# Start the 7-day NoteOwl Pro trial > Try every NoteOwl Pro feature free for 7 days on your Mac. Verify your email, start the trial with no card, and NoteOwl returns to Free when it ends. Source: https://www.noteowl.ai/docs/pro/free-trial · Last updated 2026-09-27 · Checked against NoteOwl 1.0.0 To try NoteOwl Pro, click any NoteOwl Pro screen in the sidebar, such as **Meeting Scribe** or **Chat**, verify your email address and click **Start 7-day Pro trial — no card required**. Every NoteOwl Pro feature unlocks on this Mac for 7 days, and NoteOwl returns to Free when they're up. ## How do I start the free trial? From any NoteOwl Pro screen: sign in with your email address, then start the trial. You need an internet connection, but no card. 1. In the NoteOwl sidebar, click a NoteOwl Pro screen, such as **Meeting Scribe**, **Chat** or **People**. 2. Type your email address in the **Your email** field and click **Continue**. 3. Type the code NoteOwl emails you in the **Code from your email** field and click **Verify**. 4. Click **Start 7-day Pro trial — no card required**. The screen unlocks, and under your name at the bottom of the sidebar NoteOwl shows **TRIAL — 7 DAYS LEFT**. You can also start it from your account: click **…** next to your name at the bottom of the sidebar, choose **License…**, sign in there, and click **Start 7-day Pro trial**. If you're already signed in, NoteOwl also offers the trial once after you've dictated for the first time, as **Try Pro for 7 days**. Choosing **Continue with Free** there doesn't use up the trial: it's still there on any NoteOwl Pro screen. ## What does the trial include? Everything in NoteOwl Pro, with the same on-device AI models as NoteOwl Free: meetings, imported recordings, summaries and templates, Chat and search, People, Commitments, Review, Calendar, Vocabulary and rewriting text with **⌥ X**. It covers this Mac only. The trial is tied to your email address and this Mac, and NoteOwl never asks for a card. Nothing you record is sent anywhere: see [what NoteOwl sends over the network](https://www.noteowl.ai/docs/data/network-use). ## Who can start the trial? Anyone who hasn't used it. The trial can be used once per account and once per Mac, so a new email address on the same Mac doesn't start it again. If it has been used, NoteOwl says **The trial has already been used on this account or this Mac.** If the trial can't start, for example because you're offline, NoteOwl says why, and the trial isn't used up. Try again when you're connected. ## What happens when the trial ends? NoteOwl returns to NoteOwl Free on its own. Nothing is charged and there's nothing to cancel. Dictation keeps working as before, and the NoteOwl Pro screens lock again, but everything you recorded stays on your Mac. * **Your recordings stay.** Meetings, transcripts and notes from the trial are kept on your Mac. To take a copy, use **Export all data…** in **Settings → Memory**, which works on NoteOwl Free. * **NoteOwl may ask why.** **Your trial has ended** asks what stopped you continuing. It's optional: pick a reason and click **Send**, or click **No thanks**. No recordings or transcripts are included. * **To keep NoteOwl Pro,** click **Buy NoteOwl Pro — $79** on any NoteOwl Pro screen or in **License…**, and pay in your browser. If you've paid and NoteOwl Pro isn't on, choose **Activate this Mac**. It's a one-time purchase for one Mac, and the unlocked screens show everything you recorded during the trial. Read the [refund policy](https://www.noteowl.ai/refunds) before you buy. ## Common questions ### Do I need a card for the NoteOwl Pro trial? No. The NoteOwl Pro trial needs only your email address, which you verify with a code. No payment details are asked for, and nothing is charged when the trial ends. ### Can I use the NoteOwl Pro trial twice? No. The NoteOwl Pro trial can be used once per account and once per Mac. If it has already been used, NoteOwl says The trial has already been used on this account or this Mac. ### Does the NoteOwl trial turn into a paid plan? No. When the 7 days are up, NoteOwl returns to NoteOwl Free on its own. There's nothing to cancel, and NoteOwl Pro is a one-time purchase you choose to make, not a subscription. ### What happens to meetings I recorded during the NoteOwl Pro trial? They stay on your Mac. When the trial ends, the NoteOwl Pro screens lock, but your recordings, transcripts and notes are kept. Export all data in Settings → Memory saves them to a file on NoteOwl Free, and buying NoteOwl Pro unlocks the screens again. ## Related - [What's free and what's in NoteOwl Pro](https://www.noteowl.ai/docs/getting-started/free-and-pro): NoteOwl Free gives you unlimited dictation into any app and voice notes. NoteOwl Pro adds meetings, summaries, memory and Chat for $79, once. - [Buy NoteOwl Pro and activate this Mac](https://www.noteowl.ai/docs/pro/activate-this-mac): Buy NoteOwl Pro inside the app and pay in your browser. NoteOwl activates this Mac when the payment lands, or you choose Activate this Mac. - [Record a meeting on your Mac](https://www.noteowl.ai/docs/meetings/record-a-meeting): Record any call on your Mac with NoteOwl and no bot. Press ⌥Space or Start Meeting; the transcript, summary and action items are written when you stop. - [Move NoteOwl Pro to a replacement Mac](https://www.noteowl.ai/docs/pro/replace-a-mac): A NoteOwl Pro licence covers one Mac. If yours is broken, lost or stolen, Replace a broken or lost Mac moves it free, once in any rolling twelve months. Learn more: [NoteOwl Pro pricing, on the Pricing page](https://www.noteowl.ai/pricing)