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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (6 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I just scrolled through them. All had in app payments except for the Arcade one which in itself is a subscription, and the MacOS one. Maybe it’s showing me different ones than to you. :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

A bunch of them just have a one time purchase option and some are even free.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (2 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

yea no you get enhanced radar features among other things

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

What does the subscription weather app even do?

It funds the exorbitantly expensive costs of constantly tracking and updating weather

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

YNAB pays for itself for sure. Absolutely love it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Lies of P is pay-once.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Not one of them is pay-once.

The Lost in Play iPad app looks like a one-time purchase.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

A bunch of them just have a one time purchase option and some are even free.