Lifetime tier
Normally sold as a subscription, but a genuine one-time lifetime option exists. How we tell the licences apart
Category
- Design, graphics & illustration15
- Developer & terminal tools15
- Documents, PDF & office13
- Email, calendar & tasks15
- Files, disk & backup14
- Launchers, clipboard & automation12
- Menu bar & system utilities12
- Privacy, security & networking13
- Screenshots, recording & annotation15
- Video, audio & media14
- Window management & desktop control14
- Writing, notes & markdown14
Licence: Lifetime tier
- PerpetualUpdates included, forever35
- This versionThe next major is a new purchase47
- Paid upgradesMajor versions cost again25
- Lifetime tierA one-time plan of a subscription app14
- FreewareNothing to buy9
- Open sourceNothing to buy; source published36
Each mark reads left to right: this major version, the next, the one after. Filled is included, half is a paid upgrade, hollow is bought again.
Price
11 apps priced in £ or € sit outside these bands, because we don’t convert currencies.
 1Blocker1Blocker LLC | $39.99 | Lifetime lasts as long as the company keeps shipping blocklist updates |
 AgendaMomenta B.V. | $34.99 | The one-time unlock covers today's features plus one year of new ones, not everything after that |
 AlDente ProAppHouseKitchen | €23.99 | Recent Apple silicon MacBooks already cap charging at 80% in macOS, which may be all you need |
 AmadineBeLight Software | $29.99 | The iPhone and iPad app is a separate purchase with its own monthly subscription |
 Calendar 366Dominik Stoisits | $49.99 | The $49.99 unlock is an in-app purchase, and separate iOS-only unlocks are sold alongside it |
 Canary MailCartasec Pte. Ltd. (Canary Mail) | $100 | Apple's store sells a $99.99 lifetime bundle; the website's Pro+ lifetime is $300 for the same name |
 EnpassEnpass Technologies Private Limited | $99.99 | The lifetime tier is only reliably buyable as an App Store in-app purchase |
 IconJarDavey Heuser and Curtis Hard | $75 | The pricing page never states what future major versions the 75 dollar licence covers |
 InfuseFirecore | $99.99 | The free app is deliberately limited — Dolby Vision, lossless audio and cloud sources are Pro |
 Marked 3Brett Terpstra | $69.99 | The $69.99 permanent unlock is introductory pricing and returns to $89.99 later |
 PastePaste Team | $89.99 | At $89.99 the lifetime plan takes about three years of the annual plan to pay off |
 PDF ExpertReaddle | $139.99 | Readdle states new features may cost extra, and the licence covers the Mac app only |
 StrongboxPhoebe Code Limited | $124.99 | Lifetime costs five years of the yearly plan before it starts paying off |
 UPDFSuperace Software Technology | $79.99 | The AI Assistant is a separate US$69/year subscription, not part of the lifetime licence |