Free versus Plus
BaubleStash is useful on Free. Plus adds room for a larger collection, private cloud-photo backup, and sharing with family.
At a glance
| Feature | Free | Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Physical owned copies | Up to 100 | Practical unlimited |
| My Stash, search, boxes, labels | Yes | Yes |
| Barcode and box scanning | Yes | Yes |
| Local photos on the mobile device | Yes | Yes |
| Private cloud-photo backup | No | Yes |
| Share My Stash with family | No | Yes |
| Accept a collection shared with you | Yes | Yes |
| Catalog contributions | Yes | Yes |
BaubleStash Plus is intended to cost $9.99 USD per year, with local pricing and taxes shown by the payment provider at checkout. The price shown by Stripe or the app store at purchase is the price you pay.
What “100 physical owned copies” means
Free counts real ornaments, not designs. If you own three copies of the same snowman, that is three copies.
Designs and releases do not use up the limit. Adding a box, a note, or a photo does not use up the limit.
When you reach the limit, BaubleStash stops creating new copies in your personal My Stash. It does not delete or hide what you already have.
What Plus adds
Unlimited copies
Plus removes the 100-copy cap for your personal My Stash. This is intended for collectors with large or growing collections.
Cloud Photo Backup
Plus can privately back up ornament photos so they are available on your other signed-in devices and can be shared with people you invite.
Cloud backup is optional. You must turn it on. Photos are not uploaded automatically on Free.
Sharing
Only an active Plus owner can invite someone to Share my stash. The person you invite can be on Free and does not need to pay.
You choose View Only or Can Edit. See Share My Stash.
What happens when Plus ends
Your records are not deleted. Existing inventory, boxes, notes, and local photos remain available. New cloud uploads and owner-sponsored sharing are paused.
Private cloud photos have a confirmed 90-day retention window with warnings and owner export, followed by scheduled deletion once hosted checks are enabled. See Subscriptions and retention.
How to get Plus
Plus can be purchased on the website where web payments are enabled: Account & Plus → Continue to secure checkout opens Stripe-hosted checkout. In the mobile app, purchase through the Apple App Store or Google Play once those products are live. BaubleStash never grants Plus from a browser redirect or a local flag.
If the store products are not yet available, the app will say that purchasing is temporarily unavailable. That is an honest limitation, not an error in your account.