@rrrraulsc We set our pricing at a level that allows us to invest in building a solid product. Our mobile apps are free and you can try them out anytime. If you like us, you can pay $19.99 to complete the experience on Mac. In this sense, you are paying $19.99 for your emailing.
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@karthiksuroju I just tried iPhone app and did not convince me to pay it, hope there is a test period in the future.
You guys are loosing acquisitions & activations due the lack of a trial. Maybe re-evaluate the cost of providing a trial?
One can easily imagine an increase in productivity with a mail app like Polymail which replaces gmail/mailbox & browser plugins (email tracking, rapportive) with a fast and beautiful native app.
The CloudMagic selling pitch is that it's used by 3 million *mobile* users & the app has a very minimalistic UI. Personally the pitch doesn't motivate me to risk $20.
If you guys ever release a trial I would love to try it out!
@roadtoaether Mac App Store doesn't allow trials. Our model is simple, mobile apps are free and will act as 'trial'. If you like the experience, you can go for the Mac app. The experience will be similar on all the devices.
@roadtoaether The first version has basic email features and it'll be loaded with power features and tools with the upcoming versions.
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Guess nobody asked why you bothered to go through the App Store. So why did you? 1Password is really popular and they offer their app through both the App Store and online via direct download.
This seems like poor strategy and I use your mobile client. The App Store is a fine enough marketplace, but when you're a smaller startup, you've gotta be everywhere first.
@cicadadesign@roadtoaether Yes. Right now we kept it simple to focus on basic emailing features and push the the first version out asap. We'll get to offering trials on our website in the future.
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Doesn't the Mac App Store in-app purchase system provide an easy way for you to offer customers a free app? You make some features available only after in-app purchase. I'm running Boxy as my current primary client, may go back to Postbox or AirMail but AirMail will be the last Mail client I'll spend more than $5 on without at least a trial period.
@bigyahu 'Making some features available using in-app purchase' makes sense when we have niche features for a subset of users that augment core emailing. Right now if we have to do it we'll have to either stop you from using the app after a point, which Apple doesn't allow, or remove basic emailing features, which is again awkward. We mean it when we say 'try our mobile apps for free'. If you like the experience on mobile you will like us on the Mac too. CloudMagic for Mac introduces you to a minimal and distraction free experience in emailing compared to what currently exists. Features wise we still have a long way to go compared to the desktop apps which had gone through years of development, but we'll soon get there.
Any plans on adding snoozing emails?
Visually CloudMagic seems like something made for my minimalistic needs, but without snoozing any email app is pretty much useless.
I wish there was at lest a 2 days trial. Even though I'd pay a lot of the perfect email client, I'm not going to pay $20 to test an app.
@oskar Option to snooze emails will be added very soon. And, Mac App Store doesn't offer trials. Our mobile apps are free and you can try them out anytime. If you like us on mobile, you'll feel right at home on Mac too :)
@karthiksuroju Fantastic, I'll keep an eye open for the snooze update!
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@karthiksuroju@oskar this message was posted about 6 months ago, and yet the snooze feature is nowhere to be seen. Exactly how do you define the word "soon"?
Seems like email apps get rejuvenated in 2015/2016. Though, with gmail it will be a hard battle for any vendor...
Still going to give it a try, but without a trial my guess is that you won't even get enough users for a sustainable business model.
That said, if you are on gmail only, the best app is still Mailplane (http://mailplaneapp.com). Just a happy user.
@thenitai It's wonderful to know you've decided to try CloudMagic for Mac! Do let us know how it goes :)
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I have to say that I am super intrigued by the simplicity of it all. Being able to focus on just that thing for the moment I need is an efficiency I realized I was looking for but wasn't on the market. I am going to purchase it. $20 seems to be a bit high compared to the market, however, if you guys (@karthiksuroju) are going to be developing like you say, then a couple of years from now, this will seem like a bargain.
I am intrigued that is for sure.
@zedsq Thank you! We'll work our magic and I'm sure you'll appreciate the decision to buy our Mac app real 'soon' :)
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I bought CloudMagic for Mac, I had been clamoring for it for a long time... love the IOS version. The Mac version is okay... the look is shocking at first, but once you get used to it I kind of like it. Very clean.
However, I too have some of the concerns mentioned before, such as snoozing, the absence of cards, and others such as lack of customization. If you want to work in a clean atmosphere as it is, great... however there are times i want to see more information. I would also like tags so there is some organization in my emails. Other things that concern me are that junk mail is showing up in the inbox that in other email clients gets diverted to their junk folder. Also, when reading an email and i take an action like delete or archive, it goes back to the inbox, instead of opening the next email.
I will wait for their promised updates to see if this becomes my go to mail App... good start but needs finishing.
@prvsundog Thanks for sharing your feedback. I made a note of it. Will definitely discuss these with our team. We kept it simple to push the first version out asap. We'll be adding more features soon. Yes, you'll see all the promised features in app. We just started working on Aliases and, snooze will follow.
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Been using it for about a week now. I am fully digging it and much prefer this to the other apps I have been trying since Mailbox announced the shutdown (N1, Boxy, Outlook 2016 for Mac, Airmail). Everyone has their own preference and I am not saying anyone else is wrong however I am really digging this client because it reminds me a lot of the Pocket experience. Super minimal with a great UI. The snooze and all that will come and is not super important for me (right now however it needs to come). The thing I realized with this app is how annoying email has become. I actually have been powering through emails a lot more and with with better efficiency now. And to the previous point, the App Store allows for refunds, so I don't understand this fascination with a trial version. Fully love this app and look forward to seeing what else comes. Just don't ever change the UI @vinitjoshi8 & @karthiksuroju
@zedsq So good to know you're loving CloudMagic for Mac! We really wanted to make emailing on the desktop less stressful and so, we tried to nail the look and feel of the app before anything else. Rest assured, alias and snooze are the features that WILL follow this.
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