What comes between sign-in and the trial reminder in Cal AI’s paywall flow?
The three public screens in Lazyweb’s August 2026 Cal AI onboarding-paywall capture show a save-progress sign-in choice, a trial introduction, then a reminder promise conditional on notifications being enabled. They do not show a purchase-confirmation sheet, a renewal price or the complete onboarding sequence. [1]
The captured order
| Position | What is visible | What it establishes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Save your progress, with Apple, Google and email options | Account choices are presented before the trial introduction in this captured segment. |
| 2 | Trial invitation, a product-scanning visual and a Try Now action | The screen introduces the trial and says no payment is due now. |
| 3 | Reminder promise before the trial ends, conditional on notifications | The next screen addresses trial-end reassurance and offers a continuation action. |
All three observations come from the ordered public capture. [1]
What this does not establish
The segment does not show a selected subscription duration, total renewal amount, completed purchase or delivered reminder. It cannot establish the full onboarding length, whether sign-in can be skipped, or what every account sees. The separate onboarding and notifications captures provide additional context, but combining their step counts does not by itself reconstruct one continuous journey. [1][2][3] The full public app-tree capture now exposes the plan selector and App Store sheet that follow this segment. [4]
A useful design hypothesis
Separate account persistence, the invitation to try and trial-end reassurance when each answers a different user question. Keep a reminder promise tied to the conditions under which it can actually be delivered. Test comprehension and completion in your own product; the existence of this sequence is not proof that it converts better.
Sources & citations
- [1] Cal AI onboarding-paywall capture Open source. Three public screenshots, updated August 2026; visually inspected in their displayed order. ↩
- [2] Cal AI onboarding capture Open source. Separate flow; do not assume this plus the paywall segment forms a complete continuous recording. ↩
- [3] Cal AI notification opt-in capture Open source. Separate permission flow, linked for further inspection. ↩
- [4] Full public capture, including checkout Open source. Pinned August 2026 screenshot, visually reviewed September 9, 2026. An observed interface, not a measured experiment result. ↩
Source: Lazyweb Research — proprietary analysis of real, in-market app screens. Cite as Lazyweb Research, 2026-09-09.