Productivity · pricing
Bear pricing
Bear publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 28 August 2026, Bear pricing is free, then $2.99/month across 3 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free, then $2.99/month
- Model
- Freemium
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Yes
Bear plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 6 | Entry tier |
| Pro | $2.99/month | 4 | +$2.99/month, 4 more features |
| Pro | $29.99/year | 4 | +$27/year |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers local note access, document scanning, pdf, image, text, markdown, html, docx, epub export, 3 themes, no pdf/image search, no icloud sync.
Pro
$2.99/monthOver Free, this tier adds:
- All free features plus 28+ themes
- 15 app icons
- PDF and image search across notes
- iCloud sync across all devices
Pro
$29.99/yearNothing on the record separates this tier from Pro on features. Check the vendor's page for the limits it lifts.
Where Bear stops being free
Free, Free
- Local note access
- Document scanning
- PDF, image, text, markdown, HTML, DOCX, ePub export
- 3 themes
- No PDF/image search
- No iCloud sync
Pro, $2.99/month
The first thing you pay for:
- All free features plus 28+ themes
- 15 app icons
- PDF and image search across notes
- iCloud sync across all devices
How that compares in Productivity
Across the 4 productivity tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $22/month. Bear starts at $2.99/month, which puts it below the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear (this page) | Free, then $2.99/month | freemium | - | |
| Memtime | €10/month | subscription | - | vs Bear |
| Bring! | Free | Free, with an optional paid Premium tier for extras | - | vs Bear |
| Bluemail | Free | quote | - | vs Bear |
| Alfred | Free, then £34/one-time | One-time purchase | - | vs Bear |
| Day One | Free | Free tier plus subscription | - | vs Bear |
| Canary Mail | Free | Per user per year, or one-time purchase | - | vs Bear |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Bear badges page.
Before you pay for Bear
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between Free and $29.99/year, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Bear runs on not recorded. The full record is on the Bear review, and the rest of the category is under best productivity tools.
Bear pricing questions
- How much does Bear cost?
- Bear publishes 3 tiers, from Free for Free up to $29.99/year for Pro. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Bear have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers local note access, document scanning, pdf, image, text, markdown, html, docx, epub export. Paying starts at $2.99/month for Pro.
- What is the difference between Free and Pro on Bear?
- Pro costs $2.99/month against Free, and adds all free features plus 28+ themes, 15 app icons, pdf and image search across notes, icloud sync across all devices.
- Is Bear expensive for a productivity tool?
- It starts below the middle of its category. Across the 4 productivity tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $22/month; Bear starts at $2.99/month.
- Which productivity tools can I use without paying?
- 6 of the 8 productivity tools listed alongside Bear have a free tier: Bring!, Bluemail, Alfred, Day One, Canary Mail.
- What am I actually paying for with Bear?
- The record we hold does not itemise what each tier includes beyond the plan names and prices. The Bear review carries whatever feature detail is available.
- Does Bear charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Bear prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Bear against before paying?
- The closest productivity tools in this directory are Memtime, Bring!, Bluemail, Alfred. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Bear covering price, platforms and features.