are apps 'multi licence'?

[jojoba]

I currently only have one mac (besides my iPad), but I was wondering if I were to get another one in the future, will the apps I have installed on my MBA also apply on other machines (as in, I will not have to 're-purchase' them)? Or do different apps have different rules?

Thanks.

 

[Ivan P]

As long as you use the same Apple ID, you can redownload them on multiple Macs for free.

 

[jojoba]

Great thanks!

 

[takeshi74]

Or do different apps have different rules?

They certainly can. Not sure why the prior reply assumed that all your apps were from the Mac App Store.

 

[MathRulz]

As a poster above noted, it depends on the software. Devonthink and Scrivener , I think, allow multiple installations along the lines of the note below:

From the Devonthink forum:
"It's possible to install the software on multiple computers as long as you're using it only on one at the same time."

I think Scrivener is similar, but their website is currently down, so I can't verify. Except that to use on both Mac and PC, you must have two licenses, one for Mac and one for Windows (which I do).

Wolfram's Mathematica is an example of software that is not allowed on multiple machines. Indeed they are paranoid in their licensing approach.

Microsoft is similar: Office for Mac: One Copy per Device. You may install one copy of the software on one device. That device is the “licensed
device.”

 

[jojoba]

They certainly can. Not sure why the prior reply assumed that all your apps were from the Mac App Store.

Sorry, I see now that I wasn't very clear in my OP. I actually meant the Mac App Store only.