Jug ScopeJug Scope is built so the work pays for itself. With an Owner / Mechanic plan or a Shop plan you can pick up your borescope and capture a complete inspection — reviewing every image, every cylinder, right there on your iPad. Exporting, sending outside your shop, uploading to Savvy, or creating a customer link needs the inspection unlocked with one inspection credit, and once it’s unlocked those are free. Sending to your shop isn’t free; it’s paid once, at hand-off, with one of the shop’s credits, or your own if the shop has none.
For owners — One Owner / Mechanic plan covers every aircraft in your account, year-round, however many you own. Borescope your engines as often as you like, compare them over time, and review everything in-app. When you are ready to send an inspection out, one inspection credit unlocks that specific inspection: all photos taken up to 7 days after it is first paid for or first sent, whichever comes later.
For shops — One Shop plan covers your shop, its web portal, and every customer aircraft you touch. Capture and review as many inspections as you want, and when a customer needs a deliverable, one inspection credit gives them a record they can open with nothing else to buy or subscribe to. Mechanics who work in your shop join it and use their own Owner / Mechanic plan.
9.1 What your plan covers
Capturing needs a plan: an Owner / Mechanic plan or a Shop plan. So do importing past photos and sending to your shop, and creating a shop needs the Shop plan. There is no free trial. Viewing what you’ve already captured, on any of your devices, never needs a plan or a credit. Exporting, sending outside your shop, uploading to Savvy, or creating a customer link needs the inspection unlocked with one inspection credit, and once it’s unlocked those are free. Sending to your shop isn’t free; it’s paid once, at hand-off, with one of the shop’s credits, or your own if the shop has none. A credit works with or without a plan. Active shop members can view all of their shop’s photos. A shop member’s first send also needs their own Owner / Mechanic plan. If a Shop plan lapses, the shop’s members lose access to the web portal after a 16-day grace period. The app keeps working.
Uploading to Savvy, exporting, sending outside your shop, and creating a customer link each need the inspection unlocked with one inspection credit ($49.99 for your first, $99.99 for each additional). Sending to your shop is paid once, at hand-off. The plan is your ongoing access to capture; the inspection credit is the one-time charge for a specific deliverable.
- Upload — sending an inspection to Savvy Aviation for analysis.
- Export — packaging an inspection as a shareable archive, a ZIP, or images saved to your Photos library.
- Sharing — sending an inspection to your shop, to a customer, or to another account.
Saving to your Jug Scope Cloud library does not use a credit.
Once you unlock an inspection, the unlock travels with it — for you and for anyone you send it to, regardless of whether they have a subscription. One inspection credit unlocks an inspection: all photos taken up to 7 days after it is first paid for or first sent, whichever comes later.
9.2 Owner / Mechanic plan (for aircraft owners and mechanics)
If you own your airplane and do your own borescope inspections, the Owner / Mechanic plan is built for you. It is a single plan at a single price: $4.99/month or $49.99/year, and it covers unlimited aircraft in your account. Whether you own one airplane or a hangar full of them, the price does not change, and there is no count to manage.
The Owner / Mechanic plan is also the plan for a mechanic who works in someone else's shop. Buy it, then join that shop in the app. You don't need a Shop plan unless you run the shop.
| Plan | Monthly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| Owner / Mechanic (unlimited aircraft) | $4.99/mo | $49.99/yr |
Paying yearly costs about two months less than paying monthly — worth it for any owner who plans to keep the app through the year.
For owners — One plan, every aircraft you own, now and later. Add a second airplane next year and your price does not move.
9.3 Shop plan (for shops and independent mechanics)
The Shop plan is built for a shop inspecting many customers' aircraft. It covers one shop and its web portal, and every aircraft that shop works on — whether a customer brings in a Cherokee today and a Bonanza tomorrow, the same plan covers both. An independent mechanic working alone is a one-person shop, and buys the Shop plan.
The Shop plan is $29.99/month or $299.99/year, and includes the shop web portal. Each account can run one shop. Mechanics who work in your shop join it in the app and use their own Owner / Mechanic plan to do so.
| Plan | Monthly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| Shop (one shop + web portal) | $29.99/mo | $299.99/yr |
Paying yearly costs about two months less than paying monthly. There is no free trial. The Shop plan, like the Owner / Mechanic plan, is bought in the app through Apple.
Moving between plans works one way going up and another coming down. Owner / Mechanic to Shop is an upgrade you make in the app — it takes effect right away, and Apple prorates the difference. Shop to Owner / Mechanic takes effect at your next renewal.
Shop credits. A shop owner can buy inspection credits for the shop in the app. When a member sends an inspection to the shop, it uses one of the shop’s credits, or the member’s own if the shop has none. Sending to your shop isn’t free; it’s paid once, at hand-off. Owner approval is an optional shop setting, off by default. If your shop turns it on, the shop is charged only when an owner approves the incoming send, and a declined send costs nothing. A member’s own captures never wait for approval.
For shops — One plan, one shop, every customer aircraft that comes through the bay. Your mechanics join the shop and use their own Owner / Mechanic plans.
9.4 Unlocking a single inspection
Exporting, sending outside your shop, uploading to Savvy, or creating a customer link needs the inspection unlocked with one inspection credit, and once it’s unlocked those are free. Sending to your shop isn’t free; it’s paid once, at hand-off, with one of the shop’s credits, or your own if the shop has none. You don’t need a subscription to buy a credit, and a credit works with or without a plan. One inspection credit unlocks one inspection to export or send. Your first credit is $49.99; each one after that is $99.99. For shops and frequent flyers, a five-credit pack is $449.99, and a ten-credit pack is $849.99.
Here is the part worth understanding clearly: when you pay to unlock an inspection, the unlock travels with it. It is a property of the inspection itself, not of your account. So when someone sends you an unlocked inspection, you can open, review, export, and keep the photos the unlock covers without a plan or a credit of your own. Credits are for the inspections you capture. One inspection credit unlocks an inspection: all photos taken up to 7 days after it is first paid for or first sent, whichever comes later.
For owners — Unlock just the inspection you are sending out, and the buyer or your mechanic can open it on their end without paying again.
For shops — Unlocking an inspection you have created means you can hand the customer a fully accessible record. They do not need a Jug Scope subscription to open what you sent.
9.5 How subscribing works
Subscribing takes a few steps in the app, and every purchase goes through Apple. There is no free trial.
- Choose your plan. Owner / Mechanic (you own the aircraft, or you work in someone else's shop) or Shop (you run a shop, or you are an independent mechanic).
- Choose your billing cycle — monthly or annual.
- Review the plan you selected, with its price.
- Tap Subscribe and confirm the purchase with the App Store, the same way you confirm any other App Store subscription.
Your subscription is billed through the App Store and renews automatically at the end of each cycle. You can cancel anytime from your Apple Account settings, and access continues through the end of the period you have already paid for.
9.6 Managing your subscription
Everything for your subscription is reachable from Settings.
- Refresh subscription status. If you have just subscribed, switched devices, or changed your plan and the app has not caught up, open Settings → Subscription and tap Refresh Subscription Status. Jug Scope re-checks with the App Store and updates immediately.
- Restore a purchase on a new device. Sign in with the same Apple Account you subscribed with, and your access follows you. Settings → Restore Purchases links your App Store subscription to the account you’re signed in to; use it if you deleted an earlier Jug Scope account on the same Apple Account.
- Change or cancel your plan. Moving from Owner / Mechanic to Shop is a prorated upgrade you make in the app, and it takes effect right away. Moving from Shop to Owner / Mechanic, and cancellation, are handled in your Apple Account subscription settings and take effect at your next renewal.
Tip — A renewal banner appears on the Home screen when your subscription needs attention. For the Shop plan, the banner reads "Renewal needs attention" with the note "Your subscription is in a grace period — update billing to keep access." Tap it to go straight to your subscription settings so a lapse never catches you mid-inspection-season.
9.7 Billing questions
Is there a per-image or per-inspection fee?
No. Your plan covers capture with no per-image or per-inspection charge. The only one-time charge is the inspection credit. Exporting, sending outside your shop, uploading to Savvy, or creating a customer link needs the inspection unlocked with one inspection credit, and once it’s unlocked those are free. Sending to your shop isn’t free; it’s paid once, at hand-off, with one of the shop’s credits, or your own if the shop has none. One inspection credit unlocks an inspection: all photos taken up to 7 days after it is first paid for or first sent, whichever comes later.
Do I pay more for more aircraft?
No. The Owner / Mechanic plan covers unlimited aircraft in your account, and adding an aircraft never changes your price.
I'm a mechanic. Which plan do I need?
If you run your own shop or work on your own, you need the Shop plan. If you work in someone else's shop, buy your own Owner / Mechanic plan and join the shop in the app. You need your own Owner / Mechanic plan to capture.
Can I switch plans or billing cycles?
Yes. Moving from Owner / Mechanic to Shop is an upgrade you make in the app; it takes effect right away, and Apple prorates it. Moving from Shop to Owner / Mechanic takes effect at your next renewal. Switching between monthly and annual billing is handled in your Apple Account subscription settings.
Do subscriptions auto-renew?
Yes, through the App Store, until you cancel. You can cancel anytime and keep access through the period you have paid for.
How do refunds work?
Refunds for App Store purchases are handled by Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com.
Can I try Jug Scope before I subscribe?
You can download Jug Scope for free. There is no free trial. Capturing an inspection needs an Owner / Mechanic plan or a Shop plan.
Can one account run more than one shop?
No. Each account can run one shop, and one Shop plan covers that shop, its web portal, and every aircraft it works on. Mechanics who work in the shop join it and capture with their own Owner / Mechanic plan.