Requests for free or trial access
Category: Questions & membership Priority: P3 Severity: n/a Area: billing Reports: 2 Status: Open
Summary
The same user (Mohamed Ahmed Morsi, across two threads) says he cannot afford a paid subscription and asks for free, trial, or promotional access to Qaf. In the first thread he made a polished bilingual (English + Arabic) request; Abdellatif replied that a free tier already exists and is available to use. Three days later the user wrote a one-line Arabic message asking that the "free subscription" be activated for his email in the Qaf app — which went unanswered. The pattern suggests the existence and how-to of the free tier is not obvious to some users: he asked for activation as if it were a manual grant rather than simply signing in. A clearer in-product/onboarding signal that a free tier exists (and requires no activation) would deflect this class of mail. Minor data note: his signature lists mkmkmkjnh@gmail.com while the sending address is mkmkmkjnhh@gmail.com (extra "h").
What users say
Mohamad Ahmad mkmkmkjnhh@gmail.com
- Date: 2026-08-13 (02:57 +03:00)
- Language: English (with an Arabic version appended)
- Thread:
19ff8697ecdd2122 - Replied by Abdellatif: Yes (told him a free tier already exists)
Introduces himself as Mohamed Ahmed Morsi, says he cannot currently afford a paid subscription, and asks to be considered for any free, trial, or promotional access.
If you offer free access, trial access, promotional access, or any opportunity that would allow me to use QAF without a paid subscription, I would be very grateful if you could consider me.
Abdellatif's reply:
Wa alaikum alsalam Mohamad, the app right now is available with a free tier that you can use.
I hope that you find it useful.
Mohamad Ahmad mkmkmkjnhh@gmail.com
- Date: 2026-08-16 (16:10 +03:00)
- Language: Arabic
- Thread:
1a00ab1f4289e917 - Replied by Abdellatif: No
Same person; a single-line message (no subject) asking that the free subscription be activated for his email in the Qaf app.
ارجو تفعيل الاشتراك المجاني لبريدي هذا بتطبيق قاف
Please activate the free subscription for this email of mine in the Qaf app.
Details / repro
- Same sender across both threads (
mkmkmkjnhh@gmail.com); second email is a separate, subject-less thread three days after being told the free tier exists. - Signature in the first email gives the address as
mkmkmkjnh@gmail.com(one fewer "h") than the actual sending addressmkmkmkjnhh@gmail.com— possible source of confusion if anyone tried to look him up. - Signal: user treats the free tier as something to be "activated" per-email rather than self-serve — indicates the free tier's existence/how-to is not discoverable enough.
- Suggested handling: clearer onboarding/in-product messaging that a free tier exists and needs no manual activation; a canned reply pointing users to sign in and use it.
Threads
19ff8697ecdd2122— Cannot afford paid plan; requests free/trial/promo access — answered: free tier already available1a00ab1f4289e917— Asks to "activate the free subscription" for his email (unanswered)