[irrational]

I realized recently that I used to buy iOS apps a lot, but then they started moving to a subscription model and I stopped buying them. It has been years since I last purchased an app on my phone. I am willing to pay once forever for an app, I am not willing to enter into an recurring payment model (whether monthly, yearly, or anything else).

[joshstrange]

Then you are only shooting yourself in the foot. I’ve watched too many pay-once iOS slowly break over time as new OS updates come out. It’s a mix of the UI looking dated, features not working correctly, or just missing features I’d expect (widgets, Siri support, etc).

The only way to make it work is have a subscription and I’m incredibly happy with a number of my subscription apps like Drafts, Carrot Weather, Infuse, Widgetsmith, Infuse, Call Sheet, and Day One. These apps are not expensive at all ($10-35/yr) and I can cancel at anytime if they start to drop the ball.

Apps like Prompt/Prompt 2 were great when they launched then slowly atrophied over time and required a new version which was annoying.

I’ll agree some subs are ridiculously priced but I just avoid those.