$15 to $30, bought outright
Roughly three months of the subscription it replaces.
| Licence type | App | Price | Licence | The catch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Acorn 8Flying Meat Inc. | $29.99 | Paid upgrades | Each major version is a fresh $29.99 purchase, not a discounted upgrade | |
 AmadineBeLight Software | $29.99 | Lifetime tier | The iPhone and iPad app is a separate purchase with its own monthly subscription | |
| AsepriteIgara Studio S.A. | $19.99 | This version | The $19.99 covers the 1.x series only; a future 2.0 would be a separate purchase | |
 BartenderSurtees Studios | $24.99 | Paid upgrades | $24.99 buys Bartender 7 only; version 8 is a paid upgrade and Pro features are yearly | |
| BetterDisplaywaydabber (István Tóth) | $21.99 | This version | One purchase covers about a year of updates, after which newer major versions are a fresh buy | |
 BetterTouchToolAndreas Hegenberg (folivora.ai) | $15 | This version | The $15 licence stops getting updates after two years; only the $25 tier is a true lifetime | |
 Boxy SVGJarosław Foksa | $19.99 | Perpetual | Buy it on the Mac App Store — the developer's own site sells a separate web version | |
 CaptoGlobal Delight Technologies | $29.99 | Perpetual | The $29.99 tier is the discounted pack; the two full unlocks are $49.99 | |
 CodeRunnerNikolai Krill | $22.99 | Perpetual | Company or institution machines need the $15-per-computer site licence, minimum five | |
 DatoSindre Sorhus | $18 | Perpetual | None found | |
 DevUtilsDevUtils | $29 | This version | Updates stop after a year unless you renew at 40% off; your copy keeps working | |
 DownieCharlie Monroe Software | $19.99 | Perpetual | Which sites work depends on constant updates; a redesign can break one for a while | |
 ForkLiftBinaryNights | $19.95 | This version | Updates stop when your one- or two-year window ends; the version you have keeps running | |
 LunarAlin Panaitiu | $23 | Perpetual | whether hardware brightness control works at all depends on your monitor, cable and dock | |
 MoomMany Tricks | $15 | This version | Major versions are a paid upgrade — Moom 3 to 4 cost owners $8 — and free updates run about a year | |
 PDF SqueezerWitt Software | $19.99 | Perpetual | Compression only: no editing, OCR or signing, and a future major version may be paid | |
 PopClipPilotmoon Software | $26 | Perpetual | The cheap $12 tier stops getting updates after two years; $26 buys the one that never does | |
 RetrobatchFlying Meat Inc. | $29.99 | Paid upgrades | The nodes worth having are Pro-only, which is $49.99 rather than the $29.99 standard edition | |
 ScappleLiterature & Latte | $20.99 | This version | A future Scapple 2 would be a separate purchase, as with Scrivener | |
 SwishChristian Renninger (Highly Opinionated) | $16 | Perpetual | Useless without a trackpad; on a mouse-only Mac almost none of the gestures are reachable | |
 TaskPaperHog Bay Software (Jesse Grosjean) | $24.99 | This version | No iPhone or iPad app — on mobile you edit the file in someone else's text editor | |
 TotThe Iconfactory | $19.99 | Perpetual | The iPhone and iPad app is a separate purchase from the Mac unlock | |
 Xnapper10xCompany, LLC | $29.99 | This version | One year of updates included; another year costs 60% of what you first paid | |
 Yate2manyrobots | $20 | Perpetual | One licence covers two Macs at a time, so a third means deactivating one |