I like the look of this product, and will definitely take it for a test drive next time I'm working on a website frontend. Nice work!
I think the pricing page is misleading, due to how prominent the "lifetime license" verbiage is, without also clarifying what the "lifetime" includes.
I know the terms of the license are clarified in the "Will I receive free updates" FAQ, but that text is hidden in a accordion, third item down, on the bottom half of the page. Whereas "lifetime license" is mentioned twice above the fold, and "pay once, use it forever" is the H1.
Not having a subscription is definitely a selling point. I bought the Affinity suite because of it. But IMHO "lifetime license" is not the way to communicate that.
Sublime Text uses the words "once off purchase" and immediately clarifies "comes with 3 years of updates".
As a software buyer, the words "lifetime license" for anything non-trivial is actually a turn off. We all know software takes effort to maintain. I actually scrolled down to the FAQ to read the fineprint hoping to see Expressive wasn't a true "lifetime license" product because I think it increases the likely hood of software becoming unmaintained
> For some reason, every Zettelkasten system out there focuses on the mechanics
Yes. The Zettelkasten system is not equivalent to an unstructured wiki. It's more than just docs with links. I'm no expert, but I think of Zettelkasten as describing a way to work with your collection of notes over time.
I think the pricing page is misleading, due to how prominent the "lifetime license" verbiage is, without also clarifying what the "lifetime" includes.
I know the terms of the license are clarified in the "Will I receive free updates" FAQ, but that text is hidden in a accordion, third item down, on the bottom half of the page. Whereas "lifetime license" is mentioned twice above the fold, and "pay once, use it forever" is the H1.
Not having a subscription is definitely a selling point. I bought the Affinity suite because of it. But IMHO "lifetime license" is not the way to communicate that.
In comparison check out the pricing page of Sublime Text, Ableton Live and Bitwig Studio. All of these apps have a similar pricing model. (one time payment with updates included for a period of time). https://www.bitwig.com/buy/ https://www.ableton.com/en/shop/ https://www.sublimehq.com/store/text
Sublime Text uses the words "once off purchase" and immediately clarifies "comes with 3 years of updates".
As a software buyer, the words "lifetime license" for anything non-trivial is actually a turn off. We all know software takes effort to maintain. I actually scrolled down to the FAQ to read the fineprint hoping to see Expressive wasn't a true "lifetime license" product because I think it increases the likely hood of software becoming unmaintained