$60 to $120
Professional tools. Still cheaper than a year of renting them.
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
- 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: $60 to $120
11 apps priced in £ or € sit outside these bands, because we don’t convert currencies.
| $60This version | The $60 tier stops at $20,000 yearly gross revenue; past that the licence is $225 | |
| $69This version | Major versions are a separate purchase — the jump from 3 to 4 cost $29 | |
| $69This version | The licence covers Postico 2.x only, and Postico 3 will be a paid upgrade as 2 was | |
| $69.99This version | Major versions are a paid upgrade, and upgrade discounts apply only if you bought direct from C-Command | |
| $69.99Lifetime tier | The $69.99 permanent unlock is introductory pricing and returns to $89.99 later | |
| $74.99Paid upgrades | Updates stop after two years unless you pay $49.99 for another window; the app keeps working | |
| $74.99This version | The next major version will be a paid upgrade, historically around half list price | |
| $75Lifetime tier | The pricing page never states what future major versions the 75 dollar licence covers | |
| $79Perpetual | $79 covers Studio 2 only — the quicker iShowU V6 recorder is a separate $89 app | |
| $79.99Lifetime tier | The AI Assistant is a separate US$69/year subscription, not part of the lifetime licence | |
| $89This version | One year of updates; after that you keep every Pro feature, but not new releases | |
| $89.99Lifetime tier | At $89.99 the lifetime plan takes about three years of the annual plan to pay off | |
| $95Perpetual | One person builds it, so "lifetime" means the app's lifetime rather than yours | |
| $99Paid upgrades | Updates stop after a year unless you pay to extend; the version you have keeps working forever | |
| $99This version | The $99 covers one year of updates, then it auto-renews at $49/year unless you cancel | |
| $99This version | Updates stop after three years; your version keeps working but newer builds need a paid upgrade | |
| $99This version | Updates stop after three years; your version keeps working but newer builds need a paid upgrade | |
| $99This version | Updates stop after one year unless you renew; the app itself keeps working | |
| $99.99Lifetime tier | The lifetime tier is only reliably buyable as an App Store in-app purchase | |
| $99.99Lifetime tier | The free app is deliberately limited — Dolby Vision, lossless audio and cloud sources are Pro | |
| $100Lifetime tier | Apple's store sells a $99.99 lifetime bundle; the website's Pro+ lifetime is $300 for the same name |