Media library
Images, videos, slides and apps in one place, organized with folders and tags.
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Free digital signage software that keeps running
Run your first player on Castit for free, for as long as you like. No credit card, no expiry date. Start with 21 days of the complete product on up to ten players, then keep one player licence free for good.
✓ No credit card✓ No expiry date✓ 21 days of everything, on up to 10 players
Is Castit really free?
Yes. Castit Essential is free digital signage software with one player licence that stays free for good: no credit card, no end date and no automatic charge. Every new account starts with 21 days of the complete product on up to ten players, then carries on as Essential, a free plan that keeps running.
Castit Essential gives you one player licence for good. You don't need a credit card, there is no expiry date, and you never hit a payment wall. It is a real plan, not a countdown: when the first 21 days are over, your first player keeps playing, with a lighter setup.
Castit has two plans, Essential and Professional, and the pricing page puts them side by side.
What's free: the first 21 days, and every day after
Both phases are free, and neither asks for payment details. The first 21 days give you the whole product; after that, Essential keeps one player running for as long as you like.
Your first 21 days: the whole product
Run Castit on up to ten players with nothing held back: every app, full-length video, and uploads of up to 750 MB per file. Use it to try Castit on the screens you actually mean to run.
- Players: up to 10
- Items in rotation per screen: unlimited
- Videos: full length
- Images, slides and apps: full length
- Apps: every app in the catalogue
- Largest upload: 750 MB per file
- Upgrade message on screen: never
- Support: knowledge base and in-app videos
After that: one player, free for as long as you use it
Your first player keeps playing, and your content, playlists and screens stay as you left them. Nothing is switched off or deleted. Essential then plays a lighter version of your content:
- Players: 1
- Items in rotation per screen: 5
- Videos: the first 30 seconds of each video
- Images, slides and apps: up to 30 seconds each
- Apps: Clock, Weather and PDF Viewer
- Largest upload: 100 MB per file
- Upgrade message on screen: only when a screen has more than 5 items
- Support: knowledge base and in-app videos
On every plan
- Slide Creator, the media library, playlists and scheduling
- Android, Samsung Tizen, LG webOS, Windows, Linux, the Web Player and the Castit Android player
From free account to a live screen in four steps
Getting started takes four steps, and the first 21 days give you room to try them on up to ten players.
1Create your free account
Sign up in your browser. No credit card, and no server to install.
2Add a screen and a player
Create a screen in Castit and pair the player that drives your display.
3Build your content
Upload images and video, design slides in Slide Creator, or add an app.
4Schedule and publish
Put your content in a playlist, choose when it plays, and publish it to the screen.
What happens on day 22
Your account moves onto Essential. It is still free and still running, and nothing is deleted.
- One player keeps playing: the one already in use, otherwise the oldest. The other players stop until they have a licence.
- Nothing is deleted. Content, playlists, screens and settings all stay. Items beyond the fifth stay in the playlist and play again after an upgrade.
- The Essential limits start to apply. Screens with more than 5 items play the first five, show a short full-screen Castit upgrade message, then start again.
- Apps outside the Essential set stay on screen with a notice saying they are part of Professional. No new ones can be added.
Longer videos stay in your library, uncut: on Essential each one plays its first 30 seconds. Your other players keep their setup, and they start again as soon as you have licences for them.
The same platforms on every plan
Essential runs on the same players as Professional, so you can start on a display or device you already have. You don't have to buy hardware from Castit: the hardware page lists the devices we know run well, and the platform page shows how you manage every screen from one browser tab.
Android
Samsung Tizen
LG webOS
Windows
Linux
Web Player
Castit Android player
Included on every plan, free or paid
Essential and Professional are built on the same tools. What changes is how much plays, for how long, and on how many players.
Slide Creator
Design on-brand slides inside Castit without opening another tool, and save them for reuse.
Playlists
Sequence your content once, then push updates to every screen running that playlist.
Scheduling
Time-based and recurring schedules, plus availability hours per screen.
Free digital signage apps: Clock, Weather and PDF Viewer
Essential includes three apps: Clock, Weather and PDF Viewer. Add them to a playlist like any other item; on Essential each one shows for up to 30 seconds. During your first 21 days you can try every app in the catalogue, and the ones you add then stay on your screens with a notice that they are part of Professional. The app library shows everything Professional adds.
Clock
Weather
PDF Viewer
When you outgrow it
Move to Professional whenever you're ready. You get unlimited items, full-length video, every app, and as many players as you need. Everything you built on Essential comes with you.
Ready for more than five?
Professional plays your whole playlist and every video in full, and adds every app in the catalogue. Your content is already there, so it starts playing as soon as you upgrade.
Compare Essential and Professional on the pricing page. Rolling out across several sites? A certified partner can supply the hardware, install it and support it on site.
Questions about the free plan
Is Essential really free forever?
Yes. One player licence, with no card, no end date and no automatic charge.
What is the 21-day period?
It is a head start. For 21 days the account has the complete product on up to ten players. After that it stays on Essential, which is still free and still running.
What happens to my other players after 21 days?
They stop playing and wait for a licence. Their setup is kept. Once you have licences for them, they start again.
What happens if a screen has more than five items?
The first five play, then a short Castit upgrade message, then the loop starts again. The other items stay in the playlist and play in full on Professional.
What happens to my longer videos?
They stay in your library, uncut. On Essential each video plays its first 30 seconds. On Professional it plays in full.
I used other apps during the first 21 days. What happens to them?
They stay on your screens, with a notice that they are part of Professional. On Essential you can add Clock, Weather and PDF Viewer.
Can I upgrade later without starting over?
Yes. Your content, playlists and screens are all kept.
Do I need a credit card to start?
No. Essential asks for no payment details, during the first 21 days or after them.
Which devices run the free plan?
Android, Samsung Tizen, LG webOS, Windows, Linux, the Web Player and the Castit Android player: the same list as every other plan. The hardware page has the details.
What counts as one player?
A player is the device that drives your display, such as a smart display with the Castit player built in, an Android box or a PC. Essential gives you one player licence, and one player can drive more than one display.
What support comes with Essential?
Our knowledge base and in-app videos, during the first 21 days and after them.
Start free. Stay free.
One player licence that stays free forever. Start with 21 days of the complete product on up to ten players, then keep your first player running at no cost. No credit card needed.