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Much of AidAhead is free. Aid Season adds cost and merit estimates for every college, the base-year planner, appeal letters and the Parent PLUS planner, for every child in your family.
Steps
- Tap anything marked Aid Season, or tap Family, then Aid Season.
- Tap Start free trial. You pay nothing for 7 days, then $129 a year unless you cancel.
- To share it, turn on Family Sharing for purchases in your Apple Account. Your spouse gets Aid Season on their own devices.
- On a new iPhone, iPad or Mac, tap Family, then Aid Season, then Restore Purchases.
- To cancel, tap Family, then Aid Season, then Manage subscription. You keep Aid Season until the end of the year you paid for.
Good to know
Always free
Each child's aid index and Pell Grant with Why?, one college's estimate with its merit aid (the first college on your lists that uses only the FAFSA®), award letters and comparing them, the deadline tracker, finding colleges, the before-you-file check, and all help.
Aid Season
Cost and merit estimates for every college, including colleges that also use the CSS Profile®, the base-year planner, appeal letters, the Parent PLUS planner and your family's college years. One subscription covers every child.
One price, any device
The same subscription works on iPhone, iPad and Mac. The price doesn't depend on how much aid you get.
Offline
Once you subscribe, Aid Season works without an internet connection. Subscribing and Restore Purchases need one.
Privacy
Apple handles payment. AidAhead never sees your card or your Apple Account, and the subscription isn't saved in your family file.
Estimates, not advice
Aid Season gives you more estimates, not a promise of aid. Colleges decide every award. The FAFSA is free at studentaid.gov.