Love the app, hate IAP / subs model
That's the only sustainable model these days, speaking as a mobile dev myself.
Show HN: I built a local-first daily planner for iOS
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#22If this were available on macOS as well, and did sync via iCloud I'd be all over it. It's a great model for a calendar/task manager but I really don't want to have to squint at my phone screen while using it.
If the developer checked the enable the Mac Catalyst destination in the Xcode project, you should be able to run it on your Mac.
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#23I don't have an iPhone to try this, but I've been a long time time user of Tasks.org on Android and particularly because it supports CalDAV and works so well offline.
However, while we are on the topic of planning apps, you should know the Todoist added the best use of AI I've ever seen. It's called Ramble mode and you can just talk and instantly it'll start showing a list of tasks that update as you go. It is extraordinary. I'm considering switching away from tasks.org for this one feature.
Here's a short video of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIczFm3Dy5I
You need paid (free trial is ok) and to enable experiments before you can access it.
Anyone know how they might have done this?
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#25I don't have an iPhone to try this, but I've been a long time time user of Tasks.org on Android and particularly because it supports CalDAV and works so well offline. However, while we are on the topic of planning apps, you should know the Todoist added the best use of AI I've ever seen. It's called Ramble mode and you can just talk and instantly it'll start showing a list of tasks that update as you go. It is extrao…
That’s cool! Slight fear of replicating the Dropbox comment here, but all you really need to do is run whisper (or some other speech2text), then once the user stops talking jam the transcript through a LLM to force it into JSON or some other sensible structure.
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#26I'm sorry, I like the look and the idea but... why is a subscription necessary for a local-first app?
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#27I'm sorry, I like the look and the idea but... why is a subscription necessary for a local-first app?
I suspect the guy enjoys some food every now and then
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's the only sustainable model these days, speaking as a mobile dev myself.
What changed that made selling software (as opposed to renting) work before that prevents it from working now?
There used to be a lot less expectation of post-sale maintenance of consumer software in the era where sales rather than subscriptions were the norm. There was also tolerance for higher up-front prices, and for much of that period sales depended on marketing through and validation by a narrow set of relatively trusted discovery channels, which customer the perceived risk to buyers. Now everything is untrusted, no one wants to pay much upfront but everyone expects ongoing support over they've got the thing. I’m not saying subscription is the only thing that works, but it's pretty easy to see that the calculus facing the average vendor has shifted tremendously over time.
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#30I'm sorry, I like the look and the idea but... why is a subscription necessary for a local-first app?
I suspect the guy enjoys some food every now and then
I’m with the parent on this. I don’t mind subscriptions if a service is provided that justifies the recurring cost. If it’s a local offline app then I don’t see it justified. Price it accordingly or at least give an option for one-time.
But yes, sub vs non-sub model is a very divisive topic. Personally would never subscribe to something like a offline local todo list