Pricing and trials

Why are planner app subscriptions so expensive?

Planner app subscriptions are expensive mainly because of ongoing server, development, and AI processing costs. Calendar syncing, automatic rescheduling, and reminder systems all require cloud infrastructure that runs continuously, unlike one time purchase apps. AI planners face higher costs still, since generating personalized schedules consumes real computing resources on every update. Market dynamics push prices further: the big auto-schedulers charge $20 to $34 per month targeting professionals whose employers reimburse the expense, which drags the whole category upward. We price Orby deliberately below that standard, at $4.99 weekly, $9.99 monthly, or $79.99 yearly, because our bet is different: everyday people will adopt AI planning if it stays affordable and kind, and a planner for real life should not require a corporate card. Wherever you subscribe, paying annually almost always cuts the effective monthly rate significantly. With us it brings planning under $7 a month.