Crunchyroll’s free trial is seven days for new subscribers, it requires a payment method up front, and it converts to a paid membership automatically the moment it ends.

There is no grace period and no reminder you can rely on. If you do not cancel before day seven, you are billed for a full month at the tier you selected, which since the 2026 price rise means $9.99 for Fan, $13.99 for Mega Fan or $17.99 for Ultimate Fan.

The safe move is to cancel on the day you sign up. Your trial access runs to the end of the seven days regardless, so cancelling immediately costs you nothing and removes the risk entirely. This is the single most useful thing to know about it.

There is also a much longer trial most people miss. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members can claim a Mega Fan trial of 60 days or more through the Perks gallery, which is roughly eight times the standard offer.

What This Guide Covers

• How The Crunchyroll Free Trial Works
• How To Cancel Before You Are Charged
• Which Tier To Start The Trial On
• The 60-Day Game Pass Trial
• Who Is Eligible, And What If You Have Had One Before
• What To Do If It Already Charged You
• There Is No Longer A Free Tier To Fall Back On
• Frequently Asked Questions
• The Short Version

How The Crunchyroll Free Trial Works

Nothing is lostCost if it converts$9.99 Fan, $13.99 Mega Fan, $17.99 Ultimate Fan per month

Detail	How it works
Length	Seven days for new subscribers on the standard offer
Payment method	Required up front. You cannot start a trial without a card or equivalent on file
What you get	Full access to whichever tier you selected, not a limited version
At the end	Converts to a paid month automatically. No grace period
Cancelling early	Keeps your access to the end of the seven days.

The card requirement is the mechanism that makes the automatic conversion possible, and it is why trials so often turn into charges people did not plan for. Nothing about the trial is deceptive, but nothing about it is designed to remind you either.

Trial length has moved around over the years and varies by promotion, region and platform. Seven days is the standard offer in 2026, but check what your own signup screen says before you count days, because a promotional trial may run longer or shorter.

How To Cancel Before You Are Charged

Do this on day one. Your access is unaffected and the risk disappears.

1. Sign in at crunchyroll.com in a browser. The mobile apps cannot cancel a web subscription.
2. Click your profile picture, then Settings, then Membership Info.
3. Click Cancel Subscription and work through the retention screens.
4. Click the final confirmation, usually worded as “No thanks, Finish Cancellation”. This is the step that actually does it.
5. Check that Membership Info shows an end date rather than a renewal date, and keep the confirmation email.

If you started the trial inside an app, cancel where you started it: Apple under Settings, your name, Subscriptions; Google Play under Payments and subscriptions; Roku by pressing the Star button on the channel; Amazon under Your Subscriptions. Nothing you do on the Crunchyroll website will stop a charge those platforms are making. Our full guide to cancelling a Crunchyroll membership covers each route in detail.

One extra safeguard worth taking: set a calendar reminder for day five. Crunchyroll does not promise a reminder email before the trial converts, so treat any that arrives as a bonus rather than the plan.

Which Tier To Start The Trial On

The trial gives full access to whichever tier you pick, and every tier has the same anime catalogue. The higher ones add streams and extras, not shows.

Tier	If it converts	Worth trialling if
Fan	$9.99 a month	You are one person on one screen. Ad-free, full library, simulcasts, offline on one device
Mega Fan	$13.99 a month	You want up to four streams, the Game Vault, or offline downloads on several devices
Ultimate Fan	$17.99 a month	You specifically want Crunchyroll Manga, 4K on select titles or six concurrent streams

Two practical notes. Trial on the tier you would actually keep, because a Mega Fan trial that quietly converts costs $4 a month more than a Fan one for extras you may not use. And avoid starting the trial on an annual plan, because if that converts you are billed for a full year rather than a month.

The 60-Day Game Pass Trial

If you already pay for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, check the Perks gallery before signing up for anything directly. Microsoft has repeatedly offered Game Pass Ultimate members a Crunchyroll Mega Fan trial of 60 days or more, which is a substantially better offer than the standard seven and on the middle tier rather than the entry one.

The catch is the same as ever: it is for new Crunchyroll subscribers, and it converts unless you cancel. A 60-day trial is easier to forget about than a seven-day one, so set the reminder the day you claim it.

Perks come and go, so treat this as worth checking rather than guaranteed to be there.

Who Is Eligible, And What If You Have Had One Before

Free trials are for new subscribers. If your account has held a premium membership or a trial before, the signup flow will normally take you straight to a paid plan with no trial offered.

Creating a second account to get another trial is the obvious workaround and it is a poor one: you lose your watch history and watchlist, and duplicate accounts on the same payment method are exactly what eligibility checks look for. If you want back in cheaply, a promotional annual price is the better route. Crunchyroll ran a limited-time annual Fan plan at $66.99 for the year, which works out around $5.58 a month, well under the $9.99 monthly rate.

Trials claimed through a platform such as Xbox, Apple or Google are usually tracked separately from a direct Crunchyroll trial, which is why a Game Pass perk can still be available to someone who has used the seven-day offer. That is not guaranteed, and the offer terms decide it.

What To Do If It Already Charged You

Act the same day if you can, because the case gets weaker with every episode watched and every day of the period used.

1. Cancel first, so the next charge cannot land while you are sorting this one out.
2. Work out who took the money. A charge from Apple, Google, Roku or Amazon is refunded by them, not by Crunchyroll.
3. Contact the right party. For a direct charge, use the Crunchyroll help centre, give the charge date and amount, and say the trial converted and you have not used the service since. For Apple, use reportaproblem.apple.com. For Google, the Play Store refund flow.
4. Do not open a chargeback first. It usually gets the account locked and makes a straightforward refund conversation into a dispute.

Crunchyroll has no published self-serve refund. Whether you get one is a support decision, and a polite, specific request made quickly is what makes it likely.

There Is No Longer A Free Tier To Fall Back On

This changed in 2026 and it changes what a trial means. Crunchyroll used to run a free ad-supported plan alongside the paid tiers, so letting a trial lapse dropped you onto a limited but real free version of the service. That plan was discontinued in early 2026.

Shortly afterwards, in February 2026, Crunchyroll raised every paid tier, effective from each subscriber’s next billing date after 4 March 2026. The Fan tier went from $7.99 to $9.99, its first US increase since 2019.

So the trial now sits between full access and nothing, and it converts at a higher price than it used to. That is the practical reason to decide inside the seven days rather than drifting past them.

Frequently Asked Questions

How Long Is The Crunchyroll Free Trial?

Seven days for new subscribers on the standard offer, with a payment method required up front. Promotional trials run longer, and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members have been offered Mega Fan trials of 60 days or more through the Perks gallery.

Does The Crunchyroll Free Trial Charge You Automatically?

Yes. It converts to a paid membership the moment the trial ends, with no grace period, at the tier you selected. Cancel before the last day to avoid it.

Can I Cancel The Trial And Still Watch Until It Ends?

Yes, and this is the safest approach. Cancelling on day one keeps your access for the full seven days and removes any chance of being charged.

Do I Need A Card For The Crunchyroll Free Trial?

Yes. A payment method is required to start the trial, which is how the automatic conversion at the end works.

Can I Get A Second Crunchyroll Free Trial?

Not on an account that has already had one or held a paid membership. Making a new account to get around it loses your watch history and is what eligibility checks are designed to catch. A promotional annual price is the better route back.

What Happens When The Crunchyroll Trial Ends?

You are billed for a full month at your chosen tier and premium access continues. Since Crunchyroll discontinued its free ad-supported plan in early 2026, letting a trial lapse after cancelling leaves you without catalogue access rather than on a free tier.

Can I Get A Refund If The Trial Charged Me?

There is no self-serve refund, but support does consider requests. Cancel first, then contact whoever billed you with the charge date and amount, the same day if possible. If Apple, Google, Roku or Amazon took the payment, they decide rather than Crunchyroll.

Which Tier Should I Start The Trial On?

The one you would actually keep. Every tier has the same anime catalogue, so Fan at $9.99 is enough for one person on one screen. Mega Fan and Ultimate Fan add concurrent streams, the Game Vault, manga and 4K rather than more shows.

The Short Version

Seven days, card required, converts automatically with no grace period. Cancel on the day you sign up, because your access runs the full seven days either way and that removes the risk completely. Set a reminder for day five as a backstop rather than relying on an email.

Trial the tier you would genuinely keep, avoid starting on an annual plan, and if you have Xbox Game Pass Ultimate check the Perks gallery first for a 60-day Mega Fan trial instead. If it has already charged you, cancel, work out who took the money, and ask them for a refund the same day.