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Posted by NickG
Apr 3, 2019 at 08:40 AM
I don’t agree, and I think devs are damned if they do and damned if they don’t. Omni Group go the other way (incremental updates for several years and then a major new version) and they get hammered (a) for not producing major updates frequently enough (“Look! Things has this and 2Do has that! Omni are falling behind) and (b) for charging for the once-very-few-years major updates.
Lothar Scholz wrote:
He releases way to frequently. I bought the 11 version in December 2017.
>This would have forced me to buy 2 updates by now.
Posted by Gabbe
Apr 3, 2019 at 10:21 AM
From my Curio history note in Devonthink:
“2008: US 149 (program)
2009: US 69 (update to Curio 6)
2010: US 69 (update to Curio 7)
2013: US 50 (update to Curio 8)
(2015: didn’t bought the update to Curio 9 - US 50)
not used 2015-2018
2018 sept US 87 (update to Curio 12)
total: US 424
ver. 13 - 2019 april - 6 months later - US 70?”
Too often - definitely leaving now.
An excellent program - but just worth the money if you are a heavy user in my opinion -
otherwise there are other good alternatives.
I have mainly used the program to produce simple graphics.
Posted by J J Weimer
Apr 3, 2019 at 08:07 PM
That heavy user would be me.
Certainly when all you do in Curio is use its graphics tools, you are using only a fraction of its power, and not necessarily the best fraction at that.
WRT the updates, at least Curio has never *lost* significant features in any part of its upgrade path (yes OmniFocus I am pointing at you here). I also take heart in the fact that Curio is not so wedded to a notion of backward compatibility that it has to carry its past weeds along with its new roses. Finally, I am much more assured by having robustly-generated, yearly updates than by awaiting updates whispered in dark hallways for so long that you begin to fear the final offering may be outdated by the time it really is released (yes DEVONthink I am pointing at you here).
Gabbe wrote:
From my Curio history note in Devonthink:
>
>Too often - definitely leaving now.
>An excellent program - but just worth the money if you are a heavy user
>in my opinion -
>otherwise there are other good alternatives.
>I have mainly used the program to produce simple graphics.
Posted by MadaboutDana
Apr 3, 2019 at 09:46 PM
Thing is, even older versions of Curio are unbelievably powerful. I haven’t updated for a couple of years now, but I have no complaints about whichever version I’m currently on (can’t remember, offhand, that’s how important versions are to me!)
If I really needed one of the latest features, I’d go for it like a shot - it’s an exceptionally robust, capable program and I know the feature would have been superbly implemented.
Just upgrading automatically isn’t always a good idea, especially when the product is mature.
And hey, I’m talking as an inveterate CRIMPer here!
Posted by satis
Apr 3, 2019 at 10:29 PM
$500 (or $550) in eleven years doesn’t seem bad at all to me for a heavy-duty, well-supported app like this one.
I’m at the point where with my own gear and productivity habits I really need (or at least prefer) apps that are cross platform - apps that have iOS verisons and/or web versions. So it doesn’t matter how good Curio is if I am stuck using it on a Mac. But if I were deeply into it I’d have no problem with the pricing.