Pay once. Skip the renewal emails.
Subscriptions are a price per year, forever. Promptuoso is one payment for 2 desktops and 2 phones, with a 14-day free trial and a 30-day refund.
Promptuoso is a local-first, cross-platform app for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS with a text expander and mission control for your AI apps, and one lifetime payment covers both. The tables show what the subscription alternatives cost over 1, 3 and 5 years. See the text expander or AI mission control.
Title tag (SEO): Text Expander Pricing: Lifetime vs Subscription Cost Meta description: See what TextExpander, Raycast, Text Blaze and AI agent tools cost over 1, 3 and 5 years, next to Promptuoso: one payment, 2 desktops and 2 phones, no renewal.
Alternative headlines
- Five years of TextExpander Pro costs $300. Promptuoso costs $19.99.
- One payment. 2 desktops and 2 phones. No renewal.
- The lifetime licence for your text expander and your AI mission control
Total cost over time
| Per year | 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Promptuoso | One payment | $19.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 |
| TextExpander Pro | $60 | $60 | $180 | $300 |
| Raycast Pro | $96 | $96 | $288 | $480 |
| Text Blaze Pro | $35.88 | $35.88 | $107.64 | $179.40 |
| Keep My Prompts Pro | €23.88 | €23.88 | €71.64 | €119.40 |
| Keep My Prompts Ultimate | €59.88 | €59.88 | €179.64 | €299.40 |
| GitHub Copilot Pro | $120 | $120 | $360 | $600 |
| GitHub Copilot Pro+ | $468 | $468 | $1,404 | $2,340 |
| Conductor Pro | $600 | $600 | $1,800 | $3,000 |
| A typical stack: TextExpander Pro + Conductor Pro | $660 | $660 | $1,980 | $3,300 |
The Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini plans you already pay for work with Promptuoso, so there is no second AI bill.
Other one-time prices
| Price | |
|---|---|
| Promptuoso | $19.99, 2 desktops and 2 phones, Windows, macOS, Android and iOS |
| aText | Lifetime $29.99 (5 computers), or $4.99 a year |
| TypingMind | Standard $39, Extended $79 (5 devices) |
What the payment covers
- 2 desktops and 2 phones, Windows or Mac in any mix.
- A 14-day free trial of the desktop app with every feature on and no card. Then a free version that keeps working: everything you made stays visible, editable, exportable and expanding.
- A 30-day refund.
- Updates delivered inside the app.
- Everything in the app: mission control for your AI apps (AI team, Desk, Projects, AI setup, MCP server), plus text expansion, the prompt library and vaults.
Audience blurbs
For people searching "lifetime text expander"
- One payment, no renewal date to forget.
- 2 desktops and 2 phones on one licence.
- A free version that keeps working if you stop at the trial.
For people comparing subscription prices
- TextExpander Pro costs $300 over five years. Raycast Pro costs $480. Promptuoso costs $19.99.
- The more tools you stack, the more the subscriptions add up: TextExpander Pro with Conductor Pro is $3,300 over five years.
- One licence covers text expansion, prompts, MCP and your AI team.
For people who already pay for Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini
- Promptuoso runs on those subscriptions. There is no second AI bill.
- It reduces how much you spend explaining things to your AI: prompts, rules and project memory are written once and reused.
- You choose when your AI apps run. Promptuoso coordinates them and waits for your approval.
For small teams and freelancers watching cost
- Buy it once per person and stop tracking renewals.
- Try the desktop app free for 14 days with no card.
- Not for you? 30-day refund.
Prices checked on 20 October 2026. Promptuoso is shown at the early-buyer price while places are left; the list price is $19.99. Other prices are the publishers' own list prices in US dollars.