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Danny Feinberg@dfeinberg5 · Growth @ Tradecraft, Previously @Kamcord
Hey Chintan, thought this was a cool idea and gave it a shot. Love the super simple approach, but was disappointed to find that the writing I had just done was locked (essentially held hostage) after 250 characters unless I bought the app :( This created a frustrating user experience and wasn't nearly enough time to gauge whether it would be valuable or not… See more
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Chintan Ghate@chintanghate · Indie Developer
@dfeinberg5 250 characters? The app gives you freedom to write upto 250 words of content, & highlights the lock once you reach the limit. The lock only signifes that you can't add content. But you can still save everything you have written. The app will not hold you from saving what you have already written.
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Danny Feinberg@dfeinberg5 · Growth @ Tradecraft, Previously @Kamcord
@chintanghate hmm, that's odd. Perhaps it was just user error 😃 but regardless I think it's worth considering a slightly different approach. Thanks for your swift reply!
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Chintan Ghate@chintanghate · Indie Developer
@dfeinberg5 I considered the free-trial model as you suggested. But that is allowed only in the new subscription model introduced by Apple, which would need users paying some amount each year to continue using the app. That seemed like a bad business model for such a minimal app, so had to let that go. But to make the presence of inApp purchase for removin… See more
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Chintan Ghate@chintanghate · Indie Developer
@dfeinberg5 Forgot to mention this. The 250 words limit is a limit PER DOCUMENT. You can try out the app with as many documents as you like, as far as they are less than 250 words long.
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