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by mdcarter 5198 days ago
Trigger.io looks very nice but I totally agree with you, the 50$/month is really a huge issue for indie dev who just want to play around with iPhone app making. You can't just release an app with a huge ad at each start, even if it's just for fun :/
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Thanks for the feedback. We definitely want to support indie devs, and will add tiers to reflect that soon.

Our current pricing is more targeted at enterprises, web dev studies and funded startups.

I'll definitly take a closer look if you release more interesting pricing tiers for us. Your product look awesome, and well documented. Too bad there's not a simple way to test iOS apps on Windows (not your fault, of course ^^)
So if I make an app, and release it to the app store, and then cancel my account with Trigger, a splash screen starts when my users that already downloaded the app start it?
No, users who have already installed the app get the same experience as when they originally downloaded it.

And there's nothing automatic in our wrapper that 'calls back' to trigger.io and modifies the user experience based on that. We simply ask that if you continue distributing the app in the app stores that you pay the appropriate tier.