AirDroid free vs premium: what is free and what costs money

On your own Wi-Fi, AirDroid Personal's free plan lists unlimited file transfer, remote control, screen mirroring and notification sync. The limits appear when you go remote, meaning the phone and the Mac are on different networks. There the free plan allows up to 30 MB per file and 200 MB of data, and the paid plan lifts those. As of 2 October 2026 the paid plan is $3.99 a month or $29.99 for a year. Everything below comes from AirDroid's own pages, and we have not tried the plans.

Publisher note: The Relay publishes this guide and is one of the products discussed. Details about other products come from each maker's own pages, checked on 2 October 2026. Prices and features change, so confirm before you buy.

What does AirDroid cost, and what are the plans called?

AirDroid's pricing page lists two paid options, dated here to 2 October 2026:

The page says "VAT Included in All Prices", and lists "Money Back Guarantee" with the note "Refunds will be approved under the accepted circumstances." AirDroid's payment terms, effective 4 March 2025, set those out. For a monthly plan, if you have not used any premium service within 7 days of the start of a billing cycle, you can ask to cancel within those 7 days and, if approved, the fee for that cycle is refunded. For an annual plan, you can ask to cancel within 7 days after purchase or within 7 days after a new cycle starts. Outside those windows the fee for the cycle is not refunded, although you can still stop automatic renewal. The terms also say AirDroid may charge different prices in different regions, and that if the price is adjusted at or before an automatic renewal, "the actual price after the adjustment shall prevail". So the price you pay may differ from the one quoted here.

The page's FAQ says "your premium account will be automatically renewed for another period" and that you cancel by logging in to the account center and choosing the product to disable the subscription. The payment terms point to "Disable auto-renew" under Account info in the User Center. Set a reminder if you do not want it to roll over.

Twelve monthly payments of $3.99 come to $47.88, against $29.99 for the yearly plan.

What is the difference between the free and paid plans?

This is AirDroid's "Free vs. Paid version" table, read row by row. "Ticked" means the page marks the feature for that plan with a tick and gives no limit in words.

So most of what AirDroid lists is free on a local network. What costs money is reaching the phone remotely at volume, folder transfer, more devices, queued calling, and the intruder-catching option in Find Phone.

What do the pages disagree about?

AirDroid's pages do not say exactly the same thing in every place, so check the one that matters to you.

• Number of devices. The pricing table says the free plan allows 2 Android devices by default and the paid plan 3, expandable to 10. The product page FAQ says "With the free version, you can access and control 1 Android device at a time. Premium users can connect up to 4 devices by default". The user guide agrees with the pricing page: free users can add up to 2 devices, premium users up to 3 and pay for the 4th to 10th.
• The remote allowance. The pricing table says "up to 200MB" of remote data. The Google Play listing says the free account has "a 200MB/month data limit" off the local network and "cannot use the remote camera". The table does not say per month.
• Remote use at all. A step in the user guide on the dial pad says that to use different networks for both devices you need a premium membership. That sits oddly beside the table's free remote limits. It may refer to that feature only. Test remote mode on the free plan before you pay.
• File sizes. The product page says "No size limits" for transfers, while the pricing page lists remote limits of 30 MB per file on the free plan and 1 GB per file on the paid plan.

We cannot resolve these. If a limit would change your decision, send AirDroid's support a question first.

Which accounts and extras are involved?

You need an AirDroid account for most of this: the product page's first setup instruction after installing is to sign up and log in to the same account on the computer or web and the phone. The Play listing says that without an account you can use it on the same Wi-Fi "with limited features", and the guide describes a "Lite Mode" with no account. It also lists the Android app as "Contains ads" with "In-app purchases". See Is AirDroid safe? for what the privacy policy says about data.

The product page also says the Desktop app and the Web version offer different sets of features. It names Find Phone and Remote Data Erase as web-only, and Remote Keyboard, Notification Management, Queued Dialing and Auto Backup as desktop-only. See AirDroid for Mac.

Is the free plan enough?

If the phone and the Mac are in the same room, the free plan lists the local-network features without a transfer cap, so you may never need to pay. If the phone is elsewhere, 30 MB per file and 200 MB of data goes quickly with photos and video. With several phones, the device limit matters more.

Where does The Relay fit?

If your phone and your Mac sit together, the question AirDroid's table raises is whether you need remote access. The Relay does not offer it. It is an app for an Android phone and a Mac, on your own Wi-Fi with Bluetooth as a fallback: clipboard sync both ways, file transfer and browsing, incoming texts with login codes copied to the Mac's clipboard, notifications, incoming calls, link handoff, and the phone as a webcam. There is no free tier. It is one subscription through Google Play that covers your phone and your Mac, with a 7-day free trial. The trial becomes a paid subscription unless you cancel it in Google Play before it ends, and refunds go through Google Play; see the terms.

AirDroid's paid plan and The Relay both renew until you cancel, so the useful question is what each covers, not which sum is smaller. The Relay's price is set in Google Play and can differ by country; check it on the download page, and use the 7-day trial to see whether you would use what The Relay has. It has no remote access, mirroring or remote control, and no way to send texts or place calls. If you need those, AirDroid's free plan is the place to start. See The Relay vs AirDroid.

Questions people ask

Is AirDroid Personal free?

There is a free plan. By the pricing page it has unlimited local-network file transfer and lists remote control, mirroring and notifications, with remote transfers limited to 30 MB per file and 200 MB of data.

How much is AirDroid Premium?

$3.99 a month or $29.99 for one year on 2 October 2026, per the pricing page. It auto-renews until you cancel.

Can I use AirDroid on a Mac for free?

The product page lists a macOS desktop client and a web version, and the pricing table lists features on the free plan. Confirm what you need on the Mac in the app.

Does AirDroid offer refunds?

The pricing page says "Refunds will be approved under the accepted circumstances." The payment terms describe a 7-day window for a monthly or annual cycle, with conditions. Read them before you pay.