đŸ» Bear Web is almost here, and Bear Pro is getting a new price

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Bear Web is coming

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By the end of November 2026, we plan to officially ship Bear Web, bringing Bear to your favorite browser.

Bear Web is built to go alongside our native Mac, iPhone and iPad apps. You can browse, edit and search your notes from any modern web browser, which helps when you’re on a work computer, borrowing a friend’s laptop or away from your own devices for a while.

Bear Web needs Bear Pro, which keeps your notes in sync between the web and your Apple devices.

What’s changing with Bear Pro

Building and running Bear Web is a big new step for us. It brings ongoing work and costs that our native apps never needed. To keep Bear sustainable and keep improving it, Bear Pro will have new pricing from November 24, 2026:

  • $3.99 per month with a 7-day free trial
  • $39.99 per year with a 7-day free trial

Existing Bear Pro subscribers

We work hard to keep Bear affordable for everyone around the world, and we want to give back to those who have supported us along the way. As an existing subscriber, you can keep your current Bear Pro price or upgrade to get Bear Web:

If you don’t need Bear Web, you don’t need to do anything. Whatever you pay today stays the same for as long as you remain subscribed whether you joined before or after Bear 2 launched. If you’d like a refresher on our earlier pricing, this post explains it.

If you’d like Bear Web, try the Bear Web beta for free now. You can upgrade to the new Bear Pro plan with Bear Web included at $3.99/month or $39.99/year USD whenever you’re ready.

Not subscribed yet? Now is a great time

If you don’t plan to use Bear Web, subscribe to Bear Pro before November 24, 2026 to lock in the current price of $2.99/month or $29.99/year USD. As long as you stay subscribed, that price is yours to keep. If you decide later that you want Bear Web, you can upgrade at any time.

Note: Prices are in U.S. dollars and may vary in some countries because of local taxes and currency conversion.

What is Bear Pro?

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Bear’s core features are always free to use. Bear Pro adds a lovely set of extras for your notes and your work:

  • Private iCloud sync: One subscription keeps your notes in sync across all your devices
  • Bear Web: Browse, edit and search your notes from any web browser (new Bear Pro plan)
  • Export to more formats: Including PDF, DOCX, JPG, EPUB and more
  • Note encryption: Protect individual notes with a password and Face/Touch ID
  • Lock Bear: Automatically lock the app after it’s been idle for a while
  • 35+ themes: Set up the perfect cozy space for your writing day and night
  • 20+ custom icons: Make Bear look just right on your Home Screen
  • Search inside attachments: Find text even in photos and PDFs

Thank you for your support

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Bear started as a small project, and it’s still made by a small team that cares a lot about every detail. Your support has kept Bear going for a decade, and it’s the reason we can take on big new steps like Bear Web.

Try the Bear Web beta

The Bear Web beta is open to everyone right now. Try Bear Web, and tell us what you thinking in the comments below or at bear@shinyfrog.net. We’d love your feedback.

Happy writing!

:bear::heart::memo:

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I’m feeling a bit conflicted! Part of me is happy (and grateful!) for the grandfathering of the subscription, and part feels a bit disappointed that we (legacy subscribers) won’t be getting Bear Web.. Considering that it will still be running off iCloud :thinking:

What I mean is that: if it were to run on its own Cloud infrastructure, then I could see why the pricing would need to be higher - but since the infrastructure is the same, then why are we not getting access to it regardless?

After all, Bear Web has already taken away focus from the product we are already paying for, as the development team is the same.

I love Bear, but I had to say this :smiley:

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Bear Web didn’t build itself..it took the team’s time and work to create, and it’ll take ongoing work to maintain. Even if it runs on iCloud, the people building it still need to be paid. I don’t care about the web though

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This paragraph is a bit confusing. Does it mean there will be two tiers of Bear Pro? One with and one without Bear Web? If I’m already subscribing today, doesn’t it mean I have Bear Pro, since Bear non-pro is free?

So if I need Bear Web, what do I need to do?

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Awh, this is a bit sad :frowning:

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Does this mean that all future Pro-exclusive features will only be available to subscribers on the new Pro tier, leaving grandfathered Pro subscribers out?

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I think how it works is that existing Pro subscribers keep their existing price but lose access to Bear Web until we “upgrade” to the new price. Which is a bit of a shame tbh, considering I’ve used the Web beta extensively and provided feedback.

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There are no different tiers of Bear Pro. If you’re paying for a subscription today, you already have Bear Pro. You keep every Pro feature you have now, at the price you pay now, for as long as you stay subscribed.

Bear Web is only included with Bear Pro at the new price (USD$3.99/month or USD$39.99/year). So for current subscribers, there are two options:

  • Keep your current price: you keep all your existing Pro features, without Bear Web.
  • Move to the new price: you get everything you have now, plus Bear Web.
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In fact, there are already two distinct Pro tiers (or there will be in a month or two), with different features and different prices, regardless of whether you choose to call them by the same name.

  • Tier 1: Pro at the new price, with Bear Web.

  • Tier 2: Pro at the grandfathered price, without Bear Web.

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