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$50 for a todo app? Really?

by allcapzzz 14y ago

rimantas 14y ago
Yes, really. It's about time to start selling your products, instead of their users.
- axx 14y ago
  Can we please all agree to upvote this to the top?
- pwny 14y ago
  As much as I agree with you and as much as I'm displeased with people having trouble selling things they worked on for months for over 0.99$ I would never be able to live if I had to pay 50$ for every little piece of software I use. 50$ is a LOT for a todo app. Imagine a world where you had to pay 50$ for every app on your phone (I personally have 10-15 that I use regularly), every web app that you use (these guys have bills to pay too) and everything installed on your desktop computer. You wouldn't be able to use as much as you use today. The fact is, this app seems great, I might try it, but I usually shell out 50$ for software on either an exceptional game that I know I will be playing for a long time (often multiplayer) or some development tool/license (for example Apple dev program). Organizing my life into items that I can tick doesn't seem that complicated or essential to me that it's worth 50$.
  - shadesandcolour 14y ago
    There's a trial for the Mac version, I recommend it highly. The iOS version is cheaper than the Mac version if that floats your boat a little more. I won't try to imagine a world where I would pay $50 dollars for every app that I use but I can imagine one where I pay that much for something that is very well done and helps me do things I need to do. It's time to realize that software is worth something. The flood of the 99 cent apps in the App stores have really ruined software development for people who can't price their apps higher because they wont sell and they can't make money off of the way they price them now. I bought Things almost 5 years ago and I've never once regretted paying as much as I did. I tried to switch away from it for a while but kept coming back.
    - pwny 14y ago
      I absolutely agree with "[...] I pay that much for something that is very well done and helps me do things I need to do." I'm also on your side as to what the App Store has done to software's perceived value. Todo lists just don't happen to be something I value enough to shell 50$ for. I might look into the iOS version though, I like portable todo lists a lot more.
1123581321 14y ago
It's priced fairly as far as paid software goes. Omnifocus is $40 and used to cost more than $50. It's certainly a bargain compared to a $10/month service like Flow.
gurkendoktor 14y ago
I use OmniFocus and not Things, but if you are serious about GTD and put your life in the hands of an app, $50 is absolutely nothing. OmniFocus could be $50 a month and be worth it most of the time. (I do a lot of traveling, freelancing and I am rather scatterbrained to begin with.)
jpeterson 14y ago
If many years from now someone asks, "why did the retail software industry die?", please refer back to this post.

$50 for a todo app? Really?

rimantas 14y ago

Yes, really. It's about time to start selling your products, instead of their users.

axx 14y ago
Can we please all agree to upvote this to the top?
pwny 14y ago
As much as I agree with you and as much as I'm displeased with people having trouble selling things they worked on for months for over 0.99$ I would never be able to live if I had to pay 50$ for every little piece of software I use. 50$ is a LOT for a todo app. Imagine a world where you had to pay 50$ for every app on your phone (I personally have 10-15 that I use regularly), every web app that you use (these guys have bills to pay too) and everything installed on your desktop computer. You wouldn't be able to use as much as you use today. The fact is, this app seems great, I might try it, but I usually shell out 50$ for software on either an exceptional game that I know I will be playing for a long time (often multiplayer) or some development tool/license (for example Apple dev program). Organizing my life into items that I can tick doesn't seem that complicated or essential to me that it's worth 50$.
- shadesandcolour 14y ago
  There's a trial for the Mac version, I recommend it highly. The iOS version is cheaper than the Mac version if that floats your boat a little more. I won't try to imagine a world where I would pay $50 dollars for every app that I use but I can imagine one where I pay that much for something that is very well done and helps me do things I need to do. It's time to realize that software is worth something. The flood of the 99 cent apps in the App stores have really ruined software development for people who can't price their apps higher because they wont sell and they can't make money off of the way they price them now. I bought Things almost 5 years ago and I've never once regretted paying as much as I did. I tried to switch away from it for a while but kept coming back.
  - pwny 14y ago
    I absolutely agree with "[...] I pay that much for something that is very well done and helps me do things I need to do." I'm also on your side as to what the App Store has done to software's perceived value. Todo lists just don't happen to be something I value enough to shell 50$ for. I might look into the iOS version though, I like portable todo lists a lot more.

1123581321 14y ago

It's priced fairly as far as paid software goes. Omnifocus is $40 and used to cost more than $50. It's certainly a bargain compared to a $10/month service like Flow.

gurkendoktor 14y ago

I use OmniFocus and not Things, but if you are serious about GTD and put your life in the hands of an app, $50 is absolutely nothing. OmniFocus could be $50 a month and be worth it most of the time. (I do a lot of traveling, freelancing and I am rather scatterbrained to begin with.)

jpeterson 14y ago

If many years from now someone asks, "why did the retail software industry die?", please refer back to this post.