Nothing. Here's the honest number.
Every feature, for everyone, with no trial clock and no card on file. I pay for the servers myself — and I'd rather show you the whole arrangement than ask you to take it on faith.
What you pay, line by line.
This is the complete list. There isn't a longer one waiting behind a plan-comparison table, and nothing here is a trial that quietly ends — the one condition on all of it is further down the page.
- No paid tier — there's nothing to graduate into
- No card, no trial countdown, no quiet renewal
- No ads, and your journal is never sold to anyone
- Every feature, for everyone
- Free
- Connecting ChatGPT, Claude or any MCP client
- Free
- The iOS app
- Free
- Exporting your journal, whenever you need it
- Free
- Ads shown to you
- None
- Your journal, sold to anyone
- Never
Three reasons, none of them a growth strategy.
Free software usually means you're the product, or that the price arrives later. Neither is the plan here — so here's the actual reasoning.
I built it for me.
I log my own food with Nutrio every day — it's how I keep the weight off without giving up half an hour to it. It has to exist whether or not anyone else shows up, so keeping it running isn't generosity on my part. It's just my Tuesday. What you use is exactly what I use.
The bill is small.
A modest server and a modest database. No ad tech, no office, no team. At this size the monthly cost sits comfortably inside what I'd spend on any other hobby.
A price would change it.
Paid software has to keep justifying its price — that's how calm apps end up with streaks, badges and notifications. Nutrio's whole job is to stay quiet. Not charging is the simplest way to keep it that way.
The one condition — and what I'd do if it's ever met.
Nutrio stays free while the running costs stay inside the budget I've set aside for it. That budget is real, it's mine, and it isn't infinite. I'd rather write that down now than surprise you with it later. If Nutrio ever outgrows it:
- You'd hear it from me first. No silent downgrade, and nothing you use today quietly moving behind a wall.
- I'd look at the bill before your wallet. Cheaper infrastructure and the tip jar below both come well ahead of a price tag.
- Your journal stays yours either way. From the iOS app you can have it emailed to you, or delete your account and all of it — that doesn't change whatever happens to Nutrio.
The full detail on what's stored and how to get it back lives in the privacy policy.
A tip jar,
if you want it.
Some people like to chip in towards something they use. If that's you, it's there.
