Buy once instead of Cursor Pro
2 apps in the directory cover what people use Cursor Pro for. Each one is a one-time purchase.
Cursor Pro costs about $240 a year. At that rate Nova, the cheapest dollar-priced replacement at $99, pays for itself in 5 months.
Read the catch on each one before you switch — a one-time price is not automatically the better deal, and we say so where it is not.
The replacements
Nova
Panic's native Mac editor, yours to keep if you stop paying
$99 This version
The $99 covers one year of updates, then it auto-renews at $49/year unless you cancel
Sublime Text
native code editor with a one-off personal licence
$99 This version
Updates stop after three years; your version keeps working but newer builds need a paid upgrade