![]() ![]() ![]() Hasn’t made any difference relative to my work so I don’t care. I stopped updating Photoshop when it went sub. That’s what you get for letting it lapse. I wondered that too, could be tricky getting back in if you’ve lapsed a few years… □īig question though: what happens if someone skips a year or two but then decides they want to get up-to-date? Communicating how it works in a way that minimizes misunderstandings will be a challenge if App Store reviews and online rants are any indication. I think this is outstanding, and quite fair. It's a valid way to go, but maybe not as straight-forward as it said: The other side-effect is you get an app that is designed around IAPs rather than as an integrated whole. ![]() For an integrated experience like Loopy Pro, the coding and maintenance could turn into a nightmare. Now there needs to be massive changes to adapt to whether those features are there.įor a modular app like Drambo this is easier. ![]() there's are super cool additional features but they're tightly integrated visually and otherwise into the rest of the app (and possibly with other optional features). They can't separate out something that deeply buried into an optional feature. Lets say the developer has spent the better part of a year overhauling under-the-hood things that benefit the entire app but aren't discrete features. It also limits improvements to discrete features. Features sometimes depend on or interact with each other. Equally, being open about what's on the roadmap and what any limitations are, will help to ensure positive app store reviews and said:įlat rate, with specific additional feature or advanced functionality as IAPs. I think everyone who's come to you via the forum has 100% faith in what you're trying to achieve, but it's a question of keeping that brand perception and loyalty going beyond the forum. People are twitchy about pricing and I think if you openly say "We never do sales or, we do sales once/twice a year" you can better manage expectations and trust.Īs an example, do periodic price discounts, and you can extend your ongoing licence plan for another 12 months at a reduced price. If you ever plan to do sales, I'd be as up-front and honest as you can. I think you have to keep the upgrade hovering around the "impulse" price to really make it sustainable, and of course everyone likes to get a discount. The discount for existing users keeps it appealing. The upgrade option (which doesn't cripple the app) seems fair enough to guarantee development and a future for the app. In this case I know all about the app, so for me it's a no-brainer, but from the perspective of a hobbyist or someone new to iOS this could be an issue and push them to cheaper looping apps. The initial $30 price is probably the very top end of what I spend without planning this isn't a bad thing, it's just a bit beyond impulse buy. New users who jump on after the first 12 months the app is live will pay for the $30 IAP for everything up to that point and will then become "existing users". or buy a new IAP at $15 for 12 months (1/2 price for existing users), which will include all new functionality released in that time.keep the app in the current state, get bug fixes but not any upgrades.Ok so it's going to be free on day 1 when you download (for a week or month or something), then you can pay $30 for complete unlock and all new features etc for 1-year.Īfter that if you are an existing user you'll either: Any new features that are released after that point are unavailable (but not naggingly, obnoxiously so) until you renew with another IAP, reasonably discounted. After that 12 month period, you keep the app in the state it is in at that point, and get ongoing bug fixes hopefully for as long as I’m working on the app. The unlock IAP will give you full access to the app and access to all new features 12 months forward from the time of sale. My plan at present is to offer a free download, with a fully featured, time-limited free trial IAP ($0), and then an IAP to unlock the app (which, without the IAP and after the free trial expires, either makes no sound or becomes read-only I haven’t decided which). ![]()
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