App needs a fairer Premium Feature model than a subscription… – Airmail - Your Mail With You Review

UPDATE 4.0 Keeps asking to upgrade to Pro! I paid for the app, why am I seeing ads every time I go to settings? UPDATE: 3.1 More features added behind a pay wall. Developers’ still not listening to loyal longtime users and won’t offer a “one-time” pay option for use features, only subscription. UPDATE 3.0.1 Notice that the Apple Design Award featured in the screenshots and in the product description is from 2017, it’s now 2020… UPDATE 3.0.1 Developer still not listening to long-standing customers. UPDATE 3.0 Yet more subscription features and no fair options. UPDATE 2.1.5 Still in need of a more fairer licensing scheme! UPDATE 2.1.3 Still needs better licensing that is fair for both developer and customer alike. UPDATE 2.1.1 Canary Mail has just released a new 3.0 release. Similar to this app, they have started charging for new features. Which I am fully willing to do for great apps. I would be willing to do with this app, but as others have said, subscriptions are a non-starter. Canary Mail has a one-time upgrade fee for the new 3.0 features. If AirMail would simply offer an option to buy (within reason) the new features outright, that I could live with. UPDATE 2.1 Developer keeps ignoring long-standing customers. UPDATE 2.0 The app needs to switch over to a Premium model like Working Copy and Agenda. You pay for a year worth of Premium features and get to keep them permanently, then after the end of the year, you can renew for future new Premium Features. But if you don’t renew (right away) then you still keep the existing Premium features you already purchased and paid for. This model both rewards the user for supporting development and encourages the developers to keep adding new features. Easily a win-win for both sides. UPDATE 1.0 After years of no major updates, now we see a flood of great new features. Problem is, the subscription puts these features behind a pay wall. I would be happy to pay for new features if the developers really needed funding, but subscriptions are a quick No Go. Why should I have to perpetually paid for features I already paid for once. The app should adopt a paid feature plan like the app Working Copy, or at the very least an a la carte option. Original Review: This was a great app. Developer stated one reason for the change is due to costs associated with using non-Apple push services… but they don’t explain why they aren’t using Apple’s services, since this is a iOS App. New licensing “update” is a slap in the face to loyal paying customers. I purchased this app as a full featured paid app, but the app has been “released” as a updated Free App with IAP. So basically all paid users are being forced to upgrade for the privilege to lose features or sign up for a subscription. Since the App Store doesn’t allow suppressing update notifications. Also since IAPs don’t carry over with Family Sharing, basically this can affect whole families!
Review by astaley on Airmail - Your Mail With You.