Plans and prices
Every plan is for one person inside and starts with a 48-hour free trial. Cancel anytime online.
Essential
$12.99 a month
- One person inside
- Up to 2 family phone numbers
- Unlimited texts
- Article lookups
- Photo prints at add-on prices
- Homeward Helper, our automated assistant
After the 48-hour free trial, your Essential plan renews at $12.99 a month until you cancel. Cancel anytime online at homewardtext.com/account. We text a reminder before the trial ends. Card or digital wallet only.
Plus
$24.99 a month
- One person inside
- Up to 4 family phone numbers
- Unlimited texts
- Article lookups
- 10 free 4x6 photo prints a month
- Homeward Helper, our automated assistant
After the 48-hour free trial, your Plus plan renews at $24.99 a month until you cancel. Cancel anytime online at homewardtext.com/account. We text a reminder before the trial ends. Card or digital wallet only.
Family
$36.99 a month
- One person inside
- Up to 6 family phone numbers
- Unlimited texts
- Article lookups
- 20 free 4x6 photo prints a month
- Birthday and holiday reminders, and help picking and writing cards from our assistant (reminders are off until you turn them on)
- Homeward Helper, our automated assistant
After the 48-hour free trial, your Family plan renews at $36.99 a month until you cancel. Cancel anytime online at homewardtext.com/account. We text a reminder before the trial ends. Card or digital wallet only.
Unlimited texts are for personal messages. See fair use.
Compare plans
| Essential | Plus | Family | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $12.99 a month | $24.99 a month | $36.99 a month |
| Free trial | 48 hours | 48 hours | 48 hours |
| People inside | One | One | One |
| Family phone numbers | Up to 2 | Up to 4 | Up to 6 |
| Texts | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Article lookups | Included | Included | Included |
| Free 4x6 photo prints | None (add-on price) | 10 a month | 20 a month |
| Birthday and holiday reminders, help with cards | No | No | Yes (off until you turn them on) |
| Homeward Helper assistant | Included | Included | Included |
| Reach a person (text PERSON to your Homeward Helper number) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Every plan includes
- Text from your own phone. Their replies come back as texts.
- Your words sent exactly as you wrote them.
- Unlimited texts. Fair use applies.
- Article lookups.
- Homeward Helper, our automated assistant. It answers questions any time, checks order and print status, tells you if a facility has paused messages, helps you change your number or cancel, and warns you before a trial or renewal charge. It always says it's automated.
- A person whenever you want one. Text PERSON to your Homeward Helper number.
- No charge while a facility has outside messages paused.
Add-ons for any plan
- 4x6 photo print$0.25 each
- Letter-size print$0.50 plain or $1.00 glossy
- Greeting card$3.99 each
- Extra family phone number$3 a month
Free prints on Plus and Family count against 4x6 prints only. Prints already sent can't be refunded.
How your free trial works
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The prices below are for Essential. Plus and Family work the same way at their own price.
Today
Sign up and start your free trial
You add a card or digital wallet on our secure payment page. You pay nothing today. Your 48 hours start.
Before the trial ends
We text you a reminder
Not for you? Cancel online at homewardtext.com/account before the 48 hours are up and you won't be charged.
When 48 hours are up
Your first charge: $12.99
If you didn't cancel, your Essential plan starts and you're charged $12.99. Cancel within 7 days of this charge and you get a full refund.
Every month after
$12.99 a month until you cancel
Your plan renews each month until you cancel. Cancel anytime online. After the first 7 days we don't give partial refunds for the rest of a month.
Refunds
- Cancel within 7 days of your first charge and you get a full refund.
- After that, we don't give partial refunds for the rest of a month.
- If a facility blocks outside messages, we pause your service and you aren't charged for the pause.
- Prints already sent can't be refunded.
Paying
- Card or digital wallet only.
- You pay on a secure payment page. We never see your full card number.
- Each plan renews monthly at its plan price until you cancel.
- Cancel anytime online at homewardtext.com/account.