Flowchart Designer Premium 4+

I purchased this app a couple of weeks ago. It does what I need and is reasonably intuitive, but the GUI is underdeveloped. For instance, when cloning an object (duplicate command) the clone appears randomly on the workspace. I would enable a click drag method so that users can place the clone without having to find it.

Much of the negative feedback I’ve seen here is not deserved, but users need to notice that the last version update was in August of 2016. I have sent in many enhancement requests and there is no response of any kind from the developer. I suspect that this is a dead platform that the developer has abandoned. I hope that this is not the case.

I think the Apple app store is doing an extremely poor job of ensuring the sustainability of applications. If an app does not progress in versions and remains static over time it should be taken down from the app store, particularly when the application involves a purchase. When an app is posted for the first time there is no way to know if the developer will do the work of improving the application. Developers should be given a window of time to improve, but after that, the app should not stay on the app store, particularly when many users are reporting issues. I would make it a mandatory requirement to have applications updated at least annually.

I purchased your app "FlowChart Designer Premium" several years ago for a high school class. And everything was OK. I was really happy with it.
I recently received an update for my new MacBook Pro M2 - Sonoma 14.1.1.

Today I opened your application after a gap of a couple of months and I cannot find any shapes in the left panel or tools in the right panel. Screenshot attached.

I have been using this app for several years. It was (at the time) the best option for flowcharting, and it was my go-to app in the space. Unfortunately, the developers haven’t kept up, and it’s somehow turned into a buggy mess. Even really simple stuff is now un-intuitive. For instance - I just made a box and duplicated it so that my boxes would all be the same size. The second box worked for thirty seconds, but then I lost the ability to select that box for movement or deletion. Clicking on the box didn’t engage it to edit it, move it, or delete it. The “must-drag” shape out of the left box is substantially not bst-in-class when compared with page layout software. This used to be super-fast and easy to use, but it’s gone off the rails. My estimation is that the support horizon for this software has sunset. I cannot recommend this product and, in fact, I recommend that you avoid it.