I tried Day One and absolutely loved it. Then I hit the paywall, couldn’t sync between devices and immediately hated it. So then I built my own. This is Sunrise and it’s in the works. It’s a journaling app without a subscription. (Ignore my annoying entries 😅)

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Nice! OG Day One user here. I'm curious, how are you going to sustain the service or make money without subscriptions?

My same question, is paying for software that’s good really a dealbreaker?

Giving money to massive money hungry megacorp adobe, but stealing the idea of a small team and making it free… “I absolutely loved it” and “If it’s good, I pay. I just can’t justify it” in the same thread is realy something

Also, there is also no need to attack my interest in making my own product that doesn’t have a subscription attached to it. If the pot wants to call the kettle black, here are some others for it

I’m not attacking your interesting in making a product. I’m attacking your value proposition being “I remade the thing I like but for free” and your justification for it. The people on the other end are just like you and me

I don’t believe you think my journal app can compete with a Goliath like Automattic (who also own Tumblr, Wordpress and Gravatar, btw). I made a product that I wanted, how I wanted; I’m not going to steal their millions of dollars of revenue. Hell, I might even open source this.

Have you considered switching to Pixelmator or Affinity? They both have cheaper options and you’re not supporting the most god awful predatory company on the planet’s CEO’s mega bonuses. Then you could redirect some of that money to fellow designers and engineers

Haven’t tried either, but would be willing to look into them. I have paid for adobe for years and it’s what I know. I bought a copy of Luminar AI but it wasn’t enough for what I needed - I’m willing to change my product but only if there is one that can truly take its place.