alt Hacker NewsWe're an early stage startup and the models are expensive, we're trying to get the price as low as possible, but yes we need to charge to cover costs right now. Sorry about that!
You might get a yearly discount offer that is less than $2/month if you get lucky (A/B test split). But that's less than the cost of running the model for people, so hopefully others will consider paying full price.
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I'm on an annual plan from another app (Calory, $30) otherwise I would have bit.
It gives some features with a totally free plan. That makes the IaP feel less like a bait and switch.
The proposition of SnapCalorie is compelling. Calory ui is decent and I use a scale so accuracy should be good but I think their database is shitty. Meatloaf will vary from 1.5 kcal/g to 3, steak will show as 1 kcal/g, stuff like that.
I think the complaint is that you only get told that you require a paid plan AFTER signing up. At least on a brief look on the Play Store page and your website, it does not immediately mention it prominently.
That seems like a very dark pattern and is, honestly, pretty scummy.
Thanks for you quick answer. I want to clarify that I would have liked to try the app for a few days before activating subscription.
Now with the current flow I would need to activate the subscription and then immediately go to Play Store settings to deactivate the subscription so that I would not forget it.