One price for everything — the app, the local engine, and an AI model sized to your machine and set up for you. Pay once by card and own it forever.
Everything included. Pay once, own forever.
You never touch a model registry or learn what a quantization is. A capable starter model is already inside the download, so Ember works immediately — fully offline. On first run it reads your computer, and if your hardware can run a bigger model, it offers to fetch one once, with your OK. The network closes again after.
Processor, memory, and graphics — measured, not guessed. A built-in guide explains what it found in plain language.
From a curated, well-tested set. A powerful GPU gets a bigger model; a light laptop gets a fast one — a model your machine can actually run.
Installs and warms everything, then runs a real check before it calls itself done. No half-working state, no terminal.
| What you get | Ember — $29 once | Typical AI subscription |
|---|---|---|
| The app — Linux today, macOS & Windows in the works | ✓ | – |
| Starter model built in — works offline from first launch | ✓ | – |
| AI model, auto-sized to your machine | ✓ | – |
| Permanent, unlimited local memory | ✓ | capped / cloud |
| Voice mode, fully on-device | ✓ | cloud-routed |
| Zero egress by default, private by construction | ✓ | sent to servers |
| Updates on this version line | ✓ | – |
| Subscription | – never | ~$20/mo |
| Account or cloud sign-in | – none | required |
I build Ember alone, and I built it because I wanted an AI that belongs to the person who owns the machine it runs on — not to a subscription meter. $29 once is the whole business model; there is no plan to rent your own assistant back to you.
Where it honestly stands today: Linux only, English voices, and the open model inside will sometimes be clumsier than a datacenter model. What it will never be is someone else's copy of your life.
If it isn't what you hoped, the 30-day refund is real — write me and it's done.
— the maker of Ember · June 2026
No. Ember is a one-time purchase — $29, paid once. There's no monthly fee and no account, because the app has no backend to log into.
Everything: the app, the local engine, an AI model sized to your machine, permanent memory, voice mode, and all updates on this version line. No tiers, no upsells.
Updates on this version line are free. If we ship a major new version later, it's an optional upgrade at a discount — you're never forced to pay to keep what you already have.
No. A capable starter model is built into the download, so Ember works immediately — fully offline. On first run it reads your hardware, and if your machine can run a bigger model it offers to fetch one once, with your OK, and checks it works — then hands you a finished assistant.
Pay by card through Stripe — your download link appears on the confirmation page the moment payment clears (and by email as backup). There's no license server and no activation step — your copy just runs, offline, forever, and the assistant itself never contacts us.
30-day, no-questions refund.
$29, paid once. The app, the engine, and an AI sized to your machine — set up for you, private by construction.
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