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[–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (12 children)

Guess what. Not one of them is pay-once. All are subscription-based. I guess getting 30% does skew one’s judgement…

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Photomator has a pay once option. Too Good To Go is literally free with no IAP. That's just from the apps that I know about from the list, not sure about any others that aren't subscription based or offer a pay-once option.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (4 children)

    I wouldn't even mind it if they were more affordable, but asking me to pay €60 for a weather app or €120 or whatever for Ynab is ridiculous. I usually only start yearly subscriptions around the start of the year, for budget reasons, but that would easily add up.

    I wouldn't mind paying for some apps if they offered monthly subscriptions at the same price as a yearly subscription. I get that the whole point of yearly subscriptions is to lock people in, but they usually only offer a weekly trial, which isn't enough to see if I'll use the app enough to be worth its money.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    What does the subscription weather app even do? Give you a free umbrella every time you forget yours? I don't think there is any app worth money on mobile except for some games and professional apps.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    AllTrails is a funny one. It's founded largely on the crowdsourced notes from their community. But I wouldn't be surprised, even expect, that the developers get 70% of the cut and Apple 30%, none of which have anything to do with this main aspect of the app that is highlighted in the App Store's "featured app" page.

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