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I tried Sync for a bit, but I agree with the other posters that the pricing model is a little outrageous.
Have you considered adding a donation option through google play? I'm not sure what the process is like, but it might make it easier for people to donate.
Permanently removing ads in Sync is just 20$ though; I wouldn't call it 'outrageous' for such a feature-rich app. The more expensive options are there if you want to further support the dev.
Ah I must have gotten it confused with the lifetime ultra, which was $100
$20 starts putting it in the category of productivity apps like Lumafusion which is $20 on sale which is a pretty solid video editor on iOS. Or Procreate at $13 for a really good drawing app iPadOS. So when looking at Android it is definitely an outlier in price for a social media app. And those apps mentioned are one time purchases and straight up paid apps, so there's no ad integration built into the app that needs to be disabled to begin with which makes it feel premium from the get go.
Most expensive app I spent money on was SeriesGuide X Unlock key which is $24.99 to I think get notifications. SeriesGuide as a base though has no ads and is open source, and feature rich even without the Unlock key. So that I felt better about supporting, since it wasn't to remove ads and I liked their approach better.
Isn't the 20 dollars a yearly subscription though?
Not yearly. The ad removal option is permanent.
I just looked because I was confused as well.
Sync Ultra is a subscription which removes ads and has additional features ($1.99 monthly, $16.99 yearly, or $99.99 Lifetime). Just to be adfree is a one time payment of $19.99 Freedom Units.
A hundred dollars for lifetime! Wow!
No, there is now a simple "Pro" version IAP, which is a one time purchase and removes all the ads. "Ultra" is the subscription, it comes with a couple of perks besides ad-free.
Oh ok I don't remember seeing that option yesterday, just the ultra.