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> People will also pay $10+ dollars for a single cup of coffee at Starbucks every day. But god forbid they pay that much once for an app they use every day. Th

• Filligree 4y ago
  If it's any comfort, I made that calculation and decided not to sweat it, but purchase any app costing less than ~10 with about as much thought as I'd give to buying coffee.
  • Scramblejams 4y ago
    I feel similarly, if I see a mobile app that I think might solve my problem and it's low single digits, it's practically an impulse buy. If it doesn't work out, I don't feel used. I've also happily spent $15 on an iOS app before because it was really good at what it did. It made me wonder if there's a really great market out there for an incredibly well done niche mobile app you could charge $99 or more for. A whole lot of customer service problems disappear when you preemptively disqualify the uncommitted...
    • haswell 4y ago
      Some of the apps put out by the Omni group fall somewhere in that ballpark depending on which edition you purchase. If a product is truly top tier, I’ll definitely consider paying a higher sum. I’ve sunk plenty into the Omni* suite over time (although I do wish they’d iterate a bit faster on OmniFocus…Todoist is pulling ahead, but I digress).