Paid upgrades

Updates stop eighteen months after purchase unless you pay a discounted renewal

The default licence stops before version 13 unless you pay more for the Forever tier

Each major version is a fresh $29.99 purchase, not a discounted upgrade

Updates stop after one year unless you pay $25 a year; your version keeps working

$24.99 buys Bartender 7 only; version 8 is a paid upgrade and Pro features are yearly

Major versions are paid upgrades, currently $29.99 to $39.99 every couple of years

Three-way merge is Pro only, so the $35 Standard edition will not serve as a git merge tool

Only the direct licence is perpetual; the Mac App Store version is a subscription that stops working

The Grid, the reason most people buy Bitwig, is only in the EUR 399 Pro edition

Updates stop after two years unless you pay $49.99 for another window; the app keeps working

The licence never expires but includes only 18 months of updates

The next major version costs 40% of what you paid; your licence stops before it

Major versions are a paid upgrade, $9.95 to $19.95, roughly every five to seven years

Updates stop after a year unless you pay to extend; the version you have keeps working forever

Major versions are paid again — Glyphs 2 and 3 owners paid 199 to move up to Glyphs 4

Weather is a separate subscription once the six months included with a licence run out

Major versions are a paid upgrade, currently $25, and arrive roughly every couple of years

Major versions are a separate paid upgrade, at about half price for existing owners

The nodes worth having are Pro-only, which is $49.99 rather than the $29.99 standard edition

One Mac per licence, and updates stop after a year unless you pay half price again

Major versions are paid upgrades, and Telestream does not publish the upgrade price

Editing and Sharing unlock separately; both together is $79.99, not $59.99

Each major version is a separate purchase — the upgrade to SoundSource 6 costs $25

A year of upgrades is included, then a new version costs $98 or $83 a year to stay current

Major versions are a paid upgrade, historically 50% off if you already own one