I think the less frowned upon way to charge is to just do it once.

If the Apple store supports this, free trial + one time payment sounds like a good way. Don't optimize for freeloaders, as someone else said.

If the app relies only on iPhone hardware and/or is not a live service, an account/subscription should not be required. Even non-devs might justifiably ask "why do I need a subscription for a camera app".

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spockz 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Halide asks for a subscription. Not entirely sure why yet. Yes, it is more advanced than the normal app. Also slower and I haven’t noticed any changes or improvements in the last two years. Maybe support for new features in newer iPhones.

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ebbi 2 hours ago | parent [-]

They just released a major update, but it's not something I would pay a subscription for. I paid the lifetime fee in it's early days, but that doesn't unlock the new updates sadly.

I use Analogue for day to day capture, and NoFusion and Moment apps for things I will want to edit later. All with one-time purchase. I don't mind paying for quality apps, but I do have subscription fatigue now.

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LoganDark 2 hours ago | parent [-]

There is still a lifetime purchase for the new version, IIRC. I can see it in the App Store IAP section. (Which is so useful! Lets me filter for apps that have a lifetime option at all.)

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ebbi an hour ago | parent [-]

Did not know that!

Might check it out. Thanks for letting me know. But really been enjoying Analogue lately.

	▲	LoganDark an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Also, I just checked, I purchased Mark II lifetime and got Mark III for free. It's only Mark I users that didn't get it. Unfortunately it looks like lifetime users don't get access to the beta program for whatever reason. I guess they don't want feedback from those users. I tried Analogue too, but I stopped using third-party camera apps altogether because they all seem to suffer from an issue where if you lock the phone too quickly after taking a photo, the photo is lost forever. I lost so many photos to this that I knew I took.