Would you pay $19 for this Mac menubar app?

[mightyalex]

I recently developed TotalsApp.com, a macOS menubar app that pulls real-time revenue from Stripe, Paddle, Gumroad, Lemon Squeezy, and Polar. It shows your earnings at a glance without needing to open dashboards or log in.

It’s a one-time purchase for $19, and you own it forever.

I’m curious, do you think this is fair for creators and small business owners? If not, what would you pay?

[dimitrisnl]

No-one is going to say no, as their money is not on the line right now.

For more check: https://www.momtestbook.com/

I wouldn't buy this btw. People like big dashboards, it's a vanity metric.

[mightyalex]

Totals is not about recreating dashboards which already exist. It is a quick overview for people managing multiple payment platforms, avoiding the need to log in to multiple dashboards just to check earnings.

You make a great point about how feedback on price can differ between an actual buyer and a spectator.

[dtnewman]

The price is fine. Maybe low. The real question is can you find users? There are probably thousands or tens of thousands of products out there that would improve my life that I have never heard of. There are many I have heard of that I’m too lazy or busy to try.

Your user is the type of person who obsessively checks their stripe account. They log in multiple times per day. Most people aren’t like that, but some are. Of those people, a small subset are early adopters and into trying new things. The real problem is how to find those people. Once you do, I’d suggest charging more. Once I’m getting my credit card out, I’m probably not paying attention to the difference between $19 and $19/yr. It either has to be so cheap (<$4) that the price feels negligible and I’ll buy on a whim or just charge more.

The biggest hurdle is between $0 and $0.01, because that’s the difference between pulling out my credit card or not.

[lizzas]

I like the idea of aggregation but I prefer to open a dashboard once a week. I only want info in my face if I need to react to it. For example a downtime alert. I think "checking your sales" can become a procasination vector.

[mightyalex]

Got it. Notifications are optional, and it can stay as minimal as a clock, always there and never in the way.

[fragmede]

As a point of reference, istatmenus is $11.99 for a single license, $14.99 for the family license. I installed it but let it lapse and haven't paid for it, just left the non-functional icons on menu bar. I heard about it from some friends who paid for it tho.

$19 forever seems fine. Its a nice bit of functionality fot people who'd want such a thing.

[mightyalex]

Thanks! I plan to experiment with the price before settling on one.

[mightyalex]

Since the app is new, I added a -50% early bird discount.

[vunderba]

Having a nice all-in-one revenue tracker across a bunch of payment systems would be a nice little utility - though I'd rather have the "System Tray" aspect be optional. For me, I'd rather it be a quick native OS app that I can launch - take a quick look and then dismiss.

[mightyalex]

Hmm, this is good feedback.

[leros]

I don't see a need for a tool like that.

[sgt]

If it's really useful, I'd happily pay even more. Is real-time earnings really that important to a lot of companies though?

[brudgers]

Right, if it is worth $19, it is worth $99.

There are no $19 business problems.

[mightyalex]

I see it more like a motivation for creators and a way to skip logging into dashboards.

[sgt]

Maybe menu bar apps are completely underrated.

[mightyalex]

I’m new to macOS app development, but I’ve always wanted to build one. Now, I’ll probably end up building many more :D

[sgt]

The only problem is figuring out how to market them effectively, and to convince the target market that they need it. I think putting a solid price tag on it (with a 2 week guarantee of money back if you are not happy, perhaps) is the way to go. I don't think this particular target market looks for the freemium model with ads etc.

[gaws]

>Would you pay $19 for a macOS menubar app that pulls real-time revenue from Stripe, Paddle, Gumroad, Lemon Squeezy, and Polar. It shows your earnings at a glance without needing to open dashboards or log in.

No.

[sabbaticaldev]

no, I won’t, that would be a waste of money