I’ve grown tired, or my wallet has, of the subscription based app. I’m not looking for anything in particular, so list your favorite Subscription free apps or Pay Once apps!

  • fer0n@lemm.ee
    41·
    1 year ago

    Although to be fair that’s quite cheap compared to others. Castro costs at least 18 bucks and fantastical is at looks it up 70 bucks per year :O

    • Teal@lemm.ee
      6·
      1 year ago

      I was a Fantastical advocate until it went to subscription model. At the time I was working in a medical office with one of my tasks being scheduling. I heard a lot of people complaining about the stock calendar and I’d often bring up Fantastical and even gave a quick example if time allowed.

      Once the subscription model took over I went right back to Apple Calendar.

      • mnrockclimber@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        I felt exactly the same. After the switch, I went to BusyCal which is a one time purchase. Worse than fantasical but better than the stock Apple Calendar.

      • fer0n@lemm.ee
        3·
        1 year ago

        I‘m still using fantastical, as some of the new premium features stayed unlocked for previous customers, but not heavily. And I really do think subscriptions are fine, but in no way can I justify 70 bucks per year for that and I don’t want to.

        • Teal@lemm.ee
          2·
          1 year ago

          Totally understandable, it’s a great app. Nice to know they gave a little extra to existing customers.

          Some subscriptions are fine, I’m not against them completely, but the as you said the cost of this one is steep. For my use it’s not worth it but to some others it might be.

          • conciselyverbose@kbin.social
            2·
            1 year ago

            There is exactly one valid reason for a subscription to an app (not content), and it’s because your usage has to be reliant on a server with meaningful upkeep costs.

            That does not include “your device could easily do this but we’re forcing it to the cloud”. Any other reason makes you a bad person.

          • fer0n@lemm.ee
            2·
            1 year ago

            All good, I appreciate the tip :) I’m just not looking to replace it with anything.

            I looked through my apps, and there’s quite a few that I’m paying subscriptions for. Castro, Spotify, (Audible, Netflix, Disney if you want to count these), Google Photos, Carrot, Ivory, Timery, YNAB, and Unread. Recently got rid of prime to see how that feels like. I know that’s not in the spirit of this post, but I’m happy to pay some of these, knowing it’ll help keep them around and get new features.

            Many many apps I used to love and use have died, most likely because of the missing revenue stream and subscriptions definitely help to keep that from happening.