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Maximilian Clarke@mfc83 · Founder of trainspottr.fm
This looks great, but as someone who has tried out a lot of productivity apps before, I'm really hesitant to drop $10 to check out the flow and see if it works for me. Is there a trial or something?
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Piotr Szwach@piotrszwach · Proud
@mfc83 Hi Max, you can see a few shots on our release trailer:
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Shlok Vaidya@shloky · Integration Product at Planview, Writer
@mfc83 Yep. Given how fungible productivity apps are, its a short-sighted money grab to not bake that understanding into the user onboarding process.
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Piotr Szwach@piotrszwach · Proud
@mfc83 I will paste my answer to similar Bruno's question: "Dear Bruno. Thank you for posting your thought on the topic! The decision to price Mac app at $9.99 comes from the market price for apps in this category. I agree there are many "free" apps out there but they: 1) can't offer all the features Proud for Mac has, 2) have subscription plans that makes t… See more
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Patrick Thompson@neurohacked
@mfc83 Agreed. I might be able to justify the cost if the app at least looked more professional. The icon is pretty horrible; Not even optimized for retina and boring white on black.... The app screenshots do not do much to entice me. The app looks like it's trying to be an iOS app on a Mac.
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Maximilian Clarke@mfc83 · Founder of trainspottr.fm
@piotrszwach Hi Piotr, thanks for your reply. I honestly have no problem with the price, I'd gladly pay $10 for really decent productivity app. I just want to make sure it's the right app for me before purchasing. I used Evernote premium trial and now I'm a happily paying subscriber. I think for a lot of people, a productivity app is such a large part of the… See more
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Joshua Lippiner@jlippiner · President, Noctivity
@piotrszwach @mfc83 I have to agree with Max. You need to strongly consider a trial. You have inherent lock in IF your app is as good as you think given that we will have a larger number of tasks and become dependent on it. If you read Marc Andreessen's latest post about why start-ups fail (hint - priced too LOW) you might want to consider that you could … See more
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