Try Wardrowbe Free, No Card Needed

The 14-day trial asks for a card before it starts, which means the first real decision anyone made about Wardrowbe was whether to hand over payment details. They had to make it before the app had done anything with their wardrobe. When I went through how sign-ups actually played out, most people who created an account never got to see thier own clothes tagged before that card screen showed up. Most of them reached the card screen right after onboarding and left from there. I don't read that as people deciding Wardrowbe wasn't for them, because they hadn't seen enough of it to decide anything at all.

So I've added a free pass. You can now try Wardrowbe on your own clothes before you're asked for a card.

What the free pass gives you

When you create a new account, you can add up to 15 items and get 3 outfit suggestions without entering a card. It's one per account. Here is how it lines up against the trial:

Fifteen items is enough for a small working wardrobe, something like a few tops, two pairs of trousers, a jacket and the shoes you wear most. You photograph each piece and the AI tags it with type, color, pattern and style, which is the part of how it works I most wanted new people to see for themselves. Then you ask for a suggestion and get an outfit put together from things you actually own. Three suggestions is enough to try it for an ordinary weekday and then for a different occasion, and to judge whether the picks make sense for you.

I picked those limits so you can see the core idea working on your own wardrobe. They aren't meant to be a way to use Wardrowbe long term, and I'd rather say that plainly than have anyone feel caught out after the third suggestion.

What comes with the trial

Everything past the free pass is still in the 14-day free trial, and none of it has changed. You get unlimited items and suggestions, and you can set up an outfit every morning by notification so the suggestion is waiting before you open the wardrobe. Virtual try-on is in the trial from day one, and so is family sharing. Pairings come with it too, as does the learning that adjusts suggestions to your feedback over time (I wrote about how the app learns your style if you want the details).

Try-on gets asked about a lot, so I want to be clear about it. It isn't part of the free pass. If try-on is the reason you're here, the trial is where you'll find it.

Why the trial still asks for a card

I did think about dropping the card from the trial entirely, and decided against it. Starting a two-week trial of the full app is a real decision, and asking for a card keeps it one. People who start it tend to actually use it, and that's what makes two weeks long enough to judge the app properly. I wrote about why the trial is 14 days rather than 7 a while back, and that reasoning still holds.

What changes is the order. Before, you were asked to commit before Wardrowbe had shown you anything. Now you can see your own clothes tagged and get a few outfits first, and only then decide whether the full app is worth two weeks of your time. That feels like the fair way round to me. The trial itself works the same as before: you aren't charged until the 14 days are up, and if you cancel before then you aren't charged at all.

One thing to know about busy days

On very busy days, new free passes can pause until the next day. If you sign up and the app tells you free passes are full today, that's what it means, and they open again the next day. You can come back tomorrow, or start the trial straight away if you'd rather not wait. I'd honestly prefer to be upfront about this than promise something I can't keep on every single day.

How to start

1. Go to app.wardrowbe.com and create an account. You won't be asked for a card to use the free pass.
2. Finish the short onboarding.
3. Photograph up to 15 items. Pick the things you actually wore this week rather than the nicest pieces in the closet, because suggestions built from your real rotation tell you more. The guide to digitizing your wardrobe has tips for getting clean photos.
4. Ask for an outfit suggestion, and try a different occasion for the next one.
5. When you want more, start the 14-day free trial from inside the app.

If you want to know what the first couple of weeks look like after that, your first week with Wardrowbe walks through it.

Self-hosting is still free

None of this touches the open source edition. If you'd rather run Wardrowbe on your own hardware, the core is MIT licensed and free, you bring your own AI model, and there's no item limit. The open source page explains how to get it running, and the cloud vs self-hosted breakdown covers which one suits you better.

Try it

Try Wardrowbe free at app.wardrowbe.com, or self-host it from GitHub if you'd rather run it yourself. Plans and prices are in the pricing section, and there's more about how the app works on the blog.