ITLicense
Lifetime Premium.
Free, for everyone.
Anyone who downloads TurboFix receives a Lifetime Premium key, at no charge: it unlocks every feature and never expires. There is no paid version and none is on the way. The key arrives by email, the only way we deliver it, and must be activated within 7 days; from then on it's for life.
How it works
Three steps, once.
1. Enter your email address
On the download page. It's the only thing we ask for, and it has to be real: the key is delivered there and nowhere else.
2. It arrives by email
It comes from supporto@turbofix.it, right after the download: that's the only place you'll find it, we don't show it on screen. Check your spam folder too. It's short, something like TFX3-A1B2C-D3E4F-G5H6J-K7L8M: easy to read out over the phone. Activate it within 7 days, after which it's cancelled.
3. Paste it into the app
TurboFix asks for it the first time it runs. It has to be entered exactly as it appears in the email, capitals and hyphens included, so the safest way is to copy and paste it. After that, you'll never hear about it again.
The model
Free means free.
Plainly, with no beating around the bush: TurboFix is free for anyone, with everything included. There's no cut-down version, no expiration and no point at which you're asked to pay.
What you get
The key delivered by the website is Lifetime Premium. Every feature is unlocked, including the most advanced ones such as backup, recovery of deleted files and the assistant. You pay nothing, no credit card is needed and there's no renewal.
What a key is worth is written into the key itself, and doesn't change: once activated it stays valid forever.
What there isn't
No paid version, not now and not planned. No countdown, no features held back for paying customers, no screen asking you to unlock anything.
No ads, no third-party programs in the installer and no mailing list handed to anyone. What the program sends to the website is spelled out in full in the privacy policy.
How it stays afloat
Every free program raises the same question: how does it pay for itself? The usual answers are ads inside the program, third-party “offers” in the installer, a Pro version pushed with alarming warnings, or the users' data, sold to whoever will buy it. Here, none of the four.
TurboFix is an independent project: one person writes it, and there's no investment to recoup and no business plan to meet. The real costs are the domain and the server that delivers the key and the updates, and the developer pays for them.
Anyone who feels like helping out can buy a coffee, from the website or from the program. It's voluntary and changes nothing: those who donate and those who don't get the same TurboFix, with everything unlocked.
If you'd like to
Buy TurboFix a coffee.
The program stays free regardless: this isn't a paid version in disguise and it unlocks nothing. It only goes toward the domain and the server, which the developer currently pays for.
Those who donate and those who don't get the same TurboFix, with every feature. It isn't a sale, so there's no invoice: it's a voluntary donation to a person, and you can do it once or never.
Questions
Common questions about the license.
I lost my key. How do I get it back?
Just request it again from the download page with the same address. What you receive depends on one thing only:
- if that key had already been activated at least once, the same one is sent again, with the computers it's already working on;
- if it had never been activated, the old one is cancelled and a new one arrives: use the latest one you received.
In both cases you pay nothing and there's no limit on the number of requests. If the email doesn't arrive, write to us at supporto@turbofix.it.
Why does the key expire after 7 days?
Because a key that's been delivered and never used is no good to anyone and just lies around. If it isn't activated within 7 days of the email, it's cancelled: from then on it no longer works. That's not a problem and costs nothing: just go back to the download page, enter the same address and another one arrives right away, free, with another week to use it.
Once activated, the key never expires again. The 7 days only apply before first use. And if one day TurboFix is removed from the computer, the key stays valid anyway.
Do I need the internet to use TurboFix?
Only for activation, once. At that moment the connection really is needed: that's when the key is verified and tied to the computer.
After that, no. An activated license works without the internet, forever: on a computer that never goes online, TurboFix keeps working with no expiration and no countdown. There's no day on which the program stops and asks you to reconnect.
TurboFix still does an occasional check when the network is available: it keeps the license register tidy. If it can't, nothing happens.
Can I type the key however I like?
No: it has to be entered exactly as it appears in the email, all in CAPITALS and with the hyphens in place. The program compares it character by character and corrects nothing. The safest way is to copy and paste it: the activation window also has a Paste button.
I already use TurboFix. Do I need to do anything again?
It depends on when it was installed. Keys that start with TFX3 are already in the new format: there's nothing to do.
For licenses from before version 3.0 the switch doesn't happen on its own. To get a new one, download TurboFix again and request the key from the download page: one arrives right away, free and lifetime, and it takes about a minute.
In the meantime the installed version keeps working: nothing is lost and there's no deadline to meet. If you think you're entitled to something other than what the website offers, write to us at supporto@turbofix.it.
Can I use it on more than one computer?
Yes, up to 3 computers on the same key. Reinstalling TurboFix on the same PC doesn't use up a slot: the computer is simply recognized. If you change computers and the slots are used up, or if you need it on several workstations in a business, write to us and we'll find the right solution: supporto@turbofix.it.
Does it expire?
Once activated, no. It's for life, and that includes updates: there's no renewal and no point at which the program stops working. The only time that counts is the time before the first activation, which is the question above.
What do you do with my email address?
We send the license and, when there's something important, news about the program. No ads, no lists handed to third parties. You can ask for it to be deleted at any time: the details are on the Privacy page.
Is there a paid version, or will there be one?
No. TurboFix is free for everyone and the key you receive is already the full one: there's no cut-down version to upgrade by paying, and none is planned. If something paid were ever to appear, it would be an addition, and the keys already delivered would stay valid regardless: their value is written into the key and into the license register.
Why do you ask for an email address if it's free?
For two reasons, stated plainly: the license has to be delivered somewhere, and knowing how many people actually use it is the only way we have of telling whether it makes sense to keep developing it. There's no third reason.