App service Setapp permanently halves new iOS subscription cost

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Initially launched as a $4.99 extra cost per iPhone or iPad used, app subscription service Setapp has now permanently cut 50% off that monthly fee.

Setapp now has iOS apps in its subscription as well as macOS ones
Setapp now has iOS apps in its subscription as well as macOS ones


Following its first-ever addition of iOS apps, the software subscription service Setapp has reduced the cost of this new addition to $2.49 per iPhone or iPad. The cost, which comes on top of the regular $9.99 monthly Setapp fee, allows subscribers to add additional licenses.

The reduction is not a temporary or introductory offer. Setapp says that it has decided to cut the cost following "feedback from the Setapp community." It also says that the aim is to make using Setapp on iOS devices more affordable.

Setapp, which originally launched on the Mac in 2017, is a service that for one monthly fee provides around 190 macOS apps. Subscribers can use any or all of them without extra cost, but they do have to pay more when using them on more than one device.

The introduction of iOS apps to the bundle has been much-requested, but there's currently no way to have an iPhone or iPad be a user's sole device. It has to accompany a Mac licence, hence the extra fee.

Setapp has halved the cost of adding an iOS device to the subscription
Setapp has halved the cost of adding an iOS device to the subscription


At launch, Setapp announced it had six iOS apps in the service, but this was rapidly increased to eight. The original Mac service similarly began with only a small selection before steadily increasing.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 3
    DAalsethDAalseth Posts: 2,783member
    Pass.
    I have my Apps. I don't need to get this or that, or something else for  some special job. I haven't changed the ones I use in several years, so it's better for me to pay once and stay. 
  • Reply 2 of 3
    sergiozsergioz Posts: 338member
    Apple better buy them out, soon! Or introduce their own subscription model! 
  • Reply 3 of 3
    BeatsBeats Posts: 3,073member
    sergioz said:
    Apple better buy them out, soon! Or introduce their own subscription model! 

    Sounds like a good idea if the apps are popular and good.
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