Years ago, Revolut gave me Metal for free. After one year, much to my forgetful surprise, it renewed and just like that I was paying for Metal. I have been paying for it ever since. My perception of the value it brings changes from time to time, but right now it’s very high. That’s because I’ve just seen a wide range of decent premium subscriptions I now get to use “for free” because I’m a Revolut Metal customer.
If you like the sound of some of these benefits, you can sign up for Revolut using my referral link. Doesn’t cost you anything extra but I get a kick back. Revolut doesn’t pay for my content but I am a paying customer myself.
Premium Subscriptions With Revolut Metal
I’m reluctant to say “free” when talking about these subscriptions because they are only available for Revolut Metal customers. So they’re not free. You’re paying for one platform and getting these as added benefits. For many customers, none of this subscriptions will be of interest. For others, they’ll use nearly all of them. I’ve started using maybe 4 or 5 of them. Here’s the full range as of right now.
Financial Times
Clearly targeting the business types, access to the Financial Times will be popular with those suit times on the London Underground. I’m sure there are plenty of others who’ll enjoy this subscription too and sorry for stereotyping!
The Financial Times typically costs €45 per month. Basically, if you are a Revolut Metal customer already paying €15.99 and you also have a Financial Times subscription, it’s a bit of a no brainer to make the switch here and save substantially.
The Athletic
About twice a week I click a link to The Athletic only to curse the fact it’s paywalled and over €70 per year. The Athletic has some great sports coverage and insights that I find genuinely interesting, but I know I’d never pay for it. So this is a firm “nice to have” but “will never pay for” benefit of Revolut Metal. Maybe actually reading all that paywalled content will change my mind. Time will tell.
WeWork
I’m genuinely shocked the likes of this gets included. Ok, again for many this subscription will mean nothing. But for others it will genuinely be really useful.
We the rise of remote working, WeWork offers people the chance to get an office environment when working fully remote. Or, when travelling, if you need an office WeWork is one of the many answers out there. Revolut Metal customers get 1 free day at a WeWork every month. That’s worth about €10.
Deliveroo Silver
Normally €3.99 per month in Ireland, Deliveroo Silver gives you lets you avoid delivery fees on orders over €15. It’s not great and Deliveroo tends to price gouge you these days anyway so I’m not so excited about this one. I have free Deliveroo premium through Amazon but generally am trying to use Deliveroo less. It’s a bit of a rip-off
ClassPass
I wasn’t 100% sure what ClassPass was at first. I haven’t used it yet but almost certainly will. Initially I thought it was going to be useless access to a horrible online yoga class. It was giving me lockdown flashbacks. But it’s much better than that.
Revolut Metal customers get 10 ClassPass credits per month to access real life classes. Now, that’s not one credit per class to be clear. Given that these real life classes have varying costs, so to will the credits you need to spend.
I’ve had a quick look at the range of classes and training sessions spanning the likes of yoga, pilates and even access to a personal trainer working with small groups. These can cost anywhere from 5 to 9 credits per session and even more. So that “free” access you get with being a Revolut Metal customer might be 1 or 2 sessions, or none at all depending on what takes your fancy.
Still, I’m impressed about what you can access for free. I can also see why companies are offering this access to Revolut Metal customers. It’s nice to get for “free” but you’ll almost certainly be enticed to pay for more too.
NordVPN Plus
What kind of benefits package doesn’t offer a a VPN. NordVPN is probably one of the world’s best known VPNs. Not actually my VPN of choice, but now that I get access to it with no extra cost. I’ll give it a go.
With Revolut Metal, you get 2 years of NordVPN Plus, typically worth €3.99 per month. Having a VPN while browsing the internet these days is a nice privacy step to take. I won’t harp on about it too much but if you have Revolut Metal, this is a nice add-on to get access to.
VPNs are also great for viewing restricted streaming services in different countries with NordVPN offering access to countries some others don’t.
Freeletics Coach
I’m arguably most impressed by the Freeletics Coach app despite only using it once. I invested heavily in some adjustable weights at home. I was using the same program a personal trainer gave me years ago and getting quite bored with it. Freeletics combines AI with your stats and the tools you have at home. It then curates a workout for you.
In what sounds like a marketing line for them, it really is like having a personal trainer at your beck and call.
The first run through asked me to lift some ridiculous weights, but feedback and manual adjustments soon got my trainer in the right place. I just loved that I could plug in the weights I have, the fact I have a bench, a mat, foam roller and some straps and everything was tailored to this setup.
This app costs about €16 per month, and is genuinely something I plan to use quite a lot now that I have access to it. Would I have paid for it? No. But now I actually might when I have to.
Sleep Cycle
Sleep Cycle is a very niche benefit to get. I’m big into this kind of thing usually, obsessing over circadian rhythms and sleep management on long haul flights. Yet, sleep tracking in general really hasn’t been my thing. I can also see this being the kind of premium service that struggles to sell it’s paid version over free access.
I guess if you’re into it, it’s nice to get included but it wouldn’t be making me grab a Metal subscription alone.
Tinder Gold
I don’t think my other half reads most of my articles. But I’m lucky to enough to be very much sorted in the partner department for such a long time that I’ve never even used Tinder. Sorry, not intended to be a humble brag to those seeking love.
Anyway, in what is probably the most universally appreciated app for singles seeking love, you get Tinder Gold for free when on Revolut Metal. Alone, Tinder Gold costs about €20 so this means paying for Revolut Metal every month would save you money versus signing up with Tinder directly. No brainer territory that.
But not for me, obviously. Hi if you’re reading schatz.
Picsart Pro
This one I absolutely love. I used to use Photoshop quite a lot, but it’s so damn expensive and I just need some small edits from time to time. I kinda hate the idea of these platforms at times, but they are so handy for content creation. They answer little questions at a reasonable price.
So since getting access to Picsart Pro, which is typically €11 per month, for “free”, I’ve shifted quite a bit of my creative work to it. Simple edits, image resizing and even some AI-image editing which I found really helpful in some circumstances.
This firmly in the “really handy” list of apps I now have premium access to that I wouldn’t have before. But being honest, probably also in the category of “I won’t pay for it after it’s taken away” too.
Headspace
Genuinely, Headspace is the kind of app that every government in the world should sponsor for people. I use this regularly when I wake up in the middle of the night with my mind racing and need to get back to sleep.
There’s probably a million other uses I should be using the app for and am not. But I absolutely do recommend this app. Everyone should be investing in their mental wellbeing, but realistically, can’t. Very nice to see this included with Revolut Metal. Granted, you do have to pay for that subscription I hope there’s a cohort of customers that have improved mental wellbeing as a result.
Masterclass
I like the concept of Masterclass, but I would never pay for it. Masterclass gives you training and lectures from the best know people in the world. Think filmmaking by Martin Scorsese – that’s literally what you get.
I’ve always thought about writing a book or at least some short stories. Masterclass has some tracks to help with that and I’m going to do them for sure.
Your access through Revolut Metal is limited to certain classes so not everything is available. But there’s plenty to sink your teeth into from productivity to cooking and creativity and more. One draw back with the tier of membership you get is no downloads, so no watching on flights. I found that a pity on a recent trip, but still I won’t complain. I’m going to learn some stuff here that I wouldn’t and won’t normally pay for.
Chess.com
I can’t play chess and don’t really have an interest in it, but know loads of people do. I’m sure some will like getting this even though it’s not overly pricey itself – around €6 per month. But I have to mention it. Hell, maybe I’ll get into it too.
If all that sounds nice, don’t forget you can sign up for Revolut using my link to say thanks for pointing you towards all this “free” stuff!
