Comment to 'Are pro apps free or not?'
  • Yes, you can indeed download them for free from GitHub, but without a premium license, you won’t be able to update them automatically. If you think you can update them manually whenever a new version is released, then yes, it won’t cost you anything. However, if you’re asking this question, I doubt you’ll succeed. The cost of a programmer’s work for this process is higher than the price of the licenses themselves, so in the end, it’s worth paying for a license. The advantage of offering a free download is to allow users to test the product before committing to a purchase.

    Moreover, I believe the license should be paid for to support the development of the software if you decide to use it. Without funding, no one will continue updating the software, and over time, it will become obsolete. In that case, your investment in that website will be wasted money.

    • Thanks for the reply. Yes, I was just wondering if we could download them through the market for testing purposes. I fully intend on purchasing a license. However, the app descriptions and documentation do not come close to what is needed to fully explain the functionality of an app before purchase. I just don't want to purchase a $50 or $100 app to test for a few hours then realize it's not what we want or can use and then have to pay a developer on top of that to create our own. That was the reason for the question.