--- title: "Do you offer free trials? — RatingTheRaces Support" description: "Yes, two of them, and you do not have to ask for either. One arrives automatically days after you join, the other on your first NAP Competition entry." url: https://ratingtheraces.com/plans-billing/free-trials/ date_modified: "2026-10-08" --- [Help Centre](https://ratingtheraces.com/support/) / [Plans & Billing](https://ratingtheraces.com/plans-billing/) /Do you offer free trials? # Do you offer free trials? Billing premium / professional Yes. Enter the NAP Competition for the first time and you'll get 5 days of Premium automatically, completely free. Prefer to just ask? We'll happily set a trial up too. ## A trial lands on its own A couple of days after you sign up, if you have come back for another look, we switch **Premium on for free** without being asked: three days as standard, seven if you have entered the [NAP Competition](https://ratingtheraces.com/nap-competition/what-is-nap/). No card, nothing to cancel. Full detail in [Your free Premium trial, given automatically](https://ratingtheraces.com/plans-billing/automatic-premium-trial/). ## The 5-day welcome trial, on your first entry Free members get a **5-day Premium trial** the first time they enter the [NAP Competition](https://ratingtheraces.com/nap-competition/what-is-nap/) with a linked X account. There's nothing to request and no card needed, place your first entry and Premium unlocks on the spot as a welcome gift: the full ratings for every race, plus the XLS and CSV downloads. So if you want to try before you buy, the quickest route is to [sign up for a Free account](https://ratingtheraces.com/getting-started/how-to-sign-up/) and enter the competition, see [How to play the NAP Competition](https://ratingtheraces.com/nap-competition/how-to-play-nap/). When the 5 days are up your account simply carries on as a free one, nothing is charged. Full details in [The 5-day Premium welcome trial](https://ratingtheraces.com/plans-billing/premium-welcome-trial/). ## Trials on request Already used your welcome trial, or want longer with the full product? [Get in touch](https://ratingtheraces.com/contact-us/) and we'll happily set a trial up so you can see exactly what you'd be getting before you subscribe. ## See the ratings before you subscribe There are also several ways to judge the quality before you spend a penny. - **The free first race.** Every day the first race is free for everyone, with the full ratings grid, so you can see exactly how it looks. - **Live example WebRatings.** Check out real example ratings on our [Example page](https://ratingtheraces.com/example-ratings/) so you can see the columns, stats and layout for yourself. - **Free Friday ratings.** Enter that week's NAP Competition on at least two days and you'll get the full ratings free on Friday. - **A free account.** [Sign up for a Free account](https://ratingtheraces.com/getting-started/how-to-sign-up/) to play the NAP Competition, use NagMe and see the basic stats at no cost, see [What's included in a Free account?](https://ratingtheraces.com/plans-billing/free-account/). [![Example WebRatings page](https://ratingtheraces.com/help/free-trials/0-d9cdad3c-e18d-4042-a8c7-743e2697c6f7.webp)](#zoom-help-free-trials-0-d9cdad3c-e18d-4042-a8c7-743e2697c6f7) [![Example WebRatings page](https://ratingtheraces.com/help/free-trials/0-d9cdad3c-e18d-4042-a8c7-743e2697c6f7.webp)](#close) ## Ready to see the full picture? When you want everything, [How much does it cost?](https://ratingtheraces.com/plans-billing/pricing/) covers the plans, and [What's included in a Professional account?](https://ratingtheraces.com/plans-billing/professional-account/) compares the tiers side by side. Still unsure? Our [Google reviews](https://ratingtheraces.com/plans-billing/google-reviews/) come from genuine subscribers. Was this article helpful? ### Related articles [ ### What's included in a Free account? A free RatingTheRaces account gives you basic ratings stats, free NAP Competition entry, NagMe alerts, Group By and the Staking Manager, no card needed. ](https://ratingtheraces.com/plans-billing/free-account/)[ ### What's included in a Premium account? Premium unlocks the full horse racing ratings with 80+ premium-only stats, Premium Analysis, complete TipStats, every filter, blog access and CSV/XLS downloads. ](https://ratingtheraces.com/plans-billing/premium-account/)[ ### What's included in a Professional account? The top tier adds ProStats, the Horse Database, Today's Qualifiers, One Runner Stats, the Last Winning Mark and the LWOR column to everything in Premium. ](https://ratingtheraces.com/plans-billing/professional-account/)