Setapp Beta was hunted 2 months back. They are launching today on Product Hunt for anyone to signup. It provides the ultimate alternative to the Mac App Store — a single subscription of only $9.99/month (with a month of free trial) for more than 60 apps. No in-app purchases, no hidden costs, paid upgrades or ads. Plus, the app collection will grow, but the price will stay the same. This is a collection of apps available on Setapp https://www.producthunt.com/@poi...

After 12 month of development, with more than 30 000 beta testers and 61 app on board, we’re finally releasing our biggest project into the wild— Setapp is live. It’s not just another service, it’s a game changer of the industry. We hope that from this moment on the Mac app market will be divided into “Before Setapp” and “After Setapp” eras. And that is how both users and app makers will feel. We cannot wait to see what Setapp can become, it’s so exciting. Sign up, join the revolution!

Good Job @kosovan I've been enjoying setapp since the beta, and I'm quite pleased with how it's progressing. Their support team is very reactive, and they keep adding new apps all the time. I'm looking forward to see it evolve even more.

Congrats on the public launch, guys! Setapp looks fresh-n-cool. This is definitely something new when it comes to Mac apps distribution. A lot of industries are already using this subscription based business model nowadays: music (Spotify), movies (Netflix), etc. But I have a few vital questions tho: 1) Are you mainly focused on non-sandboxed Mac apps since those don't get any exposure from Apple via their Mac App Store? Therefore, making developers sell software on their own, and in case their marketing strategy is weak — barely make ends meet, while you offer them exposure and potential customers via Setapp membership. 2) Do you have any apps in Setapp worth more than $100? — That's where the real value is & where your subscription may come in handy. How would you attract Mac app developers who are already selling their software/service via a subscription fee, which could equal or go beyond $10/month? 3) As far as I know, you plan to have up to 300 apps in there. Does this mean that the $10 monthly subscription fee will be divided among MacPaw and other multiple Mac developers — 30% to 70%, which leads to $7/user being distributed among 300 developers? Even if you are using some kind of time-based criteria, how do you determine who gets what if a lot of apps are used differently (I use some apps everyday, while other apps get opened 1-2 times per month). Could you please explain this in greater detail? Thanks in advance!

Happy to see the ambition for game changer coming from MacPaw. Mac app market definitely needs this, it's a total mess currently.

So glad to see this. I've always thought this is where consumer Mac apps should go — basically into a Spotify of Mac apps. Users get access to new apps (instead of fearing a bad purchase in the MAS and just walking away), developers get recurring revenue. It's a win-win. On top of that, it looks like Setapp really nailed the execution of this concept. If this thing takes off with consumers, it'll become a no brainer to us indie app makers.

I've been using this for over a month. Loving it. I discovered some super useful apps that I now use regularly. I plan on keeping my subscription past the beta period.

Day starts with good news! By the way, did you think about using for promotion each of your 60 application? For example: "We have on the board an application X. It’s cool because... In the AppStore it costs... But in Setapp you can get this App and another 59 same cool apps just for 9.99”.

Like Uber/airbnb but for Apps.. very interesting and fresh idea! Good luck!

How do you select which apps will be placed into Setapp?

I've been beta testing Setapp and it works as advertised. It's incredibly simple to get information about the app before you actually install and launch it for the first time and all the apps live in their own Setapp folder so your Applications folder won't get cluttered. The team seems to be adding more apps every week. Very useful service!

Again on the front page?

Cool service! Using it from beta! Good luck @kosovan!

Love Setapp! I'm very pleased to see many apps join over the last few months. Here looking forward to many more.

Do I need one subscription per device? Or one account is enough?

Sounds very promising. Is it legal? Because that's obvious that these app's manufacturers are loosing the money.

This is awesome. I really hope this changes the landscape for macOS desktop app distribution. Some gems included already.

Congratulations!

can you tell us a little about your payout model for the devs providing the applications? is my monthly fee split among only the apps i use? or does it all go into a large bucket and is then shared depending on the frequency of use?

I love it, its excellent!