TIDAL Free Trial: How to Get Up to 12 Months Free in 2026

TIDAL's own free trial remains 30 days in 2026 and is restricted to new subscribers only. Any longer offer comes from third-party sources: for example, three months via a Denon DJ voucher or Sony Xperia bundle. The subscription auto-renews after the 30-day period unless cancelled. This guide is organised by trial length. For each of the four durations users commonly search for, it lists valid offers and their eligibility requirements. Every offer below was verified against a live TIDAL page in 2026.

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1. Does TIDAL Have a Free Trial in 2026? Is There a Free Version?

TIDAL still runs a 30-day free trial in 2026, but it no longer has a free version. Only brand-new users qualify for this free trial. If you have ever had a TIDAL account — paid, trial, or a redeemed promo — the signup flow charges you from day one instead of starting a trial.

1.1 How Long Is the TIDAL Free Trial, and What's Included?

The TIDAL free trial lasts 30 days. The countdown starts when you confirm your payment method, not when you first open the app. Note that trials offered directly by TIDAL are fixed at 30 days. Any longer trial offer you may have seen comes from partner arrangements. These include hardware brands buying voucher codes or carriers bundling TIDAL into service contracts. You cannot select a 3‑ or 6‑month trial directly on tidal.com.

During those 30 days you get the same access as a paying Individual subscriber:

• Ad-free listening across the web player, desktop app, and mobile apps.
• Offline downloads for flights, commutes, and anywhere without a signal.
• Lossless FLAC at CD quality, plus Hi-Res FLAC up to 24-bit/192kHz on supported output devices.
• Dolby Atmos on titles that carry an Atmos mix.
• The full catalogue more than 110 million tracks.
• Unlimited skips and full playlist, album, and artist browsing.

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1.2 Can You Start a TIDAL Trial Without a Credit Card?

Yes, but one type is refused outright — prepaid credit cards. There are three families of route, and they are not interchangeable:

• A payment method that isn't a credit card: Bank debit card, PayPal, Venmo (US), Cash App (US) or iDEAL (NL).
• A gift card (no payment details): TIDAL's gift-card flow asks for a PIN and nothing else, and the subscription still includes the 30-day trial. You are prepaying, though — the balance is spent when the trial ends.
• A carrier or hardware bundle: The payment method belongs to the operator or the retailer, so TIDAL never sees your card. The duration is theirs to set.

By length:

1 Month 3 Months 6 Months 12 Months

By situation:

I have a gift card I have PayPal or a debit card I'm a student or want family I own Denon DJ device I just bought an Xperia I drive a Mercedes-Benz

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2. TIDAL Free Trial 1 Month

Three options are available: the standard TIDAL free trial, special plans like Family, Student and DJ that use the same sign-up process, and gift cards for users who cannot add a payment card.

2.1 Official 30-day TIDAL Free Trial

This is the default route: create a new account, confirm a payment method, and the trial is applied at checkout. The trial length is the same 30 days whether you choose Individual, Family, Student or DJ.

1. The direct signup URL is tidal.com/try-now. Type it manually — avoid search ads to skip reseller pages and reach TIDAL's official site.
2. Register with an email for your trial. Trials may fail to activate if the email was used on TIDAL before.
3. Individual is preselected. Family, Student and DJ plans are also available here, each with a 30‑day trial. Choose the plan you want to keep after trial.
4. Card, PayPal, bank debit card, Venmo, Cash App or iDEAL depending on your country. TIDAL charges nothing at this point, but it may run a small authorization check ($1–$2) that drops off within 24 hours.

2.2 TIDAL Family, Student and DJ Plans

You do not repeat the signup for these three. At step three above, pick the plan you want; the 30-day trial is identical, and only the price after the trial and the eligibility checks change.

• Family ($19.99/month, six accounts). All six slots share the same catalogue and audio quality. One catch: family members who have already used an individual trial or promo cannot be added while the Family trial is running — they join only after the plan converts to paid billing. DJ features are not available on Family at all.
• Student ($6.99/month). Verification runs through SheerID — upload an enrolment letter, class schedule, tuition receipt or transcript dated within the current academic year, with the name matching your TIDAL account. Eligibility is re-checked every 11 months; a missed re-check moves you to the full $11.99 rate. Student pricing is not sold through Apple or Google.
• DJ ($19.99/month). This is the plan that unlocks rekordbox, Serato, VirtualDJ, djay Pro and Denon Engine integration. You can add the DJ tier to an Individual or Student trial midway without losing the days you have left, but you cannot add it to a Family plan, and it cannot be activated on an account created through Apple or Google.

2.3 TIDAL Gift Card

This is the one route where TIDAL never asks for payment details. The redemption page asks for a PIN and nothing else, and a subscription created this way includes the 30-day free trial, with the card deducted when the trial ends.

1. In the US, TIDAL names Cash App, PayPal, Walmart, Best Buy and GameStop as stockists. Not every store carries them, and some are email delivery only.
2. Go to tidal.com/giftcards and enter the code. If you already have an account the path is different: log in at account.tidal.com, then Redeem → Redeem Gift Card, and the balance goes onto your existing subscription instead of starting a trial.
3. The 30 days starts at redemption. When it ends the card balance is deducted rather than a card being charged.

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3. TIDAL Free Trial 3 Months

Two hardware partners still hand out working 3-month codes in 2026 — Denon DJ for DJs, and Sony Xperia for phone buyers — plus the Mercedes-Benz in-car offer.

3.1 Denon DJ TIDAL Bundle

Active

TIDAL lists Denon DJ as an official hardware partner. Eligible Denon controllers and mixers come with a 3‑month TIDAL DJ subscription offer. The redemption code is included in the box or your Denon account and unlocks the trial. The device itself is required — no code means no access.

1. The code ships with the purchase of an eligible Denon DJ controller or mixer — it appears in your Denon account or on a card in the box. Check the model list on the Denon DJ partner page before you plan around it.
2. Vouchers are single-use and new-user only, and TIDAL cannot attach one to an account that already exists. Redeem before you start a standard trial, not after.
3. Enter the code at tidal.com/voucher, create your login, then add payment details. You are not charged until the voucher time runs out, so the card is a hold rather than a charge.

3.2 Sony Xperia TIDAL Bundle

Active, UK/EU

Sony's UK electronics page offers new TIDAL subscribers three months of TIDAL Hi-Fi free with the purchase of an eligible Xperia phone. The same offer runs on regional Sony sites — Sony Spain, Sony Poland and others list identical terms.

Eligible models are listed on the Sony page itself; the current range covers Xperia 1 V, 1 IV, PRO-I, 1 III, 5 III, 1 II and 5 II. The trial is the standard Hi-Fi tier (not DJ), and requires a new TIDAL account. You need the Xperia receipt to claim the code. Once you have the code, redeem it the same way as the Denon voucher above: at tidal.com/voucher, with a new TIDAL account and a payment method on file.

3.3 Mercedes-Benz TIDAL Offer

In-car only

Mercedes‑Benz's TIDAL partner offer gives eligible vehicle owners a free three‑month TIDAL trial. You need a fitted Mercedes me Adapter and an active Mercedes me account. Unlike the Denon and Sony vouchers, this one does not use a code — it is activated inside the Mercedes ecosystem.

1. Confirm your car is on the covered model list and has the Mercedes me Adapter fitted. The eligibility check happens in the Mercedes me portal, not on TIDAL's side.
2. Log in to the Mercedes me portal or the Mercedes me App, find the TIDAL tile under Digital Extras, and tap activate.
3. The portal hands you to tidal.com/mercedes-me to create or sign in to a new TIDAL account. Add a payment method; TIDAL does not charge you until the three months are up.

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4. TIDAL Free Trial 6 Months

No live six-month TIDAL free trial is publicly available as of 2026. TIDAL's own site does not run one, and every partner that used to publish a six-month window has either retired the offer or pulled the landing page. The five old campaigns below still show up in search results years after it stopped working, so they are listed here for reference rather than as live routes.

• Sprint offered six months of TIDAL HiFi for Unlimited Plus customers in 2017. The carrier merged into T‑Mobile in 2020, and the offer ended.
• Sunrise (Switzerland) once bundled six months of TIDAL HiFi with Freedom plans, but that partnership ended around 2019.
• Boost Mobile used to offer six months of TIDAL HiFi as a self-serve add-on, but it has been removed from Boost's add-on list and Boost's catalogue no longer mentions TIDAL.
• Multimedia / Grupa Vectra (Poland) remains on TIDAL's partner list, yet its carrier landing page is gone and the six-month offer term has been taken down from public channels.
• Plus (Polkomtel, Poland) once bundled a 90‑day TIDAL trial. TIDAL ended the agreement in 2024, and existing accounts were disabled in October 2026.

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5. TIDAL Free Trial 12 Months

TIDAL has no active partner pages listing a 12‑month free trial. What genuinely gets you close to a year is a discount rather than free time.

Cash App TIDAL Discount

US only

Eligible US customers on TIDAL Individual or DJ Individual get 25% off for 12 months when they sign up through the Cash App offer. Two conditions matter — you have to be in the US, and choosing it cancels the free trial entirely: you are charged immediately, and the discount cannot be stacked on top of a trial.

TIDAL's current partner list is mostly hardware and integration brands — Algorithm (djay Pro), Amazon Alexa, Bang & Olufsen, Denon DJ, Dolby Atmos, DJUCED, edjing, LG TV, Maserati, McIntosh, Mercedes-Benz, Multimedia, Pioneer DJ, Play Poland, Serato, Sonos, Tesla, Turtle Beach and Volkswagen. None of them publishes a 12-month trial.

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6. How to Cancel Your TIDAL Free Trial Before You're Billed?

Cancelling stops the renewal without cutting off access immediately — you keep listening until day 30.

If you signed up on the web:

1. Go to account.tidal.com and log in.
2. Open Subscription.
3. Select Cancel Subscription and confirm.

If you signed up in the TIDAL Android app:

1. Tap the heart icon, then the gear icon in the top right.
2. Tap Edit → Manage Subscription.
3. Scroll to Subscription → Cancel Subscription.

If you signed up through Apple or Google Play:

1. Open your phone's Settings → Subscriptions (iOS) or the Play Store → Subscriptions screen (Android).
2. Find TIDAL in the list.
3. Tap Cancel Subscription.

If you used a Denon DJ / Sony voucher or a TIDAL gift card:

Cancel at account.tidal.com → Subscription → Cancel. A voucher does not cut off access immediately — you keep listening until the voucher time runs out, so check the date on the Subscription screen before you assume you are clear. On a gift card, the remaining balance stays attached to the account after you cancel and is only spent while a subscription is active.

If you activated through Mercedes me:

The subscription lives in the Mercedes ecosystem rather than TIDAL's own account system, so cancel inside the Mercedes me portal or App rather than at account.tidal.com. TIDAL's own cancellation screen will not respond to Mercedes-bundled subscriptions.

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7. How to Keep Your TIDAL Library After the Free Trial Ends?

When the TIDAL free trial ends without a renewal, your playlists and saved albums stay on your account but your offline downloads stop playing. If you are leaving but want to keep the music, you need to convert TIDAL music to ordinary local audio files while the subscription is still active.

AudiFab TIDAL Converter downloads TIDAL tracks, albums and playlists to your computer as ordinary audio files in FLAC, MP3, WAV, AAC, AIFF or ALAC, keeping the source's lossless or Hi-Res quality and preserving all ID3 tags and embedded cover art. It runs on Windows and macOS, converts in batch at up to 10x speed; the same tool also handles Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Deezer and YouTube Music if your library is spread across more than one service. Because the files are written to disk as plain audio, they keep playing after the trial ends.

STEP 1Install AudiFab and pick TIDAL as the source

Download and install AudiFab on your Windows or Mac, launch it, and choose TIDAL from the music source list on the home screen. The built-in TIDAL window opens inside the app — sign in with the same account that holds the active trial.

STEP 2Set your output format and quality

Click the Settings icon in the bottom-left corner. Pick FLAC (Recommended) if you want to keep TIDAL's lossless quality — that is the default for hi-fi listeners. Choose MP3 320 kbps if you need smaller files for a phone or car. You can also change the output folder, toggle saved lyrics, and how the folders are organised by artist or album.

STEP 3Browse your library and add what you want to keep

Inside the built-in TIDAL window, navigate to the songs, albums or playlists you want to keep. Hover over an item and click the + button in the bottom-right corner — AudiFab reads the track list and pops up a checklist. Tick the tracks you want (or Select All), then click Add to move them into the conversion queue.

STEP 4Click Convert and let it run

Once the queue is loaded, hit the Convert button in the bottom-right. AudiFab pulls each track through TIDAL's app and writes the output file at the format you chose. At 10x speed a 100-track playlist finishes in a few minutes; you can keep using the app for other things while it runs.

STEP 5Find the files on your drive

When the progress bar finishes, switch to the History tab inside AudiFab — every converted track is listed there with a clickable folder icon that opens the output directory. Those FLAC or MP3 files are now yours to play, back up, or copy to any device, independent of whether the TIDAL subscription stays active.

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