How it works: buy a license, and your license key arrives by email within a minute or two. Open Bowerbird, paste the key and click Activate. That’s it.

Buy a license

1 Mac: $9. Buy for 1 Mac
This price is for the first 300 licenses. After that it goes up to $19.
3 Macs: $29. Buy for 3 Macs
Launch price. The regular price is $59.
5 Macs: $39. Buy for 5 Macs
Launch price. The regular price is $89.

Checkout is handled by Dodo Payments, our merchant of record. They take the payment, handle sales tax and VAT, and email your license key automatically. Questions before you buy? Email [email protected] or DM @0xdak_ on X.

Activate

Open Bowerbird. The first time, it asks for your license key.
Paste the key from your purchase email. Extra spaces or line breaks are fine.
Click Activate. This needs an internet connection once.

You can see your license at any time in Bowerbird ▸ Settings… ▸ License.

Seats and moving to a new Mac

Each Mac you activate uses one seat: a 3-Mac license works on three Macs at the same time. To move a license, open Settings ▸ License on the old Mac and choose Deactivate on This Mac. That frees the seat, and you can activate the new Mac. If the old Mac is gone, email us and we’ll free the seat for you.

Working offline

Bowerbird checks your license about once a day when you’re online. Without a connection it keeps working for up to 30 days. From day 23 it reminds you to connect, and after 30 days without a successful check it asks you to go online before you continue. Your files are never touched, whatever the license status.

Refunds

If you’re refunded, the license key is disabled and Bowerbird stops working on your Macs at its next license check. See the refund policy for how to request one.

If something goes wrong

“Already active on as many Macs as it allows”: deactivate the license on a Mac you no longer use, or email us.
“Wasn’t recognised”: check for typos and paste the key again exactly as it appears in the email.
“Isn’t active”: the key was refunded or disabled. Email us if that looks wrong.
“Couldn’t reach the license server”: check your connection and try again. Nothing is locked because of this.

Lost your key? Email [email protected] from the address you bought with.

The license terms are in our terms of use. What is sent during activation is in the privacy policy.