Anyway, the math is interesting: today you can buy the pro versions for mac and iOS for 175 $ (and you can sync your database for free with Omni Sync Service or whatever is called, which is great BTW).
Four years of subscriptions (given the ānormalā life span of the product, but I can be wrong, of course) sum up to 480 $
Donāt get me wrong, Iām not trying to criticize the company or the pricing model or the app (which I love and use everyday), and i get the benefits of subscriptions (for both party), but still the difference in pricing seems to me somethingā¦ interesting. Hence Iām curious.
Youāre not really comparing apples to apples here, since the $480 includes OmniFocus for Web on top of what you get by paying the $175 up front cost. The incremental subscription cost to go from just OmniFocus for web to subscribing to the full package is $240. That number is more directly comparable to the up-front cost of the Mac and iOS apps.
I struggle to give the web version alone a value (aside to the one The OmniGroup decided - which is the right one, of course, itās their app); maybe because of the pricing of other apps in the same situation, not necessarly task managers. I can say that to me is useless, but thatās not the point.
Iād like to know a possible subscription price for the apps without the web version.
Understandably! I am curious as well. I hopefully didnāt come off as dismissive; I just remembered Ken Case had specifically commented why he didnāt see $5/mo as a premium over buying macOS + iOS apps outright.
Personally, I am hoping that OF4 continues to move upmarket with more powerful features and charges accordingly. It really canāt do too much/price me out because it saves so much of either my time or a paid assistantās time when used fully. I suppose if the rumored OmniPlan integration happens, and OmniPlan gets a web option similar to OFās, and they work well together, I could hit that $400 mark.
The $5 per month is ridiculous if you have already paid for the apps. I thought this would be a retention app to compete with other apps who are actually cross platform.
$9.99 per month gets you everything, half that for a web version for existing customers who have already shelled out for the apps seems extremely steep.
I think that the OmniGroup intends their customers to do exactly that: to switch to the subscription model. Yes, I know that they spin it differently but their pricing model speaks for itself, I think.
I have paid for OmniFocus both for the Mac and for iOS. I am a happy customer. And I could really use the Web option because I am stuck with a PC at work (like I wrote in this thread in April). I think that a monthly web subscription priced at $3 per month should be sustainable and it would send a more positive message to loyal customers.
But be it as it may, it is their decision and I still am a very happy OmniFocus customer, even without the web optionā¦
I donāt think Omni intended for customers to switch to the subscription model.
THe subscription was offered as an alternative for those who didnāt want to pay the full one time purchase price of the OmniFocus suite because it may be too expensive for their budget.
The $5 web option was made available to users who already bought the iOS and/or Mac apps but still needed a web version for times when they donāt have access to their iOS or Mac devices,
Perhaps the $5 price would be justified when more features gets added to the web option. Custom perspectives might justify that price point.
Running a web app isnāt cheap. OmniFocus Web is still a babe. Itāll grow into its own and be worth the $5 price point eventually.
Iām sure I remember them saying last year when they announced that a web version would be coming that they intended it to pay for itself, and therefore it would be priced accordingly ie not artificially low to encourage uptake.
Yes, $5/mo is not relatively expensive. Thatās about two years to cost the same as buying Mac + iOS Pro outright. Thatās a big bet for Omni since they obviously paid for the development time up front. I hope they will have some upgrade pricing deal for people who own OF and want to switch to subscription when they buy 3 or 4, though.
Iām not sure I understand, the subscription price is the subscription price. You donāt get a discount on the subscription for having owned OmniFocus 2, and once you subscribe, any subsequent major updates will just be rolled out as part of your subscriptionā¦
Yes, itās just a wish/request, not a feature thatās actually there. If Omni implemented it, theyād probably issue a credit rather than discount the subscription price.
