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Hey there, indeed I put an upsell screen at the end of the download because our mobile apps are currently the most advanced background remover and image editing tools we have.

The price for the mobile app is $9.50 per month and there's a free version.

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Why did you choose a monthly subscription model? I’m genuinely curious because I’m a “one off” user. I don’t use it frequently enough to justify a recurring monthly cost.

Have you considered a bulk credits payment model (ex. $19.99 for 1,000 photo processing credits) for users like me?

Credits is the way to go, most common biz model in the industry. I understand their appetite for MRR but there should be a more low entry plan.

We started as a mobile app and the subscription model was the obvious choice here. Most of our pro users are hardcore PhotoRoom users that will need this on multiple occasions.

Now for one off users this is a good question, especially on the web where this could make more sense. I know some tools (remove.bg) that have this system so we'll think about it.

Thanks!

Um … “most of our users are users who will pay for this model” doesn’t really prove what you think it proves.

But more to the point $120 - $240 assuming major versions last a year or two is too much relative to, say, apps in Adobe suite or especially too much relative to the new sleek photo editing apps and suites for MacOS and iOS (like Affinity).

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