Subscription free apps
Subscription free apps
I've grown tired, or my wallet has, of the subscription based app. I'm not looking for anything in particular, so list your favorite Subscription free apps or Pay Once apps!
I’ve gone more and more back to apples original apps for that reason. Reminders, Notes, Mail, (also keychain is slowly getting there for me) … Many have gotten a lot better and they have the advantage of being (more or less) continuously updated and completely free, if you don’t count the millions you spend on their hardware ～(つˆ0ˆ)つ｡☆
NetNewsWire (RSS Reader) https://apps.apple.com/de/app/netnewswire-rss-reader/id1480640210
Obsidian for note taking
I was disappointed that obsidian did not have the ability to add check boxes to notes. I use google keep a lot to make checklists for myself. It also looks like it lacks collaboration.
I realize both of these points are outside the the point of the OP, but two things I noticed in using it. And would love to be proven incorrect on both.
Actually sad I only discovered Obsidian a few months ago
For pay-once apps, the Affinity suite is solid. It's not cheap, but it goes on sale for half off a couple times a year. Their Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign competitors are well thought out, but there is a definite learning curve coming from Adobe. Luckily, they have a series of educational videos to get you going.
Mela, recipe manager
Before paying for Mela, I’d recommend trying Umami. It’s free and has better family sharing features.
Seems to me that this should be priced up front. “In-app purchases” is a big no.
Hard disagree. That’s my favorite kind of payment option, where you can try the app with a limited feature set and then have a one time payment to unlock more if you think that’s worth it.
Why would you want to pay up front with no option to try the app? How’s that better?
Just because it’s an "in app payment" doesn’t mean it‘s microtransactions, loot cheats, or any of that bullshit. It’s a one time payment.
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I also use Reeder (one time paid app) for RSS and have used it for years.
Also Things for tasks. Absolute favorite.
Merlin bird ID https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/merlin-bird-id-by-cornell-lab/id773457673
Never was interested before but now I check out the birds wherever I go. Can even do it from sound only.
I’ve been using Apple’s Freeform app a ton for whiteboards. It’s great to work out ideas.
Colibri (native Mac music player)
Probably the podcast player Overcast:
I don’t think that counts as subscription free
I’ve been using it for years now and I have never subscribed to anything (and it appears fully functional, at least I never needed any feature I couldn’t use). So, even if a subscription is possible, I still count it as subscription-free.
Strongbox for password management. I use it in macOS and iOS. The best part of it is that you can use the same database as KeePass, making it really multi-platform. It is quite expensive but with lifetime license.
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Paprika 3 Recipe Manager
Its a one time fee per platform ($5 for ios, ~$20 for macos, $5 for android, and ~$20 for windows) that shares recipes across platforms you're signed into.
It also downloads and formats recipes from websites so you dont need to copy and paste and reformats if you're sharing it with somebody who doesn't have the app.
When it comes to recipe apps i've found very few that are pay once or truly free. Most are free trials with limited recipe spots available.
I’ve been using that a lot and then switched over to Mela, which does all the same things only better and it looks a lot nicer as well. But paprika is still a really solid choice.
