Hey everyone 👋
I’ll be submitting Bean to the App Store today and have finalised the pricing for Bean Pro launch.
Bean Pro is completely optional and gives you access to the following:
- Multiple accounts
- Push notifications
- Grouped communities
- Premium themes
- Accent colour options
- Comment themes
- Custom app icons
- More font options
Pricing will be as follows:
- $1.99 / month
- $14.99 / year
- $49.99 / lifetime with a discount to $29.99 for the first week
I know pricing is difficult and subscription fatigue is a real thing but hopefully I’ve got a good balance of pricing and features with much more planned including mod tools, widgets, and more customisation options.
Thank you to everyone who has helped test Bean and get it to where it is. I couldn’t have done with without you! ❤️
It seems that I’m in the minority but, I find it a bit to early for prices when the app is still in (early) development.
I wish you the best though.
Thank you! And I appreciate the feedback.
I would say I’m past the “early development” phase now. I’m happy with the feature set that’s included for 1.0 and Pro is a totally optional subscription or one-time purchase that unlocks premium features and customisation options.
I hope you’ll check Bean out when it hits the store anyway. I’m really proud of it and look forward to continuing to work on it.
I don’t typically do subscripts and opt for lifetime when available.
That said, while I appreciate all your time and effort, $30 is too high for me personally, especially given other apps are free and function as well and in some cases have more features.
That said, if lifetime was $10 or maybe even $15 I would buy it even if it wasn’t (right now) my primary lemmy app - at that price point it becomes a “buy now and see what happens with development” and I’d go so far as to say it’s cheap enough to be an impulse buy.
At $15 early bird intro pricing and $30 regular pricing you’d get all the impulse buyers and FOMO folks like me, lol. Food for thought maybe? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Will be picking up that lifetime unlock just to keep my precious Tutti Frutti icon. 🤣
Congrats on the impending launch! I’m hoping you plan on a tip jar option as well, 'cause if you keep up this level of development, i’m going to feel guilty about the generous discount in a year.
That’s one of my favourites! 😁
I may add a Tip Jar further down the road. I have more things to develop first 🙈
I am being honest here also, I need to change the color as the pink is really getting hard to deal with but I am not subscribing just to not have to deal with that one issue. I am testing several apps and will be switching to one that isn’t going this route.
Reminds me of a sheriff in Arizona who made jail work crews wear pink outfits. Just a laugh in the dark.
I love pink! I totally get that it’s not everyone’s cup of tea though.
Hopefully I can convince you to come check Bean out again in the future with the continued development I have planned 😊
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Will there be an option to show the community instance throughout the app like in Memmy? This is what’s stopping me from using the app. I would happily pay for the subscription if you include that:
Exxample :
I wish there was regional pricing. Apollo Ultra costed ₹29 per month. Bean costs ₹199. There’s no way I could justify paying that much for a lemmy client. That’s more money than YouTube Premium or Amazon Prime.
I have never been a fan of lifetime because I want an app I like to stick around. The developer is far more likely to stay with the project if he has an recurring revenue stream. I think a reasonable monthly and an atractivo yearly is usually the best option for the developer and the user. My $0.02.
@steve228uk That seems very reasonable pricing.
When does the $30 lifetime price end?
How about tree fiddy?
