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.

This app looks fine on the surface, but I found a few notable flaws for what I needed it for: There was a button to change the background text, but it didn’t work. Though I was selecting “background,” it kept changing the color of the text and would reset to an ugly gray background after clikcing out of the box. I spent more than fifteen minutes trying to make this basic function work to no avail. I also was unable to add a border to photos. The app looked like it was going to be perfect for what I wanted to do, but without these functions, I was very disatistifed. I do not recommend this app. Though the app is written in English, the website only has a page written in English with basic instructions and no clear way to contact the developer to seek help.