• feherfarkas@alien.topB
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    Guess what. Not one of them is pay-once. All are subscription-based. I guess getting 30% does skew one’s judgement…

    • Leavism@alien.topB
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      Photomator has a pay once option. Too Good To Go is literally free with no IAP. That’s just from the apps that I know about from the list, not sure about any others that aren’t subscription based or offer a pay-once option.

      • feherfarkas@alien.topB
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        I just scrolled through them. All had in app payments except for the Arcade one which in itself is a subscription, and the MacOS one. Maybe it’s showing me different ones than to you. :)

    • Kevtron@alien.topB
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      Not one of them is pay-once.

      The Lost in Play iPad app looks like a one-time purchase.

    • jugalator@alien.topB
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      AllTrails is a funny one. It’s founded largely on the crowdsourced notes from their community. But I wouldn’t be surprised, even expect, that the developers get 70% of the cut and Apple 30%, none of which have anything to do with this main aspect of the app that is highlighted in the App Store’s “featured app” page.

    • KingKingsons@alien.topB
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      I wouldn’t even mind it if they were more affordable, but asking me to pay €60 for a weather app or €120 or whatever for Ynab is ridiculous. I usually only start yearly subscriptions around the start of the year, for budget reasons, but that would easily add up.

      I wouldn’t mind paying for some apps if they offered monthly subscriptions at the same price as a yearly subscription. I get that the whole point of yearly subscriptions is to lock people in, but they usually only offer a weekly trial, which isn’t enough to see if I’ll use the app enough to be worth its money.

      • A-Delonix-Regia@alien.topB
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        What does the subscription weather app even do? Give you a free umbrella every time you forget yours? I don’t think there is any app worth money on mobile except for some games and professional apps.

        • Tom_Stevens617@alien.topB
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          What does the subscription weather app even do?

          It funds the exorbitantly expensive costs of constantly tracking and updating weather