On Mar 3, 2020, rasp wrote:
From chatting with UK friends and a few overseas European friends, I would think at the moment there is just short of £2500 worth of business waiting (at the discounted $99), none of whom will buy at the full rate because of the way they feel they have been treated waiting, in some cases over five months, for the international version. So, that's £2500 towards the cost of the work involved to make this app international........ What was the point. The majority registered to be notified by email about the release and did not receive anything.............. All that needed to happen, was to send an email (to those who registered) stating that the price would be reduced to $99 for the duration of the Blackpool convention and that the international version was imminent.

On Mar 3, 2020, Mark_Chandaue wrote:

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On Mar 3, 2020, Kaliix wrote:
Convince yourself that you were wronged however you want. End of the day you had a choice to purchase it early and take the discount but also take on the risk. You choose to not take the risk and keep your money. No one forced you to make that decision. You have your own free will and exercised it so give it up man.

You are not paying any premium in the UK. There are exchange rates between pounds, euro's and dollars and the rate has never been 1.0, nor should it be, unless you one doesn't understand monetary policy.

What an absolute load of complete bollox. Let’s not get into the fact that on release there was no guarantee of an international version. When it was released it was limited to North America. I am not even sure it was available in the UK App Store at that time. An international version was then promised but that was only just released just over a week ago so no we didn’t have the option to buy it we were told the international version was coming soon and it came 8 months later. it was also at the very least implied that there would be a similar pre sale discount for the international version that there was for the US and Android version so not only was it perfectly reasonable for international users to wait for a version that actually worked properly in their country it was sensible considering this is not a cheap app.

You clearly don’t understand monetary policy if you believe that $150 equates to £150. Apple apps generally cost the same in pounds as they do in dollars including this app. You are correct that the exchange rate has never been 1-1 and yet you seem to think that it isn’t a premium to have to pay £150 for a $150 app.

Let’s give you a brief lesson in monetary policy at current exchange rates $150 = £117 even if you add vat at 20% this only comes to £139. So at the barest minimum UK users are paying a premium of £11 or just under $15 but in real terms the price for the app in the U.K. is $192 vs $150 in the US and vs $99 that both US users and Android users paid when their versions were released.

I had absolutely no intention of continuing to debate this with people that have no skin in the game but I had to call BS on this post which was not only complete BS but was also completely unnecessary.

Mark

On Mar 3, 2020, Kaliix wrote:
Your beef regarding App store pricing is with Apple. I don't claim to be an expert on the app store policies, but an article from 2017 makes clear that Apple is solely responsible for the conversion rate regarding dollars and pounds. The article also makes clear that Apple and only Apple is responsible for the exchange rate being 1 to 1. Your complaining about the policies here is misplaced as Apple most certainly doesn't read this forum and Mr. Levit appears to have nothing to do with the policy.

Nobody owes you anything. If you didn't like the terms given when the discount was offered, then don't purchase the product. You could have determined that the risk was worth it, given the reputation of Mr. Levit and the success of the American version. You chose otherwise. Deal with it.

You've posted ten times in this thread, complaining about things that are mostly Apples fault, or about a decision that you FREELY made and are now salty about. It's time to get over it and move on.

I wish I had taken the sale price when it was offered, but I didn't. This seems like a top-notch app. If it's as good as I think, I guess I'll have to spend the extra money. Live and learn...

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On Mar 3, 2020, Mark_Chandaue wrote:

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On Mar 3, 2020, Kaliix wrote:
Convince yourself that you were wronged however you want. End of the day you had a choice to purchase it early and take the discount but also take on the risk. You choose to not take the risk and keep your money. No one forced you to make that decision. You have your own free will and exercised it so give it up man.

You are not paying any premium in the UK. There are exchange rates between pounds, euro's and dollars and the rate has never been 1.0, nor should it be, unless you one doesn't understand monetary policy.

What an absolute load of complete bollox. Let’s not get into the fact that on release there was no guarantee of an international version. When it was released it was limited to North America. I am not even sure it was available in the UK App Store at that time. An international version was then promised but that was only just released just over a week ago so no we didn’t have the option to buy it we were told the international version was coming soon and it came 8 months later. it was also at the very least implied that there would be a similar pre sale discount for the international version that there was for the US and Android version so not only was it perfectly reasonable for international users to wait for a version that actually worked properly in their country it was sensible considering this is not a cheap app.

You clearly don’t understand monetary policy if you believe that $150 equates to £150. Apple apps generally cost the same in pounds as they do in dollars including this app. You are correct that the exchange rate has never been 1-1 and yet you seem to think that it isn’t a premium to have to pay £150 for a $150 app.

Let’s give you a brief lesson in monetary policy at current exchange rates $150 = £117 even if you add vat at 20% this only comes to £139. So at the barest minimum UK users are paying a premium of £11 or just under $15 but in real terms the price for the app in the U.K. is $192 vs $150 in the US and vs $99 that both US users and Android users paid when their versions were released.

I had absolutely no intention of continuing to debate this with people that have no skin in the game but I had to call BS on this post which was not only complete BS but was also completely unnecessary.

Mark

On Mar 3, 2020, Mark_Chandaue wrote:
Actually I have posted multiple times in this thread responding to people that have major issues with reading comprehension. I stated up front that Apples pricing policies were not Jonathan’s fault but they do mean that many international users are paying a premium regardless of who’s fault it is. Likewise I also stated that nobody is automatically entitled to the app and Jonathon is free to sell it to who he wishes and how he wishes. Jonathon had already responded and the matter was closed other than you trolling the thread when you don’t have a dog in this hunt.

As I said before I have no wish to debate this with people with no skin in the game. I’ve called BS on your BS twice now any further responses can simply be taken as BS with no further need for me to point it out.

Thanks for playing.

Mark

On Mar 11, 2020, brehan wrote:
Hi Jonathan,

Can you tell me if this is going to be available for Android?

Thanks

On Mar 15, 2020, Sreidy wrote:
So am I right in assuming in an international version or is this still pending?

On Mar 15, 2020, jlevit wrote:

The international version is the currently released version for iOS and these features will be a part of the 1.0 Android release.

On Apr 3, 2020, Psy wrote:
Im waiting for the feature to be able to make your own recordings, to purchase this app

On Apr 2, 2020, Snidini wrote:
Jonathon, any word yet on when the Android version might be ready? Last we heard was possibly late March.

On Apr 4, 2020, jlevit wrote:

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On Apr 2, 2020, Snidini wrote:
Jonathon, any word yet on when the Android version might be ready? Last we heard was possibly late March.

We are very close! We are now in final testing and will release soon.