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Proud for Mac — Break down tasks & boost your productivity
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jonathan
I feel like maybe my El Capitan beta is interfering with how this app is supposed to work, or something...because I can't figure anything out. I'm requesting a refund through my iTunes account immediately. Can't figure out how to do _anything_
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@ricburton Hey Richard, Proud for Mac has been hunted by someone else, so we can not change the background. But I've just contacted PH community manager, hope they will be able to change it soon!
@angeliquetoque would like to interview you for our Top Makers podcast. You can reach me at colin@equitydirectory.com
It scares me how many people balk at paying 10 bones for software. Come on, these guys need to make a living. We're lucky to live in a time when we CAN support indie developers. #RantOver
@piotrszwach The main lead text "Invest in your biggest asset Yourself" has a widow. The "Yourself" breaks to the second line. I understand you're trying to make it impactful by the animation delay but the fact that its styled the same as the "Invest in your biggest asset" line it feels unbalanced.
The same holds true for the line "Take back control of the time you have". "have" breaks to the second line.
And "Achieve Peace of Mind". "Mind" breaks to the next line
And "Exclusively available for Apple devices". "devices" breaks to the next line
And "Manage everything in one place". "place" breaks to the next line
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Sorry to nit-pick!
Does the Mac app really work? I purchased the Mac app, but I cannot do pull-down to add items, nor swipe left and right. I am wondering those gestures are only working in the iOS. And it doesn't work like my expectation. I am looking for a solution to combine todo and time tracking, but this app doesn't work like that. I suggest you could implement a trial version
@syshen Hi Steven. The first tab list is taken from iOS app as we didn't want to flood the Mac tasks inside iOS companion. I now see this was a mistake. Will be fixed in 1.0.1 in a few days.
Just beat me to hunting this ;)
@AngeliqueToque was kind enough to give me a sneaky look before the official launch today and I really enjoyed it
I'm forever trying to become more organised and keep trying to-do apps, task management etc (to be honest I'd just love a PA haha) and I like the simplicity of Proud.
I obviously skipped the 'How-To use Proud' but figured everything out pretty quickly!!
Would be awesome to include something like Escape where I can track my productivity a well as tasks/to-do's in one place :)
@t55 haha I'll let you off that humour as it's a Friday!
Yeah i've been using it and enjoying so far :)
@bentossell @t55 Thank you Ben and Ton! If you have any questions or feature requests, we will be here to respond!
@bentossell @angeliquetoque using a to-do app is like a gym membership. It's not so much about the place (or app) you go to, it's more about the system you use, how you improve it and how you stick to it.
You can design the app to increase motivation etc, but at the end of the day I'll have to put the work. That's probably why personal to-do apps are very hard to nail.
Proud has some great features! Congrats on the Mac launch :)
@hfauq Thanks Hugo! We wouldn't be able to achieve it without all incredible people that helped us build Proud... :)
@piotrszwach I really like the look of this and I can see how it would be useful to me. I just signed up for todoist premium but I might have to switch over. One question though... Do you plan on adding location based reminders, or is this already a feature?
@mark_donne Dear Mark. It's not there yet, but is scheduled for iOS 1.4 version. 1.3 is coming very soon!
10$ for a task app...cmon use trello or reminders or my favorite https://getplan.co
@sweeneydaniel yes I use Plan everyday. I am notorious for burning through task management apps, but Plan is awesome. Integrates with multiple Google Calendars and let's you organize tasks by category / organization. If you haven't tried it you have to give it a whirl
@cbanowsky @sweeneydaniel OMG THANK YOU. Saw your comment & link here and downloaded, went through the on boarding process and LOVE Plan already. I also wouldn't drop $10 for Proud right this moment unfortunately.
@jonzhan that's a lot for a task app. Especially with all the great free options out there. I pay for software but I would never pay for a task app
@hustlinhack Hello Kyle. Out of curiosity what would be your dream price for the package?
@piotrszwach The price is fine now, I would just like a trial period to see if I would fine the software useful before buying fully.
@hustlinhack Dear Kyle, we might introduce the trial version in a few weeks. Thanks for suggesting that!
@piotrszwach @hustlinhack Good to know for the trial. I have way more chances to buy the app after a trial than without trying it. :)
Damn @angeliquetoque & @piotrszwach you have maintained an awesome quality in your product & the release videos. Cheers..
Hey! I've just published an article on Medium about 3 main features you won't find in any other todo app :) https://medium.com/@AngeliqueToq...
No trial means you are not sure your product is good enough for user to pay after the trial :/
@syabro Hey Maxim thanks for your opinion! Because of so many feedback, we are about to launch Proud with a free trial soon. Stay tuned! :)
Currently 8 ratings in the App Store, 4 of which are one star. I think I'll be giving this an opportunity to improve.
@andreasduess Hi Andreas. I'm actively working on providing the update fixes as soon as possible.
I've bought the mobile version a while back (it was $5 IIRC) and I gotta be honest, it's not as intuitive as I'd expect it to be. Additionally, the inability to track on my laptop alongside my phone and sync tasks between the two was quite the dealbreaker. Todoist did all that and much more, so I kind of gave up on the app soon after getting it. The motivational messages were a nice perk, and I had hoped to use them to "gamify" myself somewhat, alas...
When I heard of this, I was hoping to be able to give it another go, while just keeping my fingers crossed that it's not yet another Chrome/Node "app", but then I noticed that I'd have to re-purchase for twice the original price, to get the same functionality I have on iOS?
@bitfalls Dear Bruno. Thank you for posting your thought on the topic! The decision to price Mac app at $9.99 comes from the market price for apps in this category. I agree there are many "free" apps out there but they: 1) can't offer all the features Proud for Mac has, 2) have subscription plans that makes the cost of the app much higher than $9.99 price. For total $15 ($10+$5) you have a Dropbox sync forever and that's a deal breaker in my opinion. There is no app on the market that offers this particular feature set for such price. Of course the pricing topic is always a difficult thing. I hope our decision won't scare people and I hope they will all be satisfied with the purchase totally. Add to that that updates are free forever and they do not magically appear: I have to sit tons of hours working on them without any additional payment.
@piotrszwach Tbh, I don't mind paying, at all. But paying twice (thrice, actually, since it's double the price of the original) to get the same thing on two platforms? That's not something I can get behind. You say there's Dropbox sync forever for an extra $5, so there's an extra cost for syncing? It just doesn't feel right, not to an existing customer.
$5 for the OS X version and *no* extra cost to sync with Dropbox - doable. But not $15 total, when people already threw down $5 for the mobile app, bringing everything up to $20. If there were a trial period of 2 weeks or a month so people could at least see if it's worth the $20, that would work, but not like this.
Sorry if my feedback is a little blunt, I just don't like to dance around the issue - the pricing model is pretty much the only deterrent. Honestly I'd sooner pay $5 per month for an app that proves itself irreplaceable through a trial (like I do with Todoist right now - $2.5/month - and have been for years) than $20 on a gamble.
@bitfalls Dear Bruno. Thank you for your thoughts. No, $10 + $5 is Mac + iOS, no additional payments are required. We might release a 7 day trial version in a few weeks and that should compensate your needs :).
This looks great, but as someone who has tried out a lot of productivity apps before, I'm really hesitant to drop $10 to check out the flow and see if it works for me. Is there a trial or something?
@mfc83 Yep. Given how fungible productivity apps are, its a short-sighted money grab to not bake that understanding into the user onboarding process.
@mfc83 I will paste my answer to similar Bruno's question: "Dear Bruno. Thank you for posting your thought on the topic! The decision to price Mac app at $9.99 comes from the market price for apps in this category. I agree there are many "free" apps out there but they: 1) can't offer all the features Proud for Mac has, 2) have subscription plans that makes the cost of the app much higher than $9.99 price. For total $15 ($10+$5) you have a Dropbox sync forever and that's a deal breaker in my opinion. There is no app on the market that offers this particular feature set for such price. Of course the pricing topic is always a difficult thing. I hope our decision won't scare people and I hope they will all be satisfied with the purchase totally. Add to that that updates are free forever and they do not magically appear: I have to sit tons of hours working on them without any additional payment."
@mfc83 Agreed. I might be able to justify the cost if the app at least looked more professional. The icon is pretty horrible; Not even optimized for retina and boring white on black.... The app screenshots do not do much to entice me. The app looks like it's trying to be an iOS app on a Mac.
@piotrszwach Hi Piotr, thanks for your reply. I honestly have no problem with the price, I'd gladly pay $10 for really decent productivity app. I just want to make sure it's the right app for me before purchasing. I used Evernote premium trial and now I'm a happily paying subscriber. I think for a lot of people, a productivity app is such a large part of their life that they need to experience the flow of the app to make the decision to buy it and use it properly. Productivity nerds are very particular :)