For reference, for the people saying I shouldn't raise my price:
Pocket Casts: $40/year
The Podcast App: $37/year
Castbox: $35/year
Castro: $25/year
…
Overcast: $10/year
I have no problem telling everyone this now: I'm raising my price in the near future.
I've only waited this long because I wanted to give you some new stuff at the same time!
@danielinoa @HanBrolo Call it whatever you like.
iOS apps need ongoing maintenance to keep up with the platform and customer expectations.
In Overcast’s 11th year, I don’t need to prove this to anyone. It’s a free app with ads, or a subscription.
@marcoarment @danielinoa Every app needs maintenance. That's just software.
Subscriptions are just so tiring. As a consumer I want to be 'one and done' until new stuff comes around that I want then I buy that version.
@HanBrolo @marcoarment @danielinoa It's not possible on iOS, but you could have that with 'traditional' desktop software. Then your choice is not to update your OS in order to not break old apps for which you don't want to pay again.
Not sure if we'd all enjoy a future where Apple would change fewer things year over year in their OS's. I certainly would. :)
@HanBrolo @marcoarment @danielinoa the issue you are running into is what Apple allows. Apple doesn't let developers do "version" pricing like you want. They also don't let you submit multiple versions of your app to the store. So the only options developers have are:
- do a "lifetime" price (which is not sustainable from the developers perspective)
- do a monthly sub
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