Is Destinify free?
Yes. There is no paid tier holding back the useful part.
Yes. Exploring destinations, building trips, planning with other people, posting Moments and writing guides are all free. There is no paid tier, and no feature is locked behind one.
So where does the money come from?
Not from you, and not from a cut of your trip. The plan is a marketplace where local providers — stays, guides, experience operators — can be found by travellers already planning. That is not built yet, and when it is, payment settles directly between traveller and provider.
One consequence worth stating plainly: nothing in the app is ranked by who paid us, because nobody does.