Protection is free. Forever.
The AI help is $8 a month, and it stops when your pact ends.
Free
$0, for the whole pact
Everything that keeps money safe.
- Your pact, with the rules you choose
- Risky purchases on hold, not taken
- Morning review
- Your partner's second look
- Reasons and notes from written templates
- Weekly totals for your partner
- Dose log
- Your buying patterns as charts
- Every PayPal step, in plain view
- Guided setup checklist
- Download or delete everything, any time
Runs on your pact's rules and written notes. No AI.
Start a pactThe $8 plan
$8 a month
Adds the AI help.
- AI spots collecting, even across shops
- A reason and a note written for each purchase
- A one page summary for your care team
- Ask Steady: your partner's questions answered from Steady and PayPal
- A weekly digest in plain words
- Guided setup that fits you, with the order to do things in and why
- Free for 14 days. No card or PayPal needed to start.
- Starting the plan ends the free trial. The first payment is taken then.
- One plan covers you both. Either of you can pay. Usually it's the partner.
- Paid through PayPal Subscriptions.
- You pay for whole months only, so the last payment comes before your pact ends. The AI help stays on until the pact ends. No renewal to forget.
- Cancel any time. Protection keeps running.
- If a payment lapses, only the AI help pauses. Holds and reviews keep working.
- The trial includes up to 60 AI tasks, such as notes, summaries and answers.
Compared with handing over the cards
A common tip is to give your cards to someone you trust. It works. Here's an honest look at both.
| Hand over the cards | Steady | |
|---|---|---|
| Normal purchases | Someone else pays, or hands the card back | You pay, straight away |
| Late night and repeat buys | Need someone else, every time | Wait for your morning review, or your partner |
| Other cards and shops | Covered, if every card is handed over | Not covered. Only purchases paid through Steady. Guided setup helps you add blocks elsewhere. |
| Who sets the rules | Usually the person holding the cards | You, on a good day, with your partner |
| Changing your mind | Ask for the cards back | Stricter at once. Looser after 72 hours. |
| When it ends | When the cards come back | On a date you both chose |
| Cost | Free | Free. $8 a month for the AI help. |
You don't have to pick one. Steady works alongside any blocks your bank or PayPal already offers.
Shops pay nothing during the pilot. For shops