| ▲ | aaronsnow 9 hours ago |
| Congrats, maghfoor. But the lack of price transparency is a real turn-off. Nothing on the website or in the App Store — you have to download the app to find out how much it will cost you. |
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| ▲ | j_bum 9 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| For what it’s worth, in the iOS App Store, you can scroll down to look at the “In-App Purchases” drop down menu, and all of the prices are shown there. This is true for every app with IAP. It’s how I typically decide if I’ll download an app with IAP. |
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| ▲ | crazygringo 9 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | That's helpful, thank you. But I'm not even going to bother looking if an app can't clearly advertise its price. It just feels like a dark pattern, like they're intentionally trying to trick me from the very start. Maybe the price will turn out to be fine, but it's sure not building trust from the start. | | |
| ▲ | buzzerbetrayed 8 hours ago | parent [-] | | That is the standard way to advertise your price in the App Store. What is more transparent than.. clearly posting your price? | | |
| ▲ | crazygringo 8 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | I'm talking about the website that has been posted. | |
| ▲ | arcfour 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Making the app cost X amount makes it immediately obvious how much it costs. IAP do not share this, even if they are posted publicly off in some corner. |
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| ▲ | rplnt 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | There is no free option, so hiding it under IAPs is kinda shady too. | |
| ▲ | aaronsnow 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Wild. I've been using iPhones for 17 years and it took until today for me to learn this. Thanks j_bum. |
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| ▲ | dexterdog 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| So how much is it for those of us non iOS people? |
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| ▲ | zamadatix 8 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Anyone should be able to view it, even without an Apple account: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/three-cells-your-life-system/i... (bottom right): > Three Cells Weekly $2.99 > Lifetime Access to Three Cells $29.99 > Three Cells Weekly $2.99 The ratio here feels a bit off, $155.48/y or $29.99 for life screams "trying to push you to pay a lot for an app I know you won't stick with" rather than "we've got great value options for any type of user". There is a 7 day trial as well, so even more confusing as to which kind of user is supposed to want the weekly payment. | | |
| ▲ | WA 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | Insanely expensive weekly subscriptions are the new (scammy) meta in B2C apps. I find it off-putting as well. | | |
| ▲ | wildzzz 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | People are just hoping they can skip from "hobby project" all the way to a project that funds a couple salaries just by overcharging for subscriptions. Apps that are meant to cater towards unorganized people are the worst for this because they know you won't stick with it. A week trial is just short of how long you'll likely use it before you forget or realize it's not working for you. |
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| ▲ | conductr 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | My guess is it’s unavailable since it’s an iOS app | | |
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