They RAISED the price while calling it a “launch price” - Deceptive Dark Marketing tactics
Let me be clear: This app has been out for at least a YEAR. This app did NOT “just launch” so that is a LIE to call $30 a launch price. The current offering is NOT the launch price. The Launch price WAS $10. You, the developers, just tripled the price and you’re LYING about it hoping nobody notices.
This is a Dark Marketing tactic. You are outright lying to consumers by pretending this new tripled $30 price point is a somehow a “launch discount” or deal before you raise it AGAIN effectively quadrupling the price to $40. You are also being dishonest acting like the $20/year subscription is “Most Popular” even though you literally just added it so there’s 0% chance it’s most popular.
Maybe you thought nobody would notice your sneaky price increases disguised as a discount but nope I did! Try being HONEST with the way you portray your pricing because LYING to consumers has consequences. 🤷♂️
Response from developer
Thanks for writing this. I want to be straight with you. The old $10 was a paid-upfront download. You had to buy the app before you could try it. That price was low on purpose: ShadowTerm was new, unknown, and still rough. A one-time $10 made sense when the app was finding its feet. It’s in a different place now. The terminal is reliable, it’s been through a lot of real use, and the work to keep it that way is ongoing (iOS changes, SSH, sync, new features). In 3.7 we made the app free to download: full terminal, one saved host, no time limit. Premium is optional and covers the extra features (unlimited hosts, SFTP, monitoring, AI helper, sync, and so on). If you bought ShadowTerm before this change, you already have every premium feature for life. Restore Purchases if anything looks locked. You will not be asked to pay again. You’re right that “launch price” was a bad label. The app has been out for a long time. $29.99 is the current lifetime price for the new premium unlock, not a launch discount on a new app. I’ll take that wording off. “Most Popular” on the yearly plan is also just a highlight, not a claim about sales. I’ll remove that too. If you want lifetime at the old-school one-time price, use code AIHACKER in the app (Paywall or Settings → Redeem Code). That unlocks Lifetime for $19.99. If you already paid under the old model and something is wrong, email me from Settings → Support and I’ll fix it personally.
Request support for new functions
Works great, actively improving!!!
Response from developer
I'm glad is working for you ! let us know how to make it better for you!
Not working as expected
Response from developer
This issues have been resolved please try the latest version
Great with a few annoyances
All in all these are minor annoyances/bugs, and the application is great with an active developer. My suggestion is adding an option to explicitly agree to the ToS in perpetuity unless it changes, then reiterate. And hopefully fix the other bugs. 👍👍
Response from developer
Thanks for reporting this! We've shipped a fix. Grab the latest version and let us know if everything is working as expected.
