Scrintal now available for $60US/year for first 2,000 subscribers

Posted by tightbeam
Oct 1, 2022 at 04:43 PM

All of that sounds wonderful, as does the offer of a refund for those who try the software and then don’t like it, but it doesn’t explain the harebrained “hype” strategy of accumulating a wait list and then, instead of providing a trial for those who have been on the wait list for months, asking for an “admission fee” in exchange for the privilege of test driving a beta. Scrintal is not the only (or even the best) game in town. I see, however, that Scrintal will be available in a free version in “Q2 2023.” I can wait.

Darren McDonald wrote:
I hear you. I was wanting to trail-test out Scrintal first to see if it
>was able to handle things like Japanese input before jumping into the
>deep end. I followed the developer’s communications with previous users
>and was very happy with the openness and fast response in answering
>queries which led to fast development. So, I had no qualms in signing up
>with a subscription even though Scrintal is still very much in beta.
> >The developers claim that they have already secured seed money, so not
>really sure why they asked for discounted subscriptions. Maybe it was a
>strategy to target the next set of serious users. Either way, I usually
>give donations to encourage the development of software that looks to be
>most useful to me (Obsidian, for instance). Even with the historic low
>level of the Japanese yen at the moment, it was a no-brainer for me.
> >Scrintal seems to check all the boxes for the type of software I am
>after- and it is still only in beta! I shouldn’t be so surprised though.
>The Scrintal team has a strong and fresh academic background, especially
>in the use of qualitative research. Scrintal’s allows you to bring
>together (see, brainstorm) seemingly random thoughts, research findings,
>and ideas visually using virtual cards to them be able to write
>long-form papers is very big to me and fits in well with the way
>qualitative research is done. It is software I needed to have right now
>to get through my research. :)
> >satis wrote:
>This morning I got their email about this. Seems a tiny bit desperate:
>>not offering free trials, just a choice between paying for a year or
>>signing up for waitlist for beta access (which is what I thought I’d
>>done!). Cash crunch?