Pricing
Free to use. Fair to support.
Hosting, streaming, sharing, and hardware acceleration stay free. Supporter adds automation and extras for everyone on your servers, while helping us keep building tofa.
Tofa is free to use, with an optional Supporter tier for extra features. Supporter features are available to preview at no charge during beta. Supporter launch prices below are in USD. Purchases aren't open yet; we'll announce the founding sale in advance.
One owner account covers your personal servers and the household and family members you invite.
Founding lifetime: $120 once, limited to 500 purchases.
This is the planned feature split for paid launch. During beta, Supporter features are unlocked for everyone. Availability varies by app and device.
Limited to 500 purchases. After that, monthly or annual only.
Relay capacity is shared across the owner's servers. Subtitle fetching is subject to provider availability and download limits; playing subtitles you already have stays free.
In development for Supporter: real-time upscaling on select devices. This is separate from FillView, which stays free.
Why Supporter exists
Your purchase funds the people developing and maintaining tofa: playback fixes, testing on real devices, official apps, and the services that connect them. It also helps us bring more community-requested features to life.
Supporters can submit feature requests and vote on what we prioritise next. We keep the roadmap visible to everyone as the work moves forward.
Questions about Supporter
Does everyone need a subscription?
No. One Supporter purchase covers the personal servers you own and the household and family members you invite to watch on them, including offline downloads and automatic intro and credits skipping. Viewers don't need to pay. Their access doesn't upgrade other servers they use or own, or let them submit feature requests and vote on the roadmap through your purchase.
What if I replace my hardware or run more than one server?
Supporter belongs to your owner account and covers the personal servers you own and the household and family members you invite. Reinstalling, replacing hardware, or adding another personal server doesn't require another purchase. Relay capacity is shared across those servers.
What does lifetime include?
Lifetime means Supporter on your owner account for as long as tofa operates the service. It includes the Supporter features and allowances listed when you buy, plus updates to those features. A later price change for new purchases doesn't change your lifetime entitlement. Lifetime doesn't promise every future paid product or service. Any separately priced additions will be clearly described and won't remove the features or allowances included in your purchase.
Who is sharing intended for?
tofa is for personal, non-commercial use with your household and family. You must have the necessary rights to the media you stream and share. Selling access to your server or operating a commercial streaming service is prohibited.
Is relay capacity shared across my servers?
Supporter relay fallback runs at up to 4 Mbps per stream, with three simultaneous relay streams shared across all servers owned by your account. Adding servers or viewers doesn't multiply relay capacity. Direct connections have no tofa bitrate cap.
How does the founding lifetime offer work?
The founding offer is limited to 500 lifetime purchases at $120 each. Once those are sold, Supporter will be available monthly or annually only. Purchases aren't open yet; we'll announce the sale in advance. Joining the beta or taking a trial doesn't reserve a pass.
Will beta users have to pay when founding sales open?
Tofa stays free to use. Optional Supporter features are available to preview at no charge during beta. When founding purchases open, buying will be optional and will secure lifetime Supporter for after beta. We'll announce the sale in advance and give notice before paid feature restrictions begin. Joining the beta doesn't reserve a founding pass.
Will new server owners get a free trial?
After paid feature restrictions begin, new server owners will get a 30-day Supporter trial with no card required. It starts with the first successful playback from their first owned server, once per owner account, and covers their personal servers and invited viewers within the usual Supporter allowances. It won't automatically charge or reserve a founding pass.
What happens when the trial ends?
We'll remind you before the trial ends. Without a purchase, your account returns to Free and ordinary streaming continues. Supporter automation pauses; saved rules and downloaded subtitle files stay in place. Cleanup rules only run if you choose to configure and enable them.
Which subtitle features stay free?
Playing, selecting, and adjusting subtitles you already have stays free. Manually finding and fetching subtitles for one title at a time will also be free, subject to provider limits. Supporter adds the server admin tools for bulk fetching and rules that automatically find missing subtitles across your library.
Is QuickView included for free?
Yes. QuickView's timeline thumbnails and chapter previews stay free on supported devices, so you can see where you're seeking. Automatic intro and credits skipping is a separate Supporter benefit.
What are media requests and integrations?
Viewers can request movies and shows, and the server owner can connect their own media-management tools to handle those requests. Supporter covers this request workflow and its integrations for the owner and invited viewers. Importing your existing library and syncing watch history stay free.
Who can submit feature requests and vote?
Everyone can read the public roadmap. After beta, submitting feature requests and voting require a Supporter account. Invited viewers don't gain those account benefits through a server owner's purchase. Feature requests and voting stay unlocked during the beta. You can still report bugs and ask for help on Free. Votes help us prioritise alongside playback reliability, feasibility, and work already underway. A vote isn't a promise of a feature or a delivery date.
Can I cancel or get a refund?
You can cancel renewal of a monthly or annual subscription anytime. Lifetime is a one-time payment with no renewal. If you buy Supporter and it isn't what you expected, email us within 14 days and we'll refund it.
Start free. Support if it earns it.
Tofa is free to use, with an optional Supporter tier for extra features. Sign up for the beta. Joining doesn't reserve one of the 500 founding lifetime passes. We'll announce when purchases open.