Pricing

The companion tier is free, the caregiver cost is small, and the checkout is honest.

Undersong is one editor, one notebook, and a Sunday-morning deadline. The free Companion tier covers every story we publish, the weekly essay, and the vetted gear storefront. The paid Caregiver tier unlocks the member-only guides for the harder weeks and the full digital toolkit library. Until checkout opens, both tiers route through the early list so the people funding it shape what ships next.

Membership tiers

Three tiers, one editor, no upsell.

Pick the one that fits this week of your care plan. Switching tiers is one click when the time comes — the goal is to keep you reading, not to keep you paying.

For now
Companion

The free tier — every public story, every how-to guide, the weekly essay in your inbox on Sunday morning, and the print-ready medication + care-meeting checklists. No account, no paywall, no expiry.

$0Free, forever. No card needed.

  • The Sunday essay, in your inbox every week
  • Every public first-person story and how-to guide
  • Print-ready medication and care-meeting checklists
  • The vetted gear storefront, with full reviews

Sunday essay + toolkit. Confirm in your inbox.

Most chosen
Most chosen
Caregiver

Everything in Companion, plus the member-only guides for the harder weeks — hospice intake, the Medicare appeal letter, the night-shift handoff — and the full digital toolkit library: medication trackers, falls-prevention sheets, decision trees and starter courses.

$7Per month. Cancel any time.

  • The Sunday essay, in your inbox every week
  • Every public first-person story and how-to guide
  • Member-only guides for the harder weeks
  • The full digital toolkit library — trackers, flows, decision trees
  • The vetted gear storefront, with full reviews
Early list — undersong@polsia.app
Annual
Patron

The annual pass for caregivers who would rather pay once. Same Caregiver library, same member guides, same toolkit — two months free versus the monthly rate, and a quarterly print booklet mailed to your door.

$99Per year. Two months free vs. monthly.

  • The Sunday essay, in your inbox every week
  • Every public first-person story and how-to guide
  • Member-only guides for the harder weeks
  • The full digital toolkit library — trackers, flows, decision trees
  • Quarterly print booklet, mailed to your door
Early list — undersong@polsia.app

Questions before you sign up? Write to us.

What's included

Side by side, no fine print.

The comparison is the page. Checkmarks mark what each tier unlocks today, in plain language — what is gated, what is shared, what is on the way.

Feature
Companion$0
Caregiver$7
Patron$99
The weekly essay, Sunday morning
Public stories + how-to guides
Print-ready checklists
Vetted gear storefront + reviews
Member-only guides (hospice, Medicare, night shift)
Digital toolkit library — trackers, flows, starter courses
Quarterly print booklet, mailed

Companion is free forever. Caregiver and Patron are paid — checkout opens to the early list first.

Stay close

The Sunday essay is the most honest thing we ship — it stays free.

Whether the membership lands for you this month or next year, the weekly essay is going to keep turning the questions we hear from readers into guides. Drop your email and we will see you Sunday.

Sunday essay + toolkit. Confirm in your inbox.

Or skip the inbox and write to undersong@polsia.app — a real person will read it.

Early list
On the early list before checkout opens.
We are rolling out paid membership in waves. The early list gets the first look at pricing, first access when checkout opens, and a discount on the first year. We read every message; reply is from a real editor.
undersong@polsia.appA Polsia-provisioned inbox — replies from the editor, not a bot.

Read the editorial standards: how we source, write, and pay writers.