... personally look at packages and am okay downloading things from internet devs but I'm curious what folks here think? Would distribution hurt download chances? Awareness: This is pretty much the same imo other than App Store search vs SEO but curious if anyone has had negative/positive experience regarding discoverability either through App Store or self-distribution Payments : I would probably use something like @Superwall but am curious what the best way to introduce a " free for 7 days then ... ... apps that are silly that I've downloaded are DMG, so I'm leaning that way. But I do like the fact that being published on the App Store means something and how easy versioning is. HALP