I did send some more questions to your support team on Friday morning. Hopefully they'll get back to me on Monday as there were some important pre-sales questions in there.
But there was one question I didn't ask and that was regarding ongoing pricing with the Business Plan. As I am understanding it, once I got to 201, the price will be $400 plus $0.80 per user. So if I had 300 users does that...
Q: Confused about whether this is an LTD or really just part of a sales funnel
Product looks very interesting, but I'm only a small player and no plans to be Spotify. I'd be happy to commit to the LTD, but 200 users is very low, to then, on 201, jump to a whopping $400 per month+fees. That's serious money at such a low level. I'd expect to see that kind of price for maybe 5000 users upwards, not at a meagre 201 users. Why so incredibly low. As others have rightly pointed...
Product looks very interesting, but I'm only a small player and no plans to be Spotify. I'd be happy to commit to the LTD, but 200 users is very low, to then, on 201, jump to a whopping $400 per month+fees. That's serious money at such a low level. I'd expect to see that kind of price for maybe 5000 users upwards, not at a meagre 201 users. Why so incredibly low. As others have rightly pointed...
Founder Team
Anders_AudioRista
Dec 19, 2025
A: Hi Philip,
Great comment — and a fair one.
Audiorista isn’t built to be a cheap place to store files. It’s built to help creators turn an audience into a business they own. That distinction matters.
The AppSumo tiers are meant to give small creators the power to launch something real: a branded app, a direct relationship with listeners, and a sustainable model — without writing code or...
Thanks for your reply Anders. I totally understand and if you're selling subscriptions for $10 upwards then the economics makes sense, as it means you're at a revenue of $2000 so starting from a cost base of 25% of revenues rather than 50%, which it would be for me as what I'm offering I feel $5 a month is a sustainable price point and I don't know if I'll ever be able to grow it that much.
The AppSumo tier lets you test real market demand on a full-featured platform with predictable, one-time costs. Users are counted as monthly active users, not total subscribers, so you may have more paying subscribers than active monthly users. An upgrade only becomes relevant once usage justifies operating at scale.
Hi Anders. Thanks for taking the time to reply and address my concerns. I really do appreciate it. You're clearly a first class outfit, and that impresses me.
Q: Appsumo deal loses it's value beyond 200 monthly users
Tier 3 matches your Lite plan $240/mo: 200 active monthly users. But exceeding 200 users requires upgrading to the Business plan at $400/mo + $0.80 per user. At 200 users charging $10/mo, revenue is $2,000. After app stores take 30% ($600), net revenue is $1,400. Subtracting the Business plan's $648 leaves $752 in profit. But here's the rub: moving to the Business plan means needing about 366...
Founder Team
Anders_AudioRista
Nov 24, 2025
A: Hi Snailian,
AppSumo customers receive a 30% discount on the Business plan for the first year, which reduces the cost of scaling once they grow beyond 200 monthly active users. It is also important to note that most creators qualify for Apple’s Small Business Program, where the fee is 15% rather than 30%, which materially improves the economic model as the audience grows. Check out...
What is considered one active user? Is it per session? And what happens when we run out of credits?
Founder Team
Anders_AudioRista
Nov 19, 2025
A: Hi!
Thank you for your question, happy to clarify how active user credits work.
An active user is counted per unique user who opens your app and engages with content within a 30-day period. If a user signs up but does not engage, they are not counted. Whether a user logs in once or several times during the month, it only counts as one active user.
Q: Another Question
I did send some more questions to your support team on Friday morning. Hopefully they'll get back to me on Monday as there were some important pre-sales questions in there.
But there was one question I didn't ask and that was regarding ongoing pricing with the Business Plan. As I am understanding it, once I got to 201, the price will be $400 plus $0.80 per user. So if I had 300 users does that...
Share AudioRista
Q: Confused about whether this is an LTD or really just part of a sales funnel
Product looks very interesting, but I'm only a small player and no plans to be Spotify. I'd be happy to commit to the LTD, but 200 users is very low, to then, on 201, jump to a whopping $400 per month+fees. That's serious money at such a low level. I'd expect to see that kind of price for maybe 5000 users upwards, not at a meagre 201 users. Why so incredibly low. As others have rightly pointed...
Share AudioRista
Q: Confused about pricing
Product looks very interesting, but I'm only a small player and no plans to be Spotify. I'd be happy to commit to the LTD, but 200 users is very low, to then, on 201, jump to a whopping $400 per month+fees. That's serious money at such a low level. I'd expect to see that kind of price for maybe 5000 users upwards, not at a meagre 201 users. Why so incredibly low. As others have rightly pointed...
Anders_AudioRista
Dec 19, 2025A: Hi Philip,
Great comment — and a fair one.
Audiorista isn’t built to be a cheap place to store files. It’s built to help creators turn an audience into a business they own. That distinction matters.
The AppSumo tiers are meant to give small creators the power to launch something real: a branded app, a direct relationship with listeners, and a sustainable model — without writing code or...
Share AudioRista
Verified purchaser
Thanks for your reply Anders. I totally understand and if you're selling subscriptions for $10 upwards then the economics makes sense, as it means you're at a revenue of $2000 so starting from a cost base of 25% of revenues rather than 50%, which it would be for me as what I'm offering I feel $5 a month is a sustainable price point and I don't know if I'll ever be able to grow it that much.
Hi Philip,
The AppSumo tier lets you test real market demand on a full-featured platform with predictable, one-time costs. Users are counted as monthly active users, not total subscribers, so you may have more paying subscribers than active monthly users. An upgrade only becomes relevant once usage justifies operating at scale.
Kind regards, Anders
Verified purchaser
Hi Anders. Thanks for taking the time to reply and address my concerns. I really do appreciate it. You're clearly a first class outfit, and that impresses me.
Q: Appsumo deal loses it's value beyond 200 monthly users
Tier 3 matches your Lite plan $240/mo: 200 active monthly users. But exceeding 200 users requires upgrading to the Business plan at $400/mo + $0.80 per user.
At 200 users charging $10/mo, revenue is $2,000. After app stores take 30% ($600), net revenue is $1,400. Subtracting the Business plan's $648 leaves $752 in profit.
But here's the rub: moving to the Business plan means needing about 366...
Anders_AudioRista
Nov 24, 2025A: Hi Snailian,
AppSumo customers receive a 30% discount on the Business plan for the first year, which reduces the cost of scaling once they grow beyond 200 monthly active users. It is also important to note that most creators qualify for Apple’s Small Business Program, where the fee is 15% rather than 30%, which materially improves the economic model as the audience grows. Check out...
Share AudioRista
Q: Active user credits 1,200 - one time only
What is considered one active user? Is it per session? And what happens when we run out of credits?
Anders_AudioRista
Nov 19, 2025A: Hi!
Thank you for your question, happy to clarify how active user credits work.
An active user is counted per unique user who opens your app and engages with content within a 30-day period. If a user signs up but does not engage, they are not counted. Whether a user logs in once or several times during the month, it only counts as one active user.
The Tier 2 AppSumo plan includes 1,200...
Share AudioRista