I have to agree with everything Esko wrote 3 years ago, all of which seems to be just as true today. I landed here, because, I, too, wanted to know the price and don't want to grant access to my Chrome profile. The fact that it even asked for this made me very suspicious about it.
I see here that it appears to be legit, which is good. Unfortunately, it costs much more than I'm willing to pay for a utility of this kind. I literally have hundreds of little utilities, applets, iOS apps, extensions, etc. that I have purchased. And the typical price I have paid is under $5. A few very good / useful ones I have paid up to $10. And I have numerous excellent ones that are free.
I like Tabs Outliner, and would be willing to pay $5 for it. But at $15-$20, I won't be a paying customer, unfortunately. I agree with others who think that you would make more by actually lowering the price, as many people are accustomed to lower prices, and simply will pass on anything over $5-$10.
I'll also tell you that I have purchased literally hundreds of *full*Mac OS apps as parts of bundles, where the typical per-app cost is in the $3-$5 range. And I've probably never even opened 75% of the ones I've purchased. This is the flip side of the pricing. If something is $3 or less, I'll immediately pay for it, even if I think there is only a 20% chance I might like / use it. I'm very willing to take a chance on almost anything at that price point.
(I keep an eye out for sales, too, and just purchased / upgraded a bunch of software over the Black Friday / Cyber Monday weekend.)
I do understand that development is expensive and developers have a right to charge whatever they want. However, I look at it from the perspective of how useful it is to me, and how long I think it'll be useful to me. (For example, Tabs Outliner is becoming less useful to me over time, as Chrome improves in features and performance. And I might not even stick with Chrome (I only switched to it a while back due to performance issues with Safari at the time – which have now been resolved.)
Price this at $5, and you'd have a sale to me. And I imagine *many* others who wouldn't think twice about spending that. But at $15-$20, I think people are much more reluctant and will make darn sure this is really benefitting them *a lot* before shelling out.
I have to agree with everything Esko wrote 3 years ago, all of which seems to be just as true today. I landed here, because, I, too, wanted to know the price and don't want to grant access to my Chrome profile. The fact that it even asked for this made me very suspicious about it.
I see here that it appears to be legit, which is good. Unfortunately, it costs much more than I'm willing to pay for a utility of this kind. I literally have hundreds of little utilities, applets, iOS apps, extensions, etc. that I have purchased. And the typical price I have paid is under $5. A few very good / useful ones I have paid up to $10. And I have numerous excellent ones that are free.
I like Tabs Outliner, and would be willing to pay $5 for it. But at $15-$20, I won't be a paying customer, unfortunately. I agree with others who think that you would make more by actually lowering the price, as many people are accustomed to lower prices, and simply will pass on anything over $5-$10.
I'll also tell you that I have purchased literally hundreds of *full*Mac OS apps as parts of bundles, where the typical per-app cost is in the $3-$5 range. And I've probably never even opened 75% of the ones I've purchased. This is the flip side of the pricing. If something is $3 or less, I'll immediately pay for it, even if I think there is only a 20% chance I might like / use it. I'm very willing to take a chance on almost anything at that price point.
(I keep an eye out for sales, too, and just purchased / upgraded a bunch of software over the Black Friday / Cyber Monday weekend.)
I do understand that development is expensive and developers have a right to charge whatever they want. However, I look at it from the perspective of how useful it is to me, and how long I think it'll be useful to me. (For example, Tabs Outliner is becoming less useful to me over time, as Chrome improves in features and performance. And I might not even stick with Chrome (I only switched to it a while back due to performance issues with Safari at the time – which have now been resolved.)
Price this at $5, and you'd have a sale to me. And I imagine *many* others who wouldn't think twice about spending that. But at $15-$20, I think people are much more reluctant and will make darn sure this is really benefitting them *a lot* before shelling out.
Just my $5.02, FWIW.