---
title: Pro and licence
description: What is free in tagwerk, what tagwerk Pro adds, how to get it on each platform, and how the licence file reaches your other devices.
reviewed: 2026-10-29
---

## Free and Pro {#overview}

The base app is free, with no time limit and no account. Free on every platform:

- day notes with the complete syntax, writing, formatting, sections and links;
- today's tasks and appointments, and the overdue tasks in the task list;
- ticking off, moving and dropping tasks, repeating tasks and appointments;
- the *Day* view of the calendar;
- the full-text search, and the *Mentions* in the overview of a tag or person;
- the revision history and the ZIP export;
- a simple home-screen widget on Android, showing today's tasks;
- switching between profiles that already exist;
- syncing your notes folder with a program of your own, such as Syncthing or the Nextcloud app.

**tagwerk Pro** adds the following. The middle column says what you see without it.

| Pro feature | Without Pro | More |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The task list across days: horizon chips beyond *Today*, tag and contact filters, *All to today*, and the `is:` operators in the search | The list shows the overdue tasks and today's. The locked controls stay visible and explain themselves when pressed; an `is:` word is searched for as text. | [Tasks](../tasks/index.md#pro) |
| The *Week*, *Month* and *Agenda* views | The calendar shows the *Day* view; the other buttons carry a lock. | [Calendar](../calendar/index.md#views) |
| The built-in WebDAV sync, and on Android *Sync in the background* | *Settings → Sync* shows a notice instead of its buttons, and no sync runs. | [Sync](../sync/index.md) |
| Day templates | New days start empty. Template files you already have stay in `templates/`. | [Day templates](../day-notes/index.md#templates) |
| Tag colours | Tags are drawn in the app's own colours. Your colours stay in `settings/tagwerk.colors`. | [Tag colours](../tags-and-search/index.md#colours) |
| Statistics, and *Open*, *Coming up*, *Done* and *Statistics* in the overview of a tag or person | The *Statistics* sheet shows example data, marked as such. The overview shows *Mentions* and a notice. | [Statistics](../tags-and-search/index.md#statistics) |
| Widget configuration: time range, filters, title, font | Every widget shows the default view, today's tasks. The configuration is kept. | [Widgets](../widgets/index.md) |
| Profiles | Creating a second profile needs Pro. Profiles you already have stay usable. | [Profiles and storage](../profiles-and-storage/index.md) |
| Reminders, on Android and Windows | *Settings → Reminders* shows a notice, and no reminder arrives. The `C/` in your notes stay where they are. | [Reminders](../reminders/index.md) |

Locked controls stay visible. Pressed, they open a card headed *Part of tagwerk Pro* that names the
feature, with *Buy Pro* where the platform sells it.

## Price {#price}

Pro costs **€12 / US$12, once**. There is no subscription and no expiry date. One purchase covers
all your devices and platforms, and every profile on each device.

On Android from Google Play, the *tagwerk Pro* section shows the price Google Play reports for your
account (*One-time purchase:* and the price).

On Linux every Pro feature is included. There is nothing to buy. The Linux app has no
reminders.

## Getting Pro {#get}

| Platform | How | Where Pro comes from |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Android from Google Play | *Settings → tagwerk Pro → Buy Pro* | The Google Play purchase, or a licence file |
| Android without Google | *Settings → tagwerk Pro → Buy Pro* opens the licence page | A licence file |
| Windows | *Settings → tagwerk Pro → Buy Pro* opens the licence page | A licence file |
| Linux | Nothing to do | Included |

Every Android and Windows build accepts a licence file, whichever way it was bought.

### Android from Google Play {#play}

1. Open *Settings → tagwerk Pro* and press *Buy Pro*.
2. Google Play shows its own purchase dialog. If the purchase does not go through, the reason is in
   that dialog.
3. Once Google Play confirms the payment, Pro is unlocked on this device. The section then says *Pro
   is active - bought through Google Play.*

If the payment is not confirmed yet, the section says *The payment is not confirmed yet. Pro unlocks
by itself once Google Play confirms it.* *Check again* asks Google Play once more.

On a new phone or after a reinstall, sign in with the same Google account and press *Restore
purchase*. If Google Play has no purchase for that account, the app says *No purchase found for the
Google account on this device.*

The purchase belongs to your Google account. To use Pro on a device without it, turn it into a
licence file: see [Pro on your other devices](#other-devices).

### Android without Google and Windows {#web}

1. Open *Settings → tagwerk Pro* and press *Buy Pro*. The [licence page](../../license/#buy) opens
   in your browser.
2. Pay there. The checkout is Stripe's and asks for a name for the licence and an e-mail address.
3. The licence arrives by e-mail, usually within a minute. Nothing in the app changes until you
   activate it.
4. Activate it in one of two ways:
   - Paste the block from the mail into the field under *Import licence* and press *Import
     licence*. The app says *The licence was imported.*
   - Save the block as a file named `tagwerk.license` in the `settings` folder of your notes folder.
     Then your folder sync carries it to your other devices too. tagwerk reads the file when it
     starts, so close and reopen the app.

The section then says *Pro is active - licensed to* and your name.

No mail after a few minutes? Look in the spam folder, then use the form under
[Licence lost?](../../license/#lost) on the licence page.

### Linux {#linux}

Every Pro feature is included on Linux, for good. The settings have no *tagwerk Pro* section, and
no licence is needed.

## The licence file {#licence-file}

A licence is a small signed text file, `tagwerk.license`. tagwerk keeps it in your notes folder:

```
Tagwerk/
|- 2026/
|- templates/
`- settings/
   `- tagwerk.license
```

A file named `tagwerk.license` at the top of the notes folder is found too.

- It holds your name, your e-mail address, the purchase date and an order number. It has no expiry
  date.
- It is checked on the device, offline. tagwerk asks no server whether you may use it.
- Do not edit it. A changed file no longer passes the check.
- With several profiles, Pro holds for every profile on this device, even if only one profile's
  notes folder has the file.

Because the file lies in the notes folder, whatever carries your notes carries the licence.

## Pro on your other devices {#other-devices}

Three ways bring an existing licence to another device:

1. **Your own folder sync.** Syncthing, the Nextcloud app or a desktop sync client copy
   `settings/tagwerk.license` like any other file. Once it has arrived, close and reopen tagwerk on
   that device: the file is read at the start.
2. **The built-in sync.** It uploads the licence only when the server has none, and downloads it
   only when this device has none; a downloaded licence counts at once. It never replaces and never
   deletes a licence. The built-in sync itself needs Pro, so it helps a device that is already Pro,
   such as a phone with a Google Play purchase. Details in [Sync](../sync/index.md#what-moves).
3. **Copy and paste.** On a device with the licence, *Settings → tagwerk Pro* shows *Your licence*
   with the text of the licence. Press *Copy licence*, bring the text to the other device, and
   paste it there under *Import licence*. If the clipboard is refused, the text is selected and
   can be copied by hand.

### From a Google Play purchase {#from-play}

A Google Play purchase unlocks only the phones signed in to that Google account. To get a licence
file from it:

1. Open *Settings → tagwerk Pro* on the phone with the purchase.
2. Optionally, fill in *Name for the licence* and *E-mail for recovery (optional)*. Google does not
   pass on who bought, so the licence contains what you enter here. The address is only stored to
   send you the licence again if you lose it.
3. Press *Use Pro on your other devices*. tagwerk fetches the licence and writes it into your notes
   folder: *The licence file is in your notes folder.*
4. Carry it on with one of the three ways above.

If the licence server cannot be reached, the app says *The licence server could not be reached. Try
again later.*

## When Pro is missing {#without}

Without Pro, the Pro features show what the table in [Free and Pro](#overview) says. Nothing is
deleted: template files, tag colours, widget configurations, sync settings and profiles stay where
they are, and take effect again as soon as Pro is back. Your notes are never behind Pro.

If the notes folder cannot be read for a moment - a network drive away, a file locked by a sync
client - Pro stays as it was.

If a licence file is there but does not pass the check, the *tagwerk Pro* section says *A licence
file is in the notes folder, but it could not be verified* and adds why in a sentence, for example
*The text is incomplete or not a licence*. Usually the file was changed or only partly copied. Paste the
licence from the mail again under *Import licence*. If that does not help, see
[Troubleshooting](../troubleshooting/index.md#pro).

## Removing a licence {#remove}

*Settings → tagwerk Pro → Remove licence* switches Pro off on this device and removes the licence
file from this notes folder. It is offered where a licence file is what unlocks the device, for
example before handing a computer on. Nothing is cancelled, and you can paste the licence back at
any time.

> [!WARNING]
> If another program syncs your notes folder, it passes the removal on like any deleted file, and
> the other devices on that folder lose Pro too. The built-in sync never deletes the licence on the
> server.

A Google Play purchase cannot be removed in the app.

## A lost licence {#lost}

- **Bought through Google Play:** press *Restore purchase* on a phone with the same Google account.
- **Another device still has it:** copy it there under *Your licence* and import it, see
  [Pro on your other devices](#other-devices).
- **The purchase mail is still there:** paste the block under *Import licence*.
- **Nothing of the above:** on Windows and Android without Google, *Licence lost?* in *Settings →
  tagwerk Pro* opens the form on the [licence page](../../license/#lost). Enter the address you
  bought with. The licence is only ever sent to the address stored with the purchase.

A licence fetched with *Use Pro on your other devices* can only be sent again if an address was
entered under *E-mail for recovery (optional)*.

If none of this works - a licence that will not take, a purchase that never arrived - the
[licence page](../../license/#help) says how to reach us. Mention your platform and the version
from the bottom of the settings page.