Guide sections

Activating AI

Connect an optional AI subscription, check your quota, and understand what still works without AI active.

How it works

Campaign Familiar is an app you buy once. Owning it gives you the full application - every non-AI feature works with no subscription.

AI features are an optional add-on. If you want AI to help with prep, you can add a monthly AI subscription:

  • Companion - $7.99/month - 100 AI generations per month (shown in-app as “AI Companion”)
  • Power - $14.99/month - 300 AI generations per month (shown in-app as “AI Power”)

Beta testers get full access, including Power-level AI, at no charge.

You don’t need to provide an API key. When you use an AI feature, the relevant campaign text is sent to the engine provider (Anthropic) to generate the response. Campaign Familiar doesn’t store your campaign data on a server - your campaigns stay on your computer.

Subscribing to AI

You subscribe from inside the app. The Subscription screen opens secure checkout in your browser.

  1. Open Settings from the sidebar
  2. Open the Subscription screen
  3. Choose Companion or Power
  4. Complete checkout in the browser
  5. Return to Campaign Familiar - your AI access activates immediately

Once active, you’ll see your current plan, your monthly AI generation quota, and the engine features unlocked across the app.

Managing your subscription

All subscription management happens on the in-app Subscription screen, which opens checkout and the billing portal in your browser.

Viewing status

  1. Open Settings from the sidebar
  2. Open the Subscription screen
  3. View your current plan, quota usage, and renewal date

Upgrading or downgrading

  1. Open Settings
  2. Open the Subscription screen
  3. Click Manage Subscription to open the billing portal in your browser
  4. Change your plan there

Upgrades take effect immediately and your quota resets to the new plan’s limit. Downgrades take effect at your next billing cycle; you keep your current access until then.

Cancelling

  1. Open Settings
  2. Open the Subscription screen
  3. Click Manage Subscription to open the billing portal
  4. Cancel from there

You keep AI access until the end of your current billing period. After that, the engine features become unavailable - the rest of the app keeps working.

Your data is never deleted. Campaigns, creations, and relationships remain intact on your computer. Only AI feature access changes.

Quota and pay-as-you-go

Monthly quotas

PlanGenerations/Month
Companion100
Power300

Quotas reset at the start of each billing cycle.

Quota status

Campaign Familiar shows quota status with color indicators:

UsageColorMeaning
0-74%GreenNormal usage
75-89%YellowApproaching limit
90%+RedNearly exhausted (blocked at 100%)

Buying more generations

Pay-As-You-Go top-ups (for the engine Power plan) are not available yet - the Buy More entry points are turned off in the current beta build while credit handling is finished. When enabled, they’ll appear in the quota section of Settings -> Subscription once your monthly quota is used up, in three planned packages:

  • Small: 10 for $1.00
  • Medium: 50 for $4.00
  • Large: 100 for $7.00

Until then, if you run out before the reset, wait for your next billing cycle - or, on Companion, upgrade to AI Power for a larger monthly allowance.

Using Campaign Familiar on more than one computer

Your campaign data is stored locally on each computer. To move a campaign between machines, use export/import:

  1. Export on the first computer: open a campaign -> campaign sidebar -> Export Campaign -> choose a format -> save the file
  2. Transfer the file (USB drive, cloud storage, email)
  3. Import on the second computer: Library -> Import to Library -> select the file -> review and confirm

See Offline access for more on local data and backups.

Offline access

Campaign Familiar works offline using cached subscription data:

Days OfflineWhat Happens
0-6 daysFull access, gentle reminder to reconnect
7-13 daysFull access, prominent warning
14+ daysAI features blocked until reconnection

When you reconnect, Campaign Familiar automatically verifies your subscription.

See Offline access for complete details.

Troubleshooting

Payment failed

  1. Check that your payment method has sufficient funds
  2. Verify your card details are correct
  3. Try a different payment method
  4. Contact your bank if the issue persists

Subscription not showing after payment

  1. Go to Settings and open the Subscription screen
  2. Use Manage Subscription to review your plan (or restart the app)
  3. If it’s still missing, contact support with your payment confirmation

AI features are locked even though i subscribed

  1. Check your internet connection
  2. Go to Settings -> Subscription and use Manage Subscription
  3. Verify your subscription is active in the billing portal (check your email for the payment confirmation)
  4. Restart Campaign Familiar

Privacy and security

Campaign Familiar keeps your data on your computer:

  • Local data - your campaigns stay on your computer; they are not stored on a server
  • AI requests - when you use an AI feature, only the relevant campaign text is sent to the engine provider to generate that response
  • Secure payment processing - payments are handled by our payment processor; we never store card numbers
  • Encrypted transmission - data sent to the engine provider and payment processor is sent securely