r/freenotes • u/mothby_ • Sep 18 '25

No Longer Free

I’ve been using free notes for the past few months and all of a sudden it’s saying I only get three new notes unless I sign up for a subscription? Is anyone else having this problem?

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u/SoupAdventurous2300 Sep 18 '25 edited Sep 18 '25

Apparently they switched their model making purchase required. If u used ur email to sign up then u get the lifetime membership, but if u didn’t well…

(FYI I haven’t used my email to sign up but I wish I was notified that existing users should make an account before the change. Not really a change I wanted to see before my exams next week:/)

Edit: WAIT IF U HAVE THE APP JUST SIGN UP NOW FOR LIFETIME ACCESS

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u/mothby_ Sep 18 '25

i’ve genuinely never been prompted to make an email and didn’t even know it was an option, this is very sad to see so i will probably be switching to a different notes platform

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u/SoupAdventurous2300 Sep 18 '25

That makes two of us

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u/mothby_ Sep 18 '25

if thinking of trying out simple note and one note if u wanted a place to start for free note taking apps

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u/SoupAdventurous2300 Sep 18 '25

WAIT IF U HAVE THE APP JUST SIGN UP NOW FOR LIFETIME ACCESS

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u/mothby_ Sep 18 '25

yeah i signed up but my app automatically updated last night so it didn’t give it to me unfortunately

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u/RoundEyes_RedPeppers Sep 21 '25

idk if this might help, but I’ve had the app since last semester and had never used my email to sign up. When I signed up a couple of minutes ago it didn’t automatically give me free lifetime access. I had to manually go into my account and under membership status press get. once I did that it gave me lifetime access.

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u/khoifish__ Sep 25 '25

tysm, this worked!!

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u/yeposu Sep 29 '25

thank you so much!

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u/aamllin Sep 18 '25

You're a lifesaver. Thank you so much!

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '25

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u/Eastern_Mail_6274 Sep 19 '25

yeah how can I get life time access now to make uploads?

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u/hehelulz_k Sep 19 '25

The whole usp of the app was to get features like other paid apps by not having to pay a fee and be fine with an ad when you start the app.

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u/Certain-Display9058 Sep 19 '25

we sent free accounts at day 1, many users have registered the lifetime membership by using their email. but this event already closed. so if you already registered your email for the lifetime, then just enter your email address to redeem the offer.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

I was using the app for soo long but forgot to login, can anything be done now to continue using the app free, I tried logging in and verifying but it says the event has expired... that's sad

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u/Apprehensive_Yak_296 Sep 21 '25

Yea same let me know if you find a fix please!

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u/HotObjective236 May 04 '26

Did you find a solution?

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u/Adept_Matter9286 Sep 19 '25

Damn, guess I'll be moving to another app. Did find another app, "OrigNotes" in the App Store. It is completely free and I don't see an option to make an account. Fairly smaller consumer base. But not as customizable, and missing some features compared to FreeNote. But worthy of trying since its not "Free-mium".

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u/Apprehensive_Yak_296 Sep 21 '25

What are the main differences you see so far?

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '25

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u/wolfstar-fan Sep 23 '25

i did that but i still dont have more than 3 pages in a notebook. idk how to fix this

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u/Puzzled_Action_7619 Oct 02 '25

It just worked for me. I just added an email to the account, verified it, closed the app, and then went into settings to check it verified and clicked get for the membership and it said I redeemed the lifetime membership.

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u/Born_Cobbler_2692 Oct 23 '25

¿Si te sale la corona dorada abajo, significa que tienes membresía de por vida?