How Many Apps Do You Subscribe?

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If the app producer updates regularly with useful new content, I would be happy to consider a subscription. If the app sits dormant for more than a year at a time without useful updates, I do not want a subscription.

That might depend on what you get with the subscription. If it's useful enough to subscribe now, would it not still be useful a year from now, without an update? It only makes sense if it's no longer useful or outdated. There's a lot of "depends on..." there.
 

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Many of them are about as useful as a screen door in a submarine if you’re in the middle of nowhere without internet access.
 

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I subscribe to quite a few...  music, Pandora, Amazon Prime music, iCloud storage, Netflix, Dropbox, & Amazon Prime.

In regards to my 3 music streaming subs, I will be analyzing what will work best for me and stop 2 of the subs.
 

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I subscribe to quite a few...  music, Pandora, Amazon Prime music, iCloud storage, Netflix, Dropbox, & Amazon Prime.

In regards to my 3 music streaming subs, I will be analyzing what will work best for me and stop 2 of the subs.

I guess I didn't word my original question good enough. I meant to exclude streaming services, and other media apps. I understand those offering subscriptions. It's other apps that subscriptions don't make sense. Like Facetune 2 for example. I've been using Facetune for years. So now, instead of updating with new features, they have a new Facetune 2 that requires a subscription. I paid for the "legacy". Another is JibJab. To get all the cool stuff, it requires $2.99 a month subscription. If I subscribed to every app that wants me to, I'd go broke. I just wish Apple had not opened that flood gate.
 

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I guess I didn't word my original question good enough. I meant to exclude streaming services, and other media apps. I understand those offering subscriptions. It's other apps that subscriptions don't make sense. Like Facetune 2 for example. I've been using Facetune for years. So now, instead of updating with new features, they have a new Facetune 2 that requires a subscription. I paid for the "legacy". Another is JibJab. To get all the cool stuff, it requires $2.99 a month subscription. If I subscribed to every app that wants me to, I'd go broke. I just wish Apple had not opened that flood gate.

Ok I understand what you’re asking. I may have misread and misunderstood as well.

Other than what I’ve mentioned in my original post, there are no monthly app subscriptions that I pay for.
 

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Ok I understand what you’re asking. I may have misread and misunderstood as well.

Other than what I’ve mentioned in my original post, there are no monthly app subscriptions that I pay for.

It just seems wrong for a photo editing app to ask for a subscription. I'll pay for a paid version or a one time pay for an in app purchase, but not a monthly fee.
 

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It just seems wrong for a photo editing app to ask for a subscription. I'll pay for a paid version or a one time pay for an in app purchase, but not a monthly fee.

Yes I agree. There’s a lot of apps that I’ve been interested that are “free” but then upon opening them to look further, there’s suddenly a monthly fee to access the full options...like ie., some weather apps, I can’t think of any off the top of my head but I won’t pay a monthly subscription for the same thing I can get from a (completely) free weather app.

Just as I was replying to this, I read on Flipboard about an email app, Newton Mail, that’s back and there’s a $50 yrly subscription...I wouldn’t pay that either. But that’s just me.
 

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Yes I agree. There’s a lot of apps that I’ve been interested that are “free” but then upon opening them to look further, there’s suddenly a monthly fee to access the full options...like ie., some weather apps, I can’t think of any off the top of my head but I won’t pay a monthly subscription for the same thing I can get from a (completely) free weather app.

Just as I was replying to this, I read on Flipboard about an email app, Newton Mail, that’s back and there’s a $50 yrly subscription...I wouldn’t pay that either. But that’s just me.

I used to have that app when it was called CloudMagic. Or something like that. Hard to believe anyone would pay $50 a year for an email app on iOS. The MyRadar weather app now charges an annual subscription for a few extra features, like hurricane tracking. I like the app, but won't pay a subscription.
 

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I used to have that app when it was called CloudMagic. Or something like that. Hard to believe anyone would pay $50 a year for an email app on iOS.
Yes I agree that’s crazy!

The MyRadar weather app now charges an annual subscription for a few extra features, like hurricane tracking. I like the app, but won't pay a subscription.
Same, I refuse to pay for a weather subscription as well.
 

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