# Free, Pro and Max

> What each Snowcat plan includes, what it costs, how season passes and the founding price work, and what TestFlight unlocks.

Canonical: https://getsnowcat.app/help/plans/

## Page facts

- Status: Written for Snowcat 1.6.28, the App Store build.
- Plan: Not plan-specific
- Checked against the app: October 27, 2026
- Part of: Snowcat Help, https://getsnowcat.app/help/

## The three plans

- **Free:** lift status and the current wait at every lift, Liftie’s rating and every run’s numbers and slope chart, the 3D map, conditions, a 3-day crowd outlook, 3 route previews and 20 messages to Liftie in all.
- **Snowcat Pro:** know the wait at every lift before you get there. Hourly waits, the best hour, directions to any lift, every way down, a 14-day outlook, alerts, offline maps, and 50 messages a week to Liftie.
- **Snowcat Max:** Snowcat, tailored to how you ride. Everything in Pro, plus routes and reads for how you ride, First Chair picks, your own Liftie’s Report, and 100 messages a week.

## Prices

US prices on the App Store. The app shows the price for your own App Store country.

| Product | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Pro Season Pass | $13.99 founding, then $34.99 | Pro until the season ends |
| Max Season Pass | $23.99 founding, then $59.99 | Max until the season ends |
| Max Season Upgrade | $9.99 founding, then $24.99 | Moves a Pro Season Pass up to Max |
| Pro Monthly | $5.99 a month | Pro, renewing monthly, with a one-week free trial if you’re eligible |
| Max Monthly | $9.99 a month | Max, renewing monthly |
| Max Family | $14.99 a month | Max for up to six people. In the app, tap “View family plan” |
| Max Day Pass | $3.99 | Max for 24 hours. A second pass adds 24 hours. |

## The founding price and the season

Founding prices hold through January 7, 2027, in your own time zone. After that, season passes cost the regular price.

A season pass doesn’t renew. It ends by July 1, 2027, and the app says “Ends by July 1, 2027”.

## Liftie’s messages

Free riders get 20 messages to Liftie in all. Pro gets 50 and Max 100 in any rolling seven days. Liftie’s written features work only with Liftie turned on in Settings.

## What is free

Liftie’s rating, the numbers on every run’s page and the slope chart are free. Every way down from a lift and step-by-step directions need Pro. Liftie’s read on a run or lift, for how you ride, needs Max.

## TestFlight

The TestFlight beta doesn’t unlock any plan. Purchases in TestFlight use Apple’s test sandbox, so they aren’t charged and don’t carry over to the App Store app. Testers who signed in during the beta get a free Pro Season Pass after launch.

## Every feature by plan

The app’s own “Compare every feature” table, row for row.

### Waits and lifts

| Feature | Free | Pro | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lift status and the lift list | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| The current wait at each lift | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lifts list settings: sort, hide closed, row style | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hourly wait curve, for the resort and each lift | — | Yes | Yes |
| The next few hours, hour by hour | — | Yes | Yes |
| Best hour to ride | — | Yes | Yes |
| A better lift to try when a line builds | — | — | Yes |

### Forecast and conditions

| Feature | Free | Pro | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crowd outlook | 3 days | 14 days | 14 days |
| Best days marked in the outlook | — | Yes | Yes |
| Conditions for today and the last 14 days | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Whole-season conditions chart | — | Yes | Yes |
| Liftie explains snow, weather and road reports (needs Apple Intelligence) | — | Yes | Yes |

### Map and directions

| Feature | Free | Pro | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3D map with runs, lifts, sun, shadows and search | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Crowd heatmap on the map | — | — | Yes |
| Weather and falling snow on the map | — | Yes | Yes |
| Offline maps, with last-known lift status | — | Yes | Yes |
| Directions to any lift, turn by turn | Taste | Yes | Yes |
| Every way down from a lift | — | Yes | Yes |
| Route suggestions for how you ride | — | — | Yes |

### Liftie

| Feature | Free | Pro | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Messages to Liftie | 20 total | 50 a week | 100 a week |
| Liftie’s forecast in chat | 3 days | 14 days | 14 days |
| Liftie’s Report | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Your own version of Liftie’s Report | — | — | Yes |
| Insights on your cards, written on your iPhone (needs Apple Intelligence) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Personal insights on your cards, on any iPhone | — | — | Yes |
| Liftie’s read on any run or lift, for how you ride | — | — | Yes |
| Liftie answers with hourly waits, the best hour, routes, lap plans and what-ifs | — | Yes | Yes |
| Liftie remembers what you tell it | — | Yes | Yes |
| Liftie’s tone, set to how you ride | — | — | Yes |
| A short interview so Liftie knows how you ride | Yes | Yes | Yes |

### First Chair

| Feature | Free | Pro | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Which lift to be at when the rope drops, and its expected start | — | — | Yes |
| A First Chair rating out of 10, with the reasons | — | — | Yes |
| First Chair picks ordered for how you ride | — | — | Yes |
| Ask Liftie about First Chair | — | — | Yes |

### Trips

| Feature | Free | Pro | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Join a friend’s trip, edit, post, mention and share | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Create a trip | — | Yes | Yes |
| Plan a trip with Liftie | — | Yes | Yes |
| Crowd outlook for your trip days | — | Yes | Yes |
| Trip briefing and storm alerts | — | Yes | Yes |
| Liftie’s read on your trip | — | — | Yes |

### Alerts

| Feature | Free | Pro | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planning alerts: morning brief, powder, big days, opening day, trip days | — | Yes | Yes |
| On-the-mountain alerts: lift status, lines, weather turns, best window | — | Yes | Yes |
| Choose alerts per resort, and see recent ones | — | Yes | Yes |
| Alerts written by Liftie, and how often they come | — | — | Yes |
| Trip mentions and trip activity | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| A reminder before a Day Pass ends | — | — | Day Pass |

### Home and widgets

| Feature | Free | Pro | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home cards: crowd score, lifts open, hours, weather, snow, roads, tomorrow, cameras | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Built-in Home layouts | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Your own Home layouts, and a schedule for them | — | Yes | Yes |
| Resort Today widget, with current waits | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Best hour on the Resort Today widget | — | Yes | Yes |
| Season Countdown widget (the Home card is free) | — | Yes | Yes |
| Trip widget | — | Yes | Yes |

### Siri

| Feature | Free | Pro | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siri: crowd level, current wait, open a resort | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Siri: add a trip | — | Yes | Yes |

### Look and feel

| Feature | Free | Pro | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Default and Simple themes, with the Simple icon | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Burgundy, Pine and Midnight themes, with matching icons | — | Yes | Yes |
| Glacier theme and the Max icon | — | — | Yes |

- Taste: 3 free routes. You see the whole route; turn by turn needs Pro.
- Liftie’s written features need Liftie turned on in Settings.