Bean

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Bean is a Lemmy client for iOS.

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Hey Beanies! 👋

First of all, thank you so much for your help testing Bean, ironing out bugs, suggesting features, and encouraging me to work on this app. It’s been a blast so far and I look forward to working on Bean for a long time.

I’m happy with where Bean is and I’ll be pushing it to the App Store this week. There are just a couple of things I need to finalise first, like the ability to block users and editing Groups.

I’ve also decided to go down the “Pro” plan route for monetisation. Bean will be free to download and use, and the paid plan will unlock additional themes, icons, and some premium features (like push notifications).

Pricing will include monthly, annual, and lifetime options.

Expect to see Bean Pro pop up in a build in the coming days and I hope you’ll all support this decision. I’ve put a lot of time into Bean and have taken time away from my day job to work on it. Hopefully this monetisation route will enable me to continue to dedicate a lot of time each month as there is so much more I want to do.

— Steve ❤️

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[–] sethadam1 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I've been on the TestFlight for a bit and I'm a for-sure day one subscriber. I was an Apollo Ultra ifetime'r - Pro since 2017, and Ultra since 2019.

Although I know I'm going to get some shit for this, I think the pricing is a bit high for early adopters. To be clear, I'm going to do it anyway, but Lemmy is still unproven as the next big platform - there's still Kbin, Tildes, Lobsters, and more. I think I recall Apollo lifetime was $24.99, a platform that had a hundred million users. I don't know if I can sell my friends on $17.99 for a year, or $50 lifetime, just yet.

My thought would be to cut that for a month or two - early-bird the price to $1.99/mo, $12 for a year, or $29.99 lifetime. Build up a user base. Then once it's got that install base, move to the prices advertised, as a proven app.

And just to prove this isn't inspired by me being cheap, check my comment history, I've been trying to give /u/steve228uk money for awhile now! :)

[–] AFreeLarryHoover 0 points 2 years ago

I’ve beta tested 6 Lemmy apps for iOS. This is undoubtedly the one with the most polish & promise.

Even with that being said, the current proposed pricing is laughable.

I’d scrap the Year & Lifetime options, and reduce the monthly cost down to $1.29

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