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@Emmanuel, I do small business consulting and will offer a free sample.
First, this:
When all else fails, I take refuge in something an old bear once taught me: "The customer may not always be right, but he is always the customer." And, hence is not to be insulted or argued with.
Read Murphy's post #18 until you find yourself seeing it in your dreams.
HTH,
airdale
First, this:
Unless you make a major change in your attitude you will not be successful. At this point in the thread you have burned off a number of people who could have been helpful in your developing and selling your product. And, incidentally, many of these people probably know far more than you do about flying and checklists.... when good developers publicly solicit input on their new app, they graciously say "thanks for your input" even if they necessarily don't agree, rather than attacking their potential customers with a long, rambling, sarcastic reply.
When all else fails, I take refuge in something an old bear once taught me: "The customer may not always be right, but he is always the customer." And, hence is not to be insulted or argued with.
@Emmanuel, the brutal truth is that the market does not care what your costs are. What the market cares about is value received for money spent. If you listen here a little more and talk a little less, you will hear that $50/year is perceived as far too much money for the value you are perceived to be offering. Said another way, if $50 subscriptions is what you need to cover your costs, your costs must be cut.... Regarding the price, the dev took almost 2 years w. 4 people full time. The recurring subscription is a necessity for us to have a regular income to add value to the product (improvements, and new features as I said), and develop new apps. Many software aviation developers have released a 1 shot app, and finally got back with annual subscriptions since it is economically not reliable to have users to pay once. ...
Like I said, with that attitude you are pretty much a guaranteed failure. Here is the First Law of User Interfaces: All UIs are intuitive to the guy that designed them. What you should be learning here is that the UI is an issue. Personally, I would describe it as a train wreck. In decades of designing and working with computers I have seen worse, but not many.... Speaking about design, the interface is what it is, and the colors are what they are, period ! ...
Read Murphy's post #18 until you find yourself seeing it in your dreams.
HTH,
airdale