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"No subscriptions. Just $19.99 USD. Available November 22." I was sold at "No subscriptions". I'm buying this November 22 and putting a day off in my calendar.

safeimp 3y ago
I’m a long time Procreate user and am shocked at the value I get out of it for the price. It’s definitely a killer app on the iPad and was the main reason why I picked up the Pencil. Not to go off on too much of a tangent but thinking about animation on my iPad I was suddenly reminded of one of my favorite “toys” (tools?) from my childhood, The Etcha Sketch Animator: https://the80sand90s.com/articles/etch-a-sketch-animator?format=amp https://the80sand90s.com/articles/etch-a-sketch-animator?for...
mortenjorck 3y ago
With Procreate having been the longest-running one-off purchase app on the App Store that I know of (I literally bought my copy in 2010) I was on the edge of my seat to see whether they were going to finally follow the subscription trend for Dreams. Even though I haven’t had a particular urge to get back into animation again, I think I’m going to have to buy this just to support this business and as a thank-you for 13 years of free updates to Procreate. And to do a little flipbooking for fun.
bandergirl 3y ago
This is great but also unfortunate. $19.99 feels too low for this — and I say this as someone who doesn’t use paid/subscription apps. $2.99 would have been easily swallowable.
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- mejutoco 3y ago
  You meant $29.99 right?
  - petecooper 3y ago
    My read was: "$2.99 [per month] would have been easily swallowable."
make3 3y ago
this just tells me they're still on VC money and looking to raise more. When they'll want to be profitable, they'll tighten the screw
- tiltowait 3y ago
  A quick search didn't suggest they've ever raised VC funding. A 2019 interview[1] says they'd never (at that time) taken any. [1] https://thedesignest.net/interview-james-cuda-procreate/ https://thedesignest.net/interview-james-cuda-procreate/
- criddell 3y ago
  The founder (James Cuda) was on a podcast in 2020 and as of that time, he and his wife were the only investors in the company. That year they had $30 million in revenue and 43 employees. I’m guessing any screw tightening will come when Adobe (just a guess) eventually buys it for a lot of money and the company has to raise prices and move to a subscription model to service the debt.
  - boppo1 3y ago
    Any idea the podcast?

safeimp 3y ago

I’m a long time Procreate user and am shocked at the value I get out of it for the price. It’s definitely a killer app on the iPad and was the main reason why I picked up the Pencil. Not to go off on too much of a tangent but thinking about animation on my iPad I was suddenly reminded of one of my favorite “toys” (tools?) from my childhood, The Etcha Sketch Animator: https://the80sand90s.com/articles/etch-a-sketch-animator?format=amp https://the80sand90s.com/articles/etch-a-sketch-animator?for...

mortenjorck 3y ago

With Procreate having been the longest-running one-off purchase app on the App Store that I know of (I literally bought my copy in 2010) I was on the edge of my seat to see whether they were going to finally follow the subscription trend for Dreams. Even though I haven’t had a particular urge to get back into animation again, I think I’m going to have to buy this just to support this business and as a thank-you for 13 years of free updates to Procreate. And to do a little flipbooking for fun.

bandergirl 3y ago

This is great but also unfortunate. $19.99 feels too low for this — and I say this as someone who doesn’t use paid/subscription apps. $2.99 would have been easily swallowable.

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mejutoco 3y ago
You meant $29.99 right?
- petecooper 3y ago
  My read was: "$2.99 [per month] would have been easily swallowable."

make3 3y ago

this just tells me they're still on VC money and looking to raise more. When they'll want to be profitable, they'll tighten the screw

tiltowait 3y ago
A quick search didn't suggest they've ever raised VC funding. A 2019 interview[1] says they'd never (at that time) taken any. [1] https://thedesignest.net/interview-james-cuda-procreate/ https://thedesignest.net/interview-james-cuda-procreate/
criddell 3y ago
The founder (James Cuda) was on a podcast in 2020 and as of that time, he and his wife were the only investors in the company. That year they had $30 million in revenue and 43 employees. I’m guessing any screw tightening will come when Adobe (just a guess) eventually buys it for a lot of money and the company has to raise prices and move to a subscription model to service the debt.
- boppo1 3y ago
  Any idea the podcast?