The Play Store entry is a pain in the ass to maintain, so I'm setting it at 5$. That said, Leanish is open source and you don't have to install it from there.
You can grab the latest APK on GitHub. You can even add the GitHub repo to Obtainium to auto-update it faster than the Play Store can! I'm also planning on adding it to F-Droid eventually.
I think this "open source but paid on proprietary stores" model can work out for me. After all, I would gladly pay once for a good Reddit or Lemmy client (with my Google Opinion Rewards free money), but subscriptions and ads are a big fat no from me. Give me OSS or give me nothing. Leanish exemplifies my ideals in that regard.