Yes — Apple's StoreKit handles upgrade and downgrade prorated automatically. Upgrade Pro → Pro AI mid-month and you're charged the difference for the remainder of the period. Downgrade and the change applies at the next renewal. Switching tiers does not reset your intro-pricing window — your remaining intro days carry over to the equivalent tier.
What happens to my recordings if I cancel?
Recordings stay on your device. Pro/Pro AI features stop after the period ends, but everything you recorded is yours. The Free tier transcribes existing recordings unrestricted; the 120-min/mo cap only applies to new recordings going forward. Multi-device cloud sync stops on cancellation; the local copy on your primary device is preserved.
What is Contact Cleanup and how many contact fixes do I get?
Contact Cleanup finds and merges duplicate Apple Contacts on your device — matching by shared phone number, shared email, and similar names — and triages Siri-suggested contacts, with bulk actions for large address books. It runs entirely on-device; your contact data never leaves your phone. A fix is one merged duplicate or one accepted Siri suggestion; marking a group "not duplicates" is always free. Free includes 25 fixes. Pro monthly includes 50 fixes per calendar month. Any annual plan — Pro Annual or Pro AI Annual — includes unlimited fixes.
Why isn't multi-device cloud sync on Free anymore?
Cloud sync between iPhone, iPad, and Mac requires real cloud infrastructure costs that scale with active devices. Pro covers that infrastructure for one primary device; the device add-on covers it for additional ones. Free users get the full app on one device — recordings, transcripts, the lot — just not synced across devices. We'd rather charge a fair price for sync than gimp the Free tier elsewhere.
What transcription engine does Bonfiyah use?
Two layers. Apple Speech (SFSpeechRecognizer) handles real-time captioning on-device with sub-second latency on Pro and Pro AI. The upstream transcription provider handles the full per-recording transcript with speaker diarization across all tiers. Audio leaves the device only for the upstream-transcription-provider pass — and only if iCloud sync or upstream-transcription-provider processing is enabled.
Is there an Apple Watch app?
Not today. Bonfiyah ships on iPhone, iPad, and Mac via Catalyst. Live Activity + Dynamic Island handle the lock-screen recording controls.
Why is Pro AI more expensive than Otter or Notta?
Cross-recording inference costs more than per-recording summarization. Pro AI runs eighteen cross-recording AI surfaces across your full library — Daily Brief, Bonfire Pulse (weekly 10-Principles-of-Burning-Man self-portrait), Founder Score (weekly six-dimension mirror on operator posture), Promise Tracker, Truth Layer, Pre-Brief, Project Context, Compatibility, Team Dynamics, MBTI Compatibility, Ray Dalio Pointillist Painting, Mach-IV (Machiavellianism, conservatively scored), Proactive Notifications, and more. Most are not analogues to anything competitors ship. The 60-day intro window plus the 7-day trial is so you have real time to decide whether the work being done is worth the standard price for your specific work. Why two AI tiers? →
What MBTI model does Bonfiyah's compatibility map use?
Two published academic frameworks. Costa & McCrae (1992) for the Big Five → MBTI mapping that derives each speaker's 4-letter type from their conversation-derived OCEAN scores. Keirsey-Bates Please Understand Me II (1998) for the pair compatibility model — six bands from Best (92, "Natural Partners") to Difficult (28, all four dimensions opposite). The score thresholds are pinned in the iOS app's compatibility service so the website and app always agree. Why MBTI Compatibility — full explainer →
What is the Ray Dalio Pointillist Painting in Bonfiyah's Team Dynamics?
An implementation of Ray Dalio's Dot Collector model from Principles: Life and Work (2017). Every team member is scored on 10 dimensions — Originality, Big-picture, Critical Thinking, Determination, Reliability, Open-mindedness, Composure, Empathy, Assertiveness, Sociability — and matched to one of 16 PrinciplesYou archetypes. The team-level heatmap surfaces who to lean on for which kind of decision, supporting Dalio's "believability-weighted" decision-making. Inferred from conversation patterns; the official PrinciplesYou questionnaire (free, ~35 min) at principlesyou.com is the ground truth. Full Pointillist Painting explainer →
Family Sharing?
Not currently enabled. The model is one user, multiple devices. If you want a household account where multiple people share recordings, that's not what Bonfiyah is built for — Otter's team plans are the right tool for that shape.
Refund policy?
Refunds are processed by Apple via reportaproblem.apple.com. If Apple declines and you have a specific reason you think they should approve, email [email protected] — we can advocate on your behalf.
Education / nonprofit / accessibility discounts?
Annual pricing already comes out to roughly two months free, which is the de-facto student discount. Beyond that — for accessibility-related needs, journalism nonprofits, or other genuine cases — email [email protected] and we'll make something work.
Not sure which tier?
Tell us what you record and how often. We'll reply with which tier fits — even if the honest answer is Free.
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