Subscription services are lucrative for developers, I guess. But, for the user I have to decide which apps to subscribe to (if any) and which ones I have to quit using because I can’t afford a subscription for every app I use. I don’t mind buying an app at all, but having to pay an annual fee is just beyond my means. And so, I will switch my "calculator" app to something else other than PowerOne because they, at some point, will go to the next version (x.x or y.x or whatever) and I will be left in the dust having to subscribe to keep up with the technology. If every developer ends up with subscription requirements I will just have to abandon my support for them all. How many $50, $20, $75, $20, $40, $20, $25 services can you afford? For me it’s not many and so I just stop using an app that thinks their product should charge me a monthly or annual fee to use it!! There are plenty of alternatives out there. The smart developer will appreciate their customer’s PURCHASE of an app and take into consideration that users will have to decide which apps to keep or which apps to abandon. The less used apps I have will be the first to go. And, PowerOne falls into that category as there are many alternatives that don’t require a subscription fee after purchase.I’ve paid enough for the prior versions of this app, remove ads. etc.I’m done.
Hi Wdav,I appreciate your position. I do want you to know that most of PowerOne is free to use. We include most of the templates and the entire calculator at no charge. We also now keep your templates and some of your calculations synced across devices and make a web version available to you when at your desk, all free.We do have some premium features, and we do ask people to pay for those. But there is nothing that keeps you from using the free version forever.Given that and given app economics, it has become clear that a subscription is the only way for PowerOne calculator to survive. We have purposely chosen not to use the kinds of intrusive and dirty tricks that other apps use. There are no ads, we don't sell our customer's data.Hope you will continue using PowerOne.Elia