Why Charge for Apps when Other Apps are Free?
Certain features in our Apps are Premium features, meaning that you need to upgrade to Premium to be able to use them.
Why our Apps are Not Free of Cost
We offer a simple pricing model, just like real-world products: you pay money, you get to use our products. We do not engage in complex monetization models like advertising, referrals, or selling your personal data or location information to data brokers.
We believe that our apps are worth every penny, for many reasons.
We Respect You
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We respect your privacy: We are a private California company, not a fly-by-night operation or a massive scam to collect and sell people’s personal information.
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We do not make money from ads: There are no ads in our apps. Not in the free version, not in the Premium. We do not make money by showing you ads.
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We do not sell your data: Many “free” and cheap apps on Google Play and Apple App Store do all sorts of things that we are fundamentally against. We don’t collect any personal information, we don’t sell any data to anyone.
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Your are our customer, the main source of revenue: We make money by making a superior product that we hope you, our users, enjoy. We hope you will want to support us by purchasing the Premium version.
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No predatory subscriptions: We offer simple one-time payments / lifetime purchases. We do not engage in predatory pricing like some apps on Google Play or Apple App Store.
Why Buy Premium
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To make sure we don’t have to shut down: Surely, you want us around in the future to bring you new features, right? We don’t want to be the company that made a few million dollars from a $1 app and then closed down with no updates.
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Lifetime Purchase: For many apps, we offer the option of a Lifetime Purchase. You buy it once, it’s yours forever. You pay a flat one-time fee, then you can keep using those apps forever.
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Subscriptions Optional: Certain products and features have ongoing costs; for these, we may offer the option of a recurring subscription. Your purchase helps fund ongoing costs as well as future development.
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Free Upgrades: Once you purchase Premium (either via a Lifetime Purchase or via a Subscription), future upgrades are free. We release innovative features every few weeks.
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Free is Forever: If you are still not convinced that Premium is for you, the free version works forever, no ads, no time limits, just limited to Free-only features.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Why are prices in India not cheaper? Researching data about Purchasing Power Parity in every country (among 100+ countries!), then adjusting prices accordingly, and responding to fluctuating exchange rates is time-consuming. We simply do not have the resources to do this, and believe that our time is better spent building more features in our apps.
Privacy for the Price of a Sandwich
You would typically use our apps for several hours a week. Yet, it’s cheaper than a sandwich. The bottomline is, if you value your privacy at the price of a sandwich, then our apps are for you.