This is the official announcement following the Poll: ImageGlass 10 Release Plans.
Plans and Pricing
| Plan | Price | Covers | Updates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Classic | Free | Unlimited users | Every version |
| Pro Individual | $14.90 one-time | 1 user or device | All ImageGlass 10.x releases |
| Pro Team | $69 one-time | Up to 3 users or devices, commercial use included | All ImageGlass 10.x releases |
| Pro Business | From $99 per seat a year, or $9.99 a month, with volume pricing | Seat based, with priority support | Any newer version while the subscription is active |
Pro Business costs less per seat as a team grows. The volume pricing is graduated, so each rate applies to the seats inside its own band rather than to the whole team:
| Seats | Per seat a year | Per seat a month |
|---|---|---|
| 1–49 | $99 | $9.99 |
| 50–99 | $69 | $6.99 |
| 100–499 | $39 | $3.99 |
| 500+ | $19 | $1.99 |
Two extras worth knowing:
- Microsoft Store: Pro Individual is sold in the Store as well, which sets its own price for your market. Pro unlocks the moment it installs, with no license file to import, the app updates itself, and Pro stays unlocked on every future version on Windows, major releases included.
- Pro Commercial Source License: organizations that need permissive MIT source rights for an agreed ImageGlass 10.x version can request a quote from me.
Already donated? Pro Individual is on me.
If you donated $10 or more on or after March 15, 2026, the day ImageGlass 10 Beta 1 shipped, reach out to me with your donation reference and a Pro Individual license will be issued to you free of charge.
Trust-Based Licensing
Pro licensing runs on trust rather than enforcement. There is only one official build to download: importing a small license file switches it from Classic to Pro, and the app verifies that file on your own machine.
- No account, no sign-in, and no activation server. Pro works with no network connection at all.
- No device lock. Move the license file between your own computers, within your plan's seat count.
- No DRM and no phoning home. Everything needed to verify Pro sits inside the file.
Please keep your license file private and stay within your seat count. That trust is what makes the model work, and it is why there is no activation to fight with.
Feature Comparison
Everything in Classic is in Pro too: the 90+ formats, color management, basic HDR viewing, the built-in tools, themes, hotkeys, plugins, and command-line control.
| Feature | Classic | Pro | Pro Store |
|---|---|---|---|
| HDR Tone Mapper tool | – | ✅ | ✅ |
| Free and margin panning | – | ✅ | ✅ |
| File Watcher | – | ✅ | ✅ |
| Custom mouse clicks | – | ✅ | ✅ |
| Settings lock for managed rollouts | – | ✅ | ✅ |
| Features lock for shared devices | – | ✅ | ✅ |
| Custom Windows file type icons | ✅ | ✅ | – * |
* Pro Store above means ImageGlass Pro bought from the Microsoft Store. It matches the website build feature for feature, apart from custom Windows file type icons, which a packaged install cannot register.
Distribution
ImageGlass 10 ships in these package formats:
| Platform | Packages |
|---|---|
| Windows | MSIX and ZIP |
| macOS | DMG |
| Linux | Flatpak and Tar.gz |
Privacy Policy
Paid features brought no new data collection. The privacy policy in force today still applies, and an expanded version that spells all of this out publishes together with ImageGlass 10:
- Your images, file names, and folder paths never leave your computer. There is no account, no advertising identifier, and no profile of you.
- The only outbound request is the weekly update check, and its entire message is the
User-Agentline that Settings > General prints back to you. No identifier is included, so two checks from one computer cannot be linked. - Pro adds nothing to that request. The license file is verified locally, and the check differs only by the word
proin place ofclassic. Your license ID, plan, seat count, and expiry date are never sent. - On the Store build, Pro unlocks from a local package check that works with no network connection at all.
- Turning off "Check for update automatically" stops the anonymous statistics completely. To keep update notifications while sending nothing countable, set the
DO_NOT_TRACKenvironment variable to1.
Buying Pro is the one place personal data appears: Stripe processes the payment, and an order record holds your email address, plan, and payment references so that a receipt, a license, and support can be provided.
ImageGlass 9 Roadmap
The plan from the roadmap update stands, with no surprises:
- Maintenance mode now: bug fixes and stability updates only, no new features.
- Six more months of critical hotfixes once ImageGlass 10 reaches general availability, so there is time to evaluate and migrate without pressure.
- End of life after that window, with no further public updates for ImageGlass 9.
- Paid extended support remains available for organizations that need critical fixes beyond the public end of life.
Moving up costs nothing if you stay on the free edition: ImageGlass 10 Classic is a free upgrade from ImageGlass 9.
Thank You
Choosing Pro funds the work that keeps Classic free, open, and free of ads and tracking. Staying on Classic is just as welcome, and nothing about that changes. Buying a plan opens on this website when ImageGlass 10 rolls out. Until then, questions about a plan, licensing, or migrating from ImageGlass 9 are welcome.