What is the £1 Windows founder reservation?
The £1 is the Windows early-access reservation from before codus shipped on Windows. It held your place and your price at £1 per month until the Windows build landed. Now that codus is available for Windows, the reservation lets you download the Windows build, and the first time you open codus on a Windows PC it rolls over on its own to the full Solo plan at £99 per month, dated from that day. Until you do that, you keep paying £1 and nothing more.
The reservation is Windows only. It does not unlock the Mac download, because a £1 reservation was never a way to use codus for £1.
What the £1 gets you
- The Windows download, from the same download button as everyone else.
- A £1 per month charge until you first open codus on Windows.
- Your card saved, so the rollover to the full plan runs without you doing anything.
What happens when you install on Windows
- Sign in at app.trycodus.com with the GitHub account you reserved with and click download. On a Windows PC the button offers the Windows build; the billing page also shows a Download for Windows button for reservation holders.
- Install codus and sign in with the same GitHub account. See How do I install codus?.
- That first sign-in on Windows is the activation. Within a few minutes your reservation becomes the full Solo plan at £99 per month, and your billing date moves to that day, so there is no £99 charge before you actually start using it.
Why the Mac download is still locked
The reservation is for Windows. If you have a Mac and want to use codus on it, you need a normal seat, not the reservation. See How much does codus cost?.
How to stop the reservation
It is a normal subscription, so you cancel it in the billing portal like any other. It stays at £1 per month until it rolls over, so cancelling before you activate on Windows stops it there. See Where do I find my invoices and update my card?.
Common problems
I paid £1 and the Mac download is still locked. That is expected. The £1 is a Windows reservation and gives the Windows download only. For a Mac, buy a seat on the billing page.
When will I be charged £99? Only after you first open and sign in to codus on Windows. The rollover moves your billing date to that day, so there is no £99 charge before then.
I installed on Windows but my plan still says £1. The rollover runs a few minutes after your first sign-in on Windows. Keep codus open and signed in, then check the billing page again. If it has not changed after an hour, email [email protected].
I signed in with a different GitHub account than I reserved with. Sign in with the same one. The reservation, and the full plan it later becomes, are tied to the exact GitHub account you reserved with, which is also the account you will sign into the desktop app with.