Thank you for the feedback!

Pricing is really tricky, and I don’t know if I’ve got it right or not but I think I’m happy where I’ve settled at the moment.

The standard functionality that everyone expects (including posting, which wasn’t a part of Apollo’s free tier) is completely free and Pro is really targeted towards power users, those who use Lemmy daily already, or those who just want to support the development of Bean.

And this is just the beginning! Additional features such as moderator tools, widgets, and more are planned for Bean Pro.

Apollo Ultra Lifetime ended up being around $50 when Reddit pulled the plug, which equated to around 4 years of the annual subscription fee. Of course Christian also did discounts, sales, and the price fluctuated.

I don’t plan on having a Pro and Ultra tier like Apollo, just Pro which is totally optional and is designed to cover costs of push notification servers, Apple dev licence, and hopefully continue to allow me to afford dedicating time to Bean’s development.

I may revisit pricing in the future, but I think $1.99 a month with a 25% discount if you buy annually feels right. I likely will do some kind of introductory price or trial, I need to figure that out though.

In any case, I really appreciate everyone’s support and I hope nobody feels obligated to pay for Pro if they can’t afford it. I know people have subscription fatigue so I totally get if people can’t or don’t want to add another one into the mix.