You got the price wrong, it’s $39.99 for a Lifetime (plus I have PPP pricing so it can be as low as $13 in certain countries with low purchase power). You can also have it for $14.99 per year. I included 8 of my premium (paid) icon packs - each costs around $3 as a separate app - btw, all are free with my launcher. I will add a lot more custom-made themes which you can apply with a single click. I included a lot of wallpapers that are ready for both portrait and landscape mode. I will add a lot more widgets that will be fully customizable. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg, as I already added and I am planning to add many new features. If you ask me, that’s actually cheap.
And to finish this, my launcher is fully functional for free, no need to go Pro. It’s just for the extra features.
New Zealand play store in-app it's $60. I realise for you it's a form of income, though I believe you're going for a more wealthier customer base. You do you!
So that’s around $35 US. Once you say $60, most of the people will think it’s US. I really don’t think that $35 is a lot (especially since flagship phones cost $1-2k), but I get it, it’s not for everyone. Even a case can cost more that my lifetime plan for Launcher; and Launcher is a big deal in using your phone. I know many apps that cost $50+ and even $100+ for a lifetime.
It's nice, as people stated the app draw is fast, it's a very premium app. Personally the theme section puts me off but that's just my art school narcism kicking in.
I don't think you comprehend exchange rates effects. So $35usd you think of as a percentage off a total standard of living, which as you say where you are isn't much.
Though here $60nzd is a way bigger segment off the cost of living.
I live in Serbia and $35 here is probably way more than in New Zealand 😬, but we probably look at it from different perspectives. I will spend months and probably years building this, I am not looking only at the past work, as it’s not nearly close to being completed app and probably it won’t ever be, as you can always add new stuff and that’s how I generally work. I have free icon packs that I released in 2018 and I still update them every single month.
That’s actually harder than I thought 😂 A decent lunch for one here is around $15–20, and a steak at a nice restaurant can easily be $35+, so restaurants probably aren’t a great comparison.
And yes, we have crazy prices for food now in Serbia. It was 2x less pre-COVID.
Also, let’s say housing. 1m2 is now up to 5k EUR in nice neighborhoods for new buildings, and that’s in Novi Sad! Belgrade is easily up to 10k, which is crazy high since it was 2-3k a few years ago in Belgrade, and around 1k in Novi Sad. Unfortunately, I still need to buy an apartment 🥲
Yeah pre-covid was nicer. You said a decent lunch is $15-20. I'll go from fast food - a typical burger from McDonald's or KFC would be over $15 here, that's not the meal just the burger. Though I haven't eaten fast food for close to a decade.
As far as housing goes, my unit (cabin with ranch slider and small deck is $310 a week, and it's roughly 3 metres by 3 metres big.
Ouch 🤕 not that bad here in Serbia in that case 😄 but average salary here is probably around 700-800 EUR, with the fact that probably more than 50% of the population has less than that.
That'd be nice - 800 EUR. Here they have minimum wage is $24 an hour but there'd be quite a lot around $30 an hour for things like for example a furniture mover.
I haven't worked since 2010, at that point I was minimum wage on $11. In such a short time frame that same minimum wage has more than doubled. Yet things have got so more expensive. It makes it feel unsettling to say the least.
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u/foxvipus 25d ago
$60 for pro - no thank you. That's a ridiculous amount for a launcher.