Updates and the update pass

When you buy Local, you own that version of DemoTake. Your purchase includes 12 months of updates. After those 12 months, nothing stops working: you keep using every version released before your updates ended, for as long as you like. If you want the versions that come after, buy an update pass.

#The rule

Every DemoTake version has a release date, and every Local license has an Updates until date, 12 months after purchase. If a version was released on or before that date, your license covers it forever. Versions released later need an update pass.

You can see both dates in Settings › Plans. The current plan line says, for example, "Updates included until Sep 26, 2027 · This build: 1.0.0 (Sep 26, 2026)", and the License section lists Updates until. The Status section's Updates row sums it up; once your updates have ended, it says, for example, "Ended Sep 26, 2027. This build stays yours."

#The update pass

The update pass costs $39 and moves your license's Updates until date 12 months later. It is a one-time purchase: nothing renews on its own. If an update pass is refunded, its 12 months come off the Updates until date again; DemoTake picks up the new date the next time it confirms your license online.

• DemoTake Agent: click Renew Updates… in Settings › Plans, or Extend updates ($39/yr) next to your license on your account page at demotake.my.
• DemoTake Studio: buy Update Pass (12 months) in Settings › Plans, under Other Purchases. It's available once you own DemoTake Studio.

Subscriptions (Director, Team and Enterprise) always include updates, so there is no update pass to think about.

Changed your mind? Ask within 14 days of an update-pass charge for a full refund, and your Updates until date goes back to where it was before. See Refunds.

#How DemoTake Agent tells you about updates

DemoTake Agent checks for a new version once a day in the background, and whenever you choose DemoTake › Check for Updates…. When one is out, a banner slides in at the top of the window.

• Inside your updates window, the banner says "DemoTake 1.1.0 is available" and "You're on 1.0.0." Click Download to get it.
• After your window, it adds "Released after your updates window. It needs an update pass." and a Renew Updates button.
• Click the × to dismiss the banner. It comes back when a newer version appears, or when you check by hand.

If you check by hand and nothing is new, DemoTake tells you that you're up to date.

DemoTake Studio doesn't have this check. The Mac App Store updates it.

#A version newer than your window

If this Mac runs a version released after your updates window, Settings › Plans shows the status Licensed · updates ended and explains: "Your license keeps working. Updates released after Sep 26, 2027 need an update pass ($39 for 12 more months)." Your takes, edits and exports are untouched, and Renew Updates… is right there when you want the new version.

#Next

• Local and subscriptions
• The Mac App Store edition
• Install and permissions