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Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jun 10, 2019 at 01:06 PM
Hi, Franz,
When I wrote about higher priced software, I was speaking hypothetically… speculating that it might bother me. Sorry for the confusion!
Steve Z
Franz Grieser wrote:
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>
>>the developer’s time.) But with higher priced apps, I’d find it
>annoying
>>to only have 48 hours to decide if I want to upgrade.
>
>What applications are Simon and you talking about?
>I know of no higher-priced software (>$100) that gives me such a short
>time limit. That’s definitely not the case with Office 365, Mindmanager,
>Camtasia, Quark XPress, Dragon, The Brain.
Posted by MadaboutDana
Jun 11, 2019 at 07:55 AM
One of my favourite models is the UpNote one (sorry, Windows users: macOS and iOS only). UpNote is steadily evolving, turning into one of the nicest markdown editors around (support for images, floating windows on top, responsive to requests etc. etc.), but the Chinese developer only charges EUR 0.99 per month. Allergic to subscriptions as I’ve become, that’s so reasonable (and clever, because it’s charged every month, so sneaks under the radar, as it were), I’m perfectly happy to pay for an app that’s visibly getting better month to month. It now has precisely the attributes needed to become a menu-bar fixture.
Whereas I’ve just cancelled my Bear subscription. Yes, it’s lovely, but it’s ceased to evolve…
UpNote has replaced FSnotes, SnipNotes and various other note-takers (even though they’re non-subscription).
Ulysses, on the other hand, after a long struggle, I’ve reinstated. But then I’m lucky - I was an original user, so my subscription price is lower than most. If it was much higher, I wouldn’t be renewing.
Posted by Paul Korm
Jun 11, 2019 at 10:38 AM
Bill, Bear is **only** $1.49/month—for 50 cents you get a cute icon. Come on, who can resist :-)
My interest is piqued by nvUltra—the long promised vaporware follow-on to nvAlt. Since Fletcher Penney (multimarkdown’s “inventor”) is on board with Terpstra, maybe we’ll actually see a product this year.
No doubt though it will be Mac-only and a subscription.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jun 11, 2019 at 10:51 AM
Bill,
Actually, there is a Windows version:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/upnote/9mv7690m8f5n?activetab=pivot:overviewtab
I tried it out a while ago and found something I didn’t like, but can’t remember what that was now. But it kept me from adopting UpNote (I was looking for a genuine cross-platform note manager—well, I still am). Perhaps I should give it another try.
Steve Z.
MadaboutDana wrote:
One of my favourite models is the UpNote one (sorry, Windows users:
>macOS and iOS only). UpNote is steadily evolving, turning into one of
>the nicest markdown editors around (support for images, floating windows
>on top, responsive to requests etc. etc.), but the Chinese developer
>only charges EUR 0.99 per month. Allergic to subscriptions as I’ve
>become, that’s so reasonable (and clever, because it’s charged every
>month, so sneaks under the radar, as it were), I’m perfectly happy to
>pay for an app that’s visibly getting better month to month. It now has
>precisely the attributes needed to become a menu-bar fixture.
>
>Whereas I’ve just cancelled my Bear subscription. Yes, it’s lovely, but
>it’s ceased to evolve…
>
>UpNote has replaced FSnotes, SnipNotes and various other note-takers
>(even though they’re non-subscription).
>
>Ulysses, on the other hand, after a long struggle, I’ve reinstated. But
>then I’m lucky - I was an original user, so my subscription price is
>lower than most. If it was much higher, I wouldn’t be renewing.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jun 11, 2019 at 10:52 AM
I remember the problem. UpNote is for Windows 10 only and won’t work on my Windows 7 machine. So it may be a viable option for other Windows users.
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
Bill,
>
>Actually, there is a Windows version:
>
>https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/upnote/9mv7690m8f5n?activetab=pivot:overviewtab
>
>I tried it out a while ago and found something I didn’t like, but can’t
>remember what that was now. But it kept me from adopting UpNote (I was
>looking for a genuine cross-platform note manager—well, I still am).
>Perhaps I should give it another try.
>
>Steve Z.
>
>MadaboutDana wrote:
>One of my favourite models is the UpNote one (sorry, Windows users:
>>macOS and iOS only). UpNote is steadily evolving, turning into one of
>>the nicest markdown editors around (support for images, floating
>windows
>>on top, responsive to requests etc. etc.), but the Chinese developer
>>only charges EUR 0.99 per month. Allergic to subscriptions as I’ve
>>become, that’s so reasonable (and clever, because it’s charged every
>>month, so sneaks under the radar, as it were), I’m perfectly happy to
>>pay for an app that’s visibly getting better month to month. It now has
>>precisely the attributes needed to become a menu-bar fixture.
>>
>>Whereas I’ve just cancelled my Bear subscription. Yes, it’s lovely, but
>>it’s ceased to evolve…
>>
>>UpNote has replaced FSnotes, SnipNotes and various other note-takers
>>(even though they’re non-subscription).
>>
>>Ulysses, on the other hand, after a long struggle, I’ve reinstated. But
>>then I’m lucky - I was an original user, so my subscription price is
>>lower than most. If it was much higher, I wouldn’t be renewing.