[MlMt] PSA: Mobile app that's compatible with many MailMate features.

[TJ Luoma]

On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 3:45 PM Scott A. McIntyre
<mailmate at howyagoin.net> wrote:

> The client I found:
>
> https://preside.io
…
> Just wanted to share this as I figured others in this community may be
> interested.  Preside very much feels like a "power user" mail app, just
> as I see MailMate to be.

I hadn't heard of this app before, and I was very excited to try this
out… but a subscription of $25/year for an iOS mail app kept me away.

I'm not against paying for software, even software that has a free
alternative (e.g MailMate! I even used to pay for the Opera browser
years ago before it went free). Heck, I think I paid $25 for a mail
app on my old Treo 300 way back when. But subscribing to an app is
still a pretty high bar for me.

Then I got to thinking, if you do sign up for a year, it's basically a
tiny bit more than $2/month (although unfortunately they charge
$5/month if you don't prepay for a full year, which seems like a bad
idea, but I'm no expert).

As I was writing this, Dave C wrote:

> Why are so many app developers reluctant to post the costs alongside the benefits on the FAQ or other information pages?

I don't know, but I assume somewhere along the way some "expert" told
developers not to list pricing on their website, because it is a very
popular trend. I think it's a bad one, because it always seems like
they're trying to hide it, which makes it seem like they think it's
too high. If you aren't willing to be forthcoming about it, it just
seems deceptive. But again, maybe I'm wrong and people who are smarter
have figured out what it works better for them overall. It's
definitely a turn-off for me, though. I'm glad that Apple usually
lists IAP prices clearly, even on their web page previews:

https://itunes.apple.com/app/id808514898

TjL

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