Rémi, any update on the success of this app? It only has "100+" downloads, one +1, and one 1* review. So superficially it seems people are pretty unimpressed with your and the publisher's pricing model. At least, that is what I am blaming, as the feature set of the application is great, and as someone who tried the beta version, I know it will work well. Have the few downloaders been cancelling their subscription? Is it too soon to consider an alternative payment method?

The thing I find the most puzzling about this is that the subscription price is not available in the description anywhere. Presumably this is because you want people to download the app and be impressed by it before being put off by what may seem a rather high price initially. But I dislike this kind of tactic. Better would be to offer what you said initially - a permanently free version, that is restricted in some way (e.g the delay on scoring).

Thanks for your feedback. I forwarded the messages of this thread to Unbalance. They are planning to change the way they sell the app. I will post a message here when it is done.

That's great news. I saw it but then got a bit suspicious about a subscription. I can understand it being annoying to feel pressure to sell a cheap app, but I'd much prefer to buy it one time than worry about subscriptions. Under $5, I wouldn't even think about it; under $10 I'd check it out first.

Hi Remi.
I'm afraid you need to get rid of Unbalance. Kifu Snap (I'm interested, but if I can't get it to work, why download it?) keeps asking for confirmation of Google account. There's no way to get on. Also, in the preferences there's an option about "cancelling renewal", but it just lets me unistall the program.
Dreadful experience.

Andy

I have the same problem, that I don't have a google account, so I can't use Kifu Snap, though it's free of charge.

Except that it is not free of charge, they are still using the subscription system...

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