The fact that this new pricing was rolled out with just 8 cross-platform apps out of their stable of 200 Mac apps suggests to me that they were rushed into announcing the program. But if you’re one of the users who don’t use Ulysses or Mindnode on iOS but are there for the 200 apps, this is not a meaningful change for you. People love it on Mac and they regularly use the iOS app too. The main app people in this thread care about seems to be Ulysses - I understand, I’ve been a paying subscriber for Ulysses through the MAS since the day the subscription went live. I shall probably cancel the subscription in November when it runs out. TLDR £10 a month as a whim to try out lots of different software and occasionally use some of it, fine, but any more than that (and any additional hassle to do with counting iOS devices - which other iOS app charges per device? I can’t think of one) and the calculation changes. I’ve enjoyed Setapp for the chance to play in depth with some of the main apps (2Do, TaskPaper, Agenda amongst others), and I’ve occasionally used utilities as one-offs, but nothing has struck me as essential - of the 196 programs available, I’d say less than 10% meet any of my interests or needs and only a few of those have been worth sticking with. There are lots of interesting programs on Setapp, but if I need them (Marked and Studies), I’ve already got licences for them and if they’re nice to have but not essential (CleanMyMac, Ulysses, Mosaic, BTT) then I can do without them, get them cheaper elsewhere, or replace them with software I already own. Leaving aside the unfortunate/misleading communication, the problem for me is that any increase in the price tips Setapp over from “It’s only £10 and I get Ulysses with it, so it’s worth it for the chance to test lots of new programs in detail” to “£20 a month is far too much to indulge a whim.” All this combined with this significant price increase (even if it will be walked back to some degree at least for now) might be some of the reasons why the sun is not shining as bright as before as far as some of us users are concerned… If you really want to use an application, Setapp is just not reliable enough as far as I am concerned: you loose access to apps you rely on as soon as the developer pulls out of Setapp and with the new iOS app store that smells like side-loading and might provoke Apple (yes, I know it is not that, but still…). There are several high profile apps that left Setapp like iMazing (so that I had to buy a license) and this will continue to happen. Setapp was nice and then again, it was not. Given the current pressure Apple is experiencing when dealing with developers and developer fees, Setapp might prevail, but I doubt it. Apart from that, I am quite interested in how Apple will handle this second iOS app store that is currently in the making. Still, I will end my subscription in May 2021, too (currently prepaid until then).īecause it is no bargain any longer given MY usage. Now that they have gained traction they try to monetize their software package with higher fees and different models. That resulted in the outcome of a lot of subscribers who thought about Setapp being a bargain and jumping upon the service. And that was the price many customers have calculated to be interesting given their usage of some but not many apps. That meant that you were able to get one year of Setapp for two Macs (and some iOS apps on however many devices you like) for 60 bucks per year. Setapp started with a very affordable fee that even could be cut in half in the past when using their recurring discount offers. And they have a message to developers: come to us instead of Apple and we will provide you with a nice recurring income without taking as much from you as Apple does (no, I have no proof for that). Today, they are an known company and they try to establish a second app store that is not being run by Apple. I see it as a gamble on Setapp’s part: they are not the new kid on the block any longer. What we are currently experiencing is the usual PR trying to cope with the backlash of their latest endeavours. The thing is that the outcome is different when you are using not as many apps as you do.Īpart from that, I am not 100% convinced that we just have experienced communication being handled poorly. I don‘t really get all the negativity in this thread.Īnd that is totally understandable given your usage of apps available via Setapp.
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