Afternoon everyone,

I wanted to go over a few points related to pricing, stats and the roadmap

Pricing

  1. Sync for Lemmy is completely free with ads (the same as Sync for Reddit)

  2. You can remove ads in the account picker or drawer for a one time fee of ~$20

  3. Sync Ultra also removes ads but it’s not required

  4. I’ll be working on regional prices over the coming weeks

There are now 24k installed users up from 100 the previous day!

I’m going to be spending the next few days going through all of the comments / messages and fixing any crashes.

As always thanks for the support and hope you’re liking Sync!

Lj

Edit: testing edit

  • Polar@lemmy.caEnglish
    221·
    1 year ago

    I just wanted to say I’m sorry for the backslash you’re getting for charging money.

    I’m also sorry people expect it to be $1 because the Reddit app was $1 back in 1825. I genuinely believe it’s children complaining, because no functioning adult would complain about a price increase when rent has tripled or quadrupled since the $1 Reddit app. It’s also annoying to see that people think that saying they bought the Reddit app for $1 and enjoyed it for 10 years is an argument. It goes to show it was severely underpriced.

    It must be frustrating to have that type of response. Lemmy users seem to be really entitled when it comes to software, and the response you’re getting scares me for the future. I really hope the Boost developer doesn’t cancel his app after seeing how entitled Lemmy users are being right now.

    What frustrates me more is the people complaining are continuing to use the free open source apps. Like great, you already have an alternative you prefer. Shut up. Stop bringing others down.

    I wish you the best. Thank you for choosing to develop for Lemmy. I have my eyes on Boost, but I’m gladly using your free tier for the time being.

    Thanks again!

    • Taako_Tuesday@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      I paid 5 dollars back in 2016, and I was fully expecting to pay more for this version. 20 dollars for no ads is fine by me. However, I don’t feel like the 100 dollars for lifetime ultra is worth it. Maybe someday when I feel like those extra perks are worthwhile

      • keefshape@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I paid like 80 bucks about a year ago. And here I am rallying for ljd to keep providing a solid client that works the way I want it to.

        I followed like sheep, and baaaah take my money.

    • momoitin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      The people complaining about the price are the people that truly have no understanding how much love and care goes into creating good software. 20 dollars to remove ads for however many hours sync is going to save me with searching for each instance is well worth the cost for supporting development in the future.

    • Aasikki@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’m fine with a price increase, but 4 times the price is quite the increase. Haven’t made up my mind if it’s worth it for me yet, if it was 5€ or maybe 10€ I would have immediately bought it.

    • chemsed@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      What bothers me with this controversy is that it’s not clear for me how one can earn a living in the lemmy ecosystem if everything is FOSS. Also, one should understand that the app is in beta, but there was so much hype around that app.

    • Lemmington Bunnie@aussie.zoneEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Under AUD$2 to AUD$34 is quite the leap, and more than double what I anticipated.

      I was very happy to drop AUD$10-15, and I’m aware that what I paid in 20 dickity 13 was a steal.

      Quadrupled app costs would have been a bargain in my eyes.

  • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
    131·
    1 year ago

    It’s the best app but the pricing is insane. I mean, maybe you have experience from your other apps and you know this is the optimal price, but otherwise, consider changing it. People are surprised by the high price right now.

    If it was me, I would price it like this:

    • Remove ads - $10 lifetime.

    • Ultra - $3 per month, $20 per year, $50 lifetime.

    Those sums are realistic and people are likely to find them acceptable. You would get more users instead of less users paying more.

    But this is just me and I speak only as someone who never had an app in a appstore. Maybe you know better. But that’s what I would do.

  • thoomfish@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    I don’t know if this is already the case or not, or how hard it would be to implement, but since Ultra is a superset of ad-free, it would be swell if there was upgrade pricing so you could pay $80 to go from ad-free to Ultra. I definitely want ad-free but I’m not sure about Ultra and so I’m not getting either until I can make that decision to avoid throwing $20 down a hole.

  • MoonRaven@feddit.nlEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    I got the lifetime sync ultra subscription for the reddit app for 34.99 after getting the ad-free version and then the pro version because I really liked it. I only used it for half a year, but hey, I guess that’s the gamble you take with lifetime subscriptions. I now see that the lifetime subscription is €114.99?! Is this a mistake? What is going on here?

    If I compare it to the 18.99 a year price, it’d take over 6 years to break even. If I compare it to the old 11.99 price, it’d take over 9.5 years. I just don’t understand the logic here.

  • HIGHinthehills@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Best app for Lemmy that I’ve tried so far and I’m sticking to it for now. I used Joey on Reddit and I miss 2 features that Joey had that Sync does not.

    Full screen media cards - this allows swiping between full screen posts

    And filter out posts - with this I could easily scroll only gif/video or just text posts

    Would be if the dev could implement these.

  • Vile_port_aloo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Hi, there isn’t a submission button yet. So will ask here. Sorry

    Pricing will this app make more money with advertising revenue from me or the one off payment?

    I am lucky enough to have Google play credit so can pay but just wondering to pay it not to pay?

    Thanks for a great app can’t wait till it’s all up to speed. Ty WP gg

  • unscholarly_source@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Didn’t have to think twice to get Sync Ultra lifetime for the amazing value Sync has been in my life the past 10 years. Even paid for previous Sync for Reddit versions. Easy decision. Thanks LJ

  • gothicdecadence@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Hey! Loving the app. One thing I’d appreciate is if it showed what instance you’re on under or above the “Everything”, “Local”, and “Subscribed” text. It can be hard to tell the difference between accounts if I have them themed to look the same! For example,

    Or something like that

  • TransplantedSconie@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Is there a way to set up my subscriptions first instead of everything? I don’t mind seeing all, but mostly I’d like to see what I’m subbed to first.

  • redcalcium@lemmy.instituteEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I just want to say thank you for getting Sync up and running on Lemmy. Please don’t let the toxic comments sour your day. I for one is really grateful for what you do.

  • trifulau@feddit.itEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I’m probably dumb, but I can’t find how to change the size of the font of the post. I also noticed that is the same size of the one I am using typing this message.

  • flip@lemmy.nbsp.oneEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Whether the pricing is appropriate is purely subjective. I paid the 20 bucks, thank you for your work. Looking forward to see this app thrive, it already works super smooth!

    Hope you do not take the inevitably rude comments to heart.

  • Aviouslly@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I love the app!

    For some reason when refreshing all hidden posts become unhidden. I’m not sure if that’s a setting or a bug.