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iStat Menus is a paid app

maflynn

maflynn

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Ok, so I guess I'm spoiled, but I was surprised to see iStat menus is now a paid app. So if I update, I'll have to buy it.

Its a nice app, but I'm not sure if its needed, even if its only 10 bucks.

Anyone else care to chime in on this?

Don't get me wrong, if I like an application, I'll buy it. I've purchased delta walker (compare utility) and will be upgrading my transmit to version 4.

Its just this type of eye candy - is it worth 10 bucks (that's the discounted price, it will go up)
 
I love my iStat Menus. I happily put up the $10 bucks. It won't put me in the poor house, and it keeps them in business...

If you have been freeloading -- and I mean, never donated then shame on you!
 
I think it's worth the 10 bucks, i spent so much money on 10$ bucks apps i don't even use anymore for the iPhone and iStat is a really great app i always use to check the temperature and network load i feel it's a bit assy that they won't let us alone with V2, i don't feel like V3 is a HUGE improvement, and i would be more exited to pay 10 bucks for a great improvement than for what they give me, we're paying a premium from v2, however v3 isn't a premium version
 
I also took it. I find it very useful. I really like keeping an eye on temps, CPU load, network activity.. It's stable and high quality software! Why not just pay the 10 bucks. I think it's deserved. Well, that is my oppinion. :)

PS. Though.. I wouldn't have hated it if they warned the users a little ealier, that it would be a paid app.. But maybe that is bad for business, somehow.. :rolleyes:
 
I'm on v2.0 on my machines. It's the first thing loaded on every machine I own. I've donated, just once but $20. It represented $5 for every machine it was on. I don't frown on them deciding to go paid after all this time. Unfortunately developers ask for donations in hopes that people who find their app useful will donate, even $5.00. Unfortunately, that is just not the case.

As for the popup, I'm not getting any such popup but I will pony up $10 per machine to get rid of it. There is an alternative that I linked someone before, the thread is here. Seems the answer is atMonitor and it's on Apple's site. It also mintors GPU usage. I don't think it's as polished as iStats but if you all don't want to pay then this is it.
 
Really? That is a great deal! $18 it is then and thanks for the heads up. On 2.0 as I said and not getting pop ups, as I also said. But when I go to check out what the upgrade is all about (was it improved or was the upgrade just to get people to pay) then $18 is a very fair amount in my book.
 
dru` said:
Not updating other. What are they thinking going paid after all this time? :confused:
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mmh - maybe they think that unpaid work is for suckers?

It's not that they want to rip you off. It's probably that their costs to maintain this app are just too high.

I can only speak for myself but one of my biggest costs is support. People ask me all the time to add stuff to my freeware app or to get a custom version. (Which has to be tested then, etc.)

If this continues at this rate I will have to go paid. Not to get rich but to keep the costs for this app at ~0. I'm working as a consultant/free lancer to make my living and every minute spent on supporting the free app is a minute I am not making money from my other work.

Yeah that might sound evil to you and less people are going to use the app if it's paid but if I am losing money on the app then I don't care.
 
I bought the $18 family pack. I enjoy the convenience of viewing stats easily, and I never donated before; when I do it's usually $20, so this is about right for me. A good solution for what I need and I was willing to pay for it.

I did hear many people gets pop-ups about upgrading—well disable autocheck for updates.
 
With $10, I think adding similar functionality isn't worth it, but iStat itself is worth the price.
 
They can poke it as far as I'm concerned. I've always used it and donated $5 a long time ago and found it very useful. Unfortunately when I got my new 21.5 imac the network stats stopped working. Apparently Apple changed the way things worked for all new macs.

They've been stringing along all their affected customers for the last 5-6 months saying they are busy and the fix is just around the corner. Now they have fixed it and want $10!

I'm not giving my money, however small the cost, to a company with that level of customer service. Shame as the software is great when it works.
 
The app was free, how could you possibly gripe about that? Now that it's paid they're offering the fixes that you need. $10 for a single license and $18 for a family pack is a very generous price on their part. They could have easily charged more for this and they're not. It's a numbers game for them. Small price big numbers. Stick with your non-functional iStat version if that's what you want. I for one know that I never had an issue with the app and the second Snow Leopard was released it was only a matter of days when the previously free app was updated to run on SL.
 
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