LegalWills.ca vs. Willful: 2026 Comparison

Q: Is LegalWills.ca cheaper than Willful?

Yes. A Will is $49.95 CAD at LegalWills.ca and $129 at Willful, and our Will, Power of Attorney, and Living Will package is $99.95 CAD, compared with $199 for Willful's Premium plan. With a lifetime membership, so that you can keep updating, a LegalWills.ca Will costs $109.90 CAD in total, still less than Willful, and the package costs $199.90 CAD, about the same as Willful's $199.

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LegalWills.ca or Willful? Here's the difference.

Willful is a polished, guided service available in the 10 provinces, and one price covers every future update.

LegalWills.ca costs less to start, and a Will with updates for life still costs less in total. It covers the whole country in both official languages, handles more family situations, and adds free services that help the people you trust when the time comes.

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LegalWills.ca and Willful at a glance

Prices are in Canadian dollars, before tax.

How LegalWills.ca and Willful compare, as of November 8, 2026
What you are comparing	Wills from $49.95^CAD Start my Will	Willful Wills from $129
Price and updates
A Will	$49.95^CAD	$129
Will, Power of Attorney, and Living Will	$99.95^CAD, with MyFuneral and MyMessages	$199, with an Estate Inventory (not in Québec)
Wills for a couple	$79.95^CAD	$258 (two Wills)
Future updates	First year included, then optional: from $14.95^CAD a year, or $59.95^CAD once for life	Included for life
Where it works
Provinces and territories	All 13	The 10 provinces
In French	Anywhere in Canada	In Québec only
Québec Protection Mandate and Power of Attorney	Included	Not offered
Your Will
Guided questions	With a live preview as you go	With built-in checks
AI check of your answers	AnswerCheck™, included with every purchase	Not offered
Trusts for children	Set for each child, to any age up to 30	One schedule for all minors
Executors acting together	Up to 3, plus 3 alternates	Up to 2, plus backups
Wills for property in the US or the UK	Expat Wills that work together	Not offered
After you sign
Keyholder® access to your documents	Free for up to 20 people, while your membership is active	Not offered
Digital wallet cards	Free, for Apple Wallet and Google Wallet	Not offered
Funeral wishes and personal messages	MyFuneral and MyMessages	Funeral wishes in your Will
Help and security
Two-step sign-in	A code sent by text message	Not currently supported
Support	Toll-free line answered 24/7	Chat and booked calls on weekdays
Money-back guarantee	30 days	30 days
Rating on Trustpilot	4.6 from 6500+ reviews	4.4 from 1,853 reviews
Online since	2000	2017

Where LegalWills.ca comes out ahead

Lower prices

A Will is $49.95^CAD and our Premium package is $99.95^CAD. Willful charges $129 and $199.

All of Canada, in English or French

All 13 provinces and territories, with the whole service in French anywhere in Canada. Willful covers the 10 provinces.

Room for your family

A separate trust for each child, up to three Executors acting together, and a backup beneficiary for every gift.

Property in other countries

Expat Wills for Canada, Québec, the US, and the UK that work together. A Willful Will revokes every earlier Will.

Help when the time comes

Keyholders you choose can unlock the documents and files you pick after your death. Adding them is free.

AI check of your answers

Included with every purchase, AnswerCheck™ uses AI to look for possible gaps or inconsistencies in your answers before you sign. It isn't legal advice. Willful has built-in warnings, but no AI check. How AnswerCheck™ works

Two-step sign-in

An optional code sent by text message protects your account when you sign in. Willful doesn't currently support two-factor authentication.

24/7 live support

Our toll-free line is answered 24/7, every day of the year. Willful offers chat and booked calls on weekdays, plus a 24/7 chatbot.

Made for couples

Wills for a couple are $79.95^CAD for both, with a Mirror Will tool. Willful has no couples price for Wills alone: two cost $258.

A free wallet card for everyone you trust

Each Keyholder gets a digital card for Apple Wallet or Google Wallet, or as a PDF. When the time comes, it takes them straight to the documents you chose for them. Willful does not store your completed documents.

A QR code opens the Keyholder sign-in
A one-time code sent to their phone confirms it is really them
You decide what each Keyholder can see, and when

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What it costs over time

Willful includes every future update in its price. With LegalWills.ca, your first year of updates is included, and a membership after that is optional and never renews automatically.

A membership keeps your complete documents printable and your Keyholders' access active. The Will you have signed stays valid whether or not you renew.

$49.95^CAD First year of updates included

For a Will. Keep updating it for life with a one-time $59.95^CAD membership.

A Will, with updates for life$109.90^CAD
Will, Power of Attorney, and Living Will$99.95^CAD
The same, with updates for life$199.90^CAD
Wills for a couple$79.95^CAD

Willful

$129 Updates included for life

For a Will. One price, with no membership to renew.

A Will, with updates for life$129
Will, Power of Attorney, and Living Will$199
The same, with updates for life$199
Wills for a couple$258

Our Premium package also includes MyFuneral and MyMessages. Willful's Premium plan includes an Estate Inventory and is not available in Québec.

What Willful does well

A fair comparison should say so. Willful is a good service, and it may be the right one for you.

Every future update is included in the price, with no membership to renew.
A polished, mobile-first design, with checks such as a warning when a spouse or child is left out.
An Estate Inventory for listing assets and key contacts, in its Premium plan.
Staff who can witness your Will when you sign digitally in British Columbia.
Discounts through many banks, credit unions, and employers.
A 30-day money-back guarantee and a large base of reviews.

Which one is right for you?

Choose LegalWills.ca if you

want to pay less for your Will, today and over time
are a couple and want both your Wills for less
want an AI check of your answers before you sign
want the people you trust to reach your documents when the time comes
want to leave personal messages for your loved ones to receive after your death
want your account protected by two-step sign-in
live in a territory, want your documents in French anywhere in Canada, or own property in the US or the UK

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Willful

Willful may suit you if you

can get a Willful discount through your bank or employer
want lifetime updates included in the price, with nothing to add later
prefer a service designed for phones first, and are happy with fewer choices
want an Estate Inventory in the same plan as your Powers of Attorney, and live outside Québec

When a lawyer or notary is the better choice

If you own a business, have a family member who will need long-term support, are separated, own significant property outside Canada, or have a large or complex estate, a lawyer (or a notary in Québec) can give you advice on your situation that an online Will on its own cannot. Our free questionnaire points you to a professional when that is the better route.

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Start your Will now and watch it take shape as you answer each question. You pay only when you are ready to download or print it, and our 30-day money-back guarantee applies.

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Common questions

Still deciding? These are the questions people ask us most about Willful.

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Yes. A Will is $49.95^CAD at LegalWills.ca and $129 at Willful, and our Will, Power of Attorney, and Living Will package is $99.95^CAD, compared with $199 for Willful's Premium plan. With a lifetime membership, so that you can keep updating, a LegalWills.ca Will costs $109.90^CAD in total, still less than Willful, and the package costs $199.90^CAD, about the same as Willful's $199.

Your purchase includes a year of unlimited updates. After that, a membership is optional: you can extend by a year, ten years, or for life whenever you like, and nothing renews automatically. A membership keeps your complete documents printable and your Keyholders' access active; without one, you can still make changes, but only the first page of each document prints. The Will you have signed stays valid whether or not you renew.

Yes, for Wills. Both prepare a Will made in the presence of witnesses, one of the three forms of Will recognized in Québec. LegalWills.ca also prepares a Protection Mandate and a Power of Attorney for Québec, in French or English; Willful offers the Will only. Neither service prepares notarial Wills. Our guide to Wills in Québec explains your options.

LegalWills.ca gives you more room: a separate trust for each young beneficiary with payouts in stages, up to three Executors acting together, a guardian and an alternate for each child, and a backup beneficiary for each gift. Some situations, such as a Henson trust for a family member with a disability or a plan for a family business, need a lawyer whichever online service you use.

Keyholders are people you trust, such as your Executor, who can unlock the documents and files you choose after your death. Adding Keyholders is free. Each Keyholder can have a free digital wallet card, as a PDF or in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet, with a QR code that takes them straight to the Keyholder sign-in; a one-time code sent to their phone confirms it is really them.

Yes. Both services prepare Wills that comply with the requirements of your province or territory, and both give you signing instructions. A Will becomes legally valid once it is properly signed and witnessed as that law requires. LegalWills.ca and Willful both take part in the Law Society of Ontario's Access to Innovation program and the Law Society of British Columbia's Innovation Sandbox.

No. Willful's questionnaire has built-in warnings, for example when a spouse or children are not provided for, but it doesn't offer an AI check of your answers. Every LegalWills.ca purchase includes AnswerCheck™, which uses AI to look for possible gaps or inconsistencies before you sign. AnswerCheck™ isn't a lawyer and it isn't legal advice, and AI can make mistakes or miss things.

Sources for Willful's details, checked November 8, 2026

Information about other services comes from each company's own website and was checked on the date shown on each comparison. Services and prices change, so please check the details that matter most to you.

Online Reviews

We're committed to providing each and every one of our customers with exceptional client care. Here's what some of our customers had to say.

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Very easy to use and excellent value for money compared with other online wills that I searched. Full explanations during the step by step process, and great personal customer service when needed.I like their recommendation to use a separate detailed addendum for Executors which can be kept private and easily amended anytime on your computer. They have a host of other services like their notification service, funeral wishes, etc. Very happy with this product.

Steve Heathcote

Loved this product. So very easy to use and produced an excellent document that was pretty much what my lawyer 15 years ago produced and for a much, much higher fee. Well done Legal Wills.

Jan Kupecz

Great experience. Quicker, easier and less expensive than a lawyer. The digital access is a nice touch as well with being able to appoint key holders in case something happens. So simple and easy to setup. Would have done this ages ago if I knew how quick and painless it could be. Had my sister set hers up the same day and she had no issues either.

Mike Markle

Excellent product. Virtually foolproof step by step instructions. I have told friends and relatives that even if they have an existing lawyer prepared will and they want to make changes, Legal Wills is the way to go because it is so economical. Could not be happier. Thanks Legal Wills!

Tom and Sherry Whiteway

The process of completing my will was very straight forward, and the information provided to help me understand what to do and why to do it was very succinct and practical. It felt much like completing my online tax return. The wizard led me all the way and it was easy!

Fred Van Arragon

I was looking online about making a will and came upon this website. It's fast, user-friendly, easy, and efficient. I feel a lot better knowing I have a will in place as a parent and didn't have to pay so much to get it done. Thank you for this service, Legal Wills!

Emilie Wallace

Loved this product. So very easy to use and produced an excellent document that was pretty much what my lawyer 15 years ago produced and for a much, much higher fee. Well done Legal Wills.

Jan Kupecz

Mike Markle

Steve Heathcote

Emilie Wallace

Tom and Sherry Whiteway

Fred Van Arragon

Mike Markle

Steve Heathcote

Loved this product. So very easy to use and produced an excellent document that was pretty much what my lawyer 15 years ago produced and for a much, much higher fee. Well done Legal Wills.

Jan Kupecz