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One payment. Complete ownership.

No subscriptions, no cloud accounts, no recurring charges. $49 and it's yours — including every update we ship, forever.

Own it. Forever.

RedThread Studio

$49

one-time purchase

  • All features, now and with every future update
  • Native macOS — built on Rust, not Electron
  • Your data lives in a local SQLite file — no cloud, no account
  • Unlimited stories, characters, and worlds
  • No subscription, no recurring fees
  • Free updates, forever
Get RedThread for $49

Requires macOS 13 Ventura or later

No subscriptions. No cloud lock-in. One payment, yours forever.

Why we don't do subscriptions.

Writing tools should serve writers, not extract revenue from them. Your story database is yours — it lives in a local SQLite file on your Mac, never on our servers. We earn your payment once, and we earn your trust every day after.

Price$49 one-time$12–20/month
Data locationYour Mac, local SQLiteTheir servers
Future updatesIncluded, foreverRequires active subscription
Account requiredNoYes
Works offlineAlwaysDepends
Export your dataIt's already yoursIf they let you
RedThreadTypical SaaS

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30-day money-back guarantee.

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