First off, the 4* review is because AppSumo (to me at least) is a place for LTDs and supporting the growth stage of dev teams who are bringing a tool to market. I’m more than happy to support a tool such as Lex, paying over the odds for something I believe in. I've never been a fan of the lock-in‑the-userbase-then‑raise‑prices model Adobe and Netflix have made popular. There's a reason I no longer have either and I approach Lex with caution as I don't want to become dependent on it.
That being said, I saw Lex come up a few weeks back as part of one of the AppSumo bundles and it was the only tool tempting me, as I write quite a lot. Although I’ve not had the opportunity to delve into every feature, the ones which I have used such as the suggestions, knowledge base, and checks have been excellent.
It’s made writing a lot easier. I can get my ideas down for the book I’ve finally started writing without getting stuck tidying grammar and punctuation. I can write and then let Lex tidy and improve it.
To the team: I understand it’s not always profitable to offer LTDs, but I would seriously consider it or at the very least a healthy lifetime discount. At $15 per month, I might consider a subscription, but I detest paying that 'only with an annual commitment' pricing model; otherwise $25 per month without the yearly commitment is a no from me. I already use another tool geared more towards fiction writing that lets me BYOK and costs less than $8 per month, and I could use a combination of tools for a very similar result to Lex. It's just that Lex is mostly cleaner and more straightforward for its purpose.
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First off, the 4* review is because AppSumo (to me at least) is a place for LTDs and supporting the growth stage of dev teams who are bringing a tool to market. I’m more than happy to support a tool such as Lex, paying over the odds for something I believe in. I've never been a fan of the lock-in‑the-userbase-then‑raise‑prices model Adobe and Netflix have made popular. There's a reason I no longer have either and I approach Lex with caution as I don't want to become dependent on it.
That being said, I saw Lex come up a few weeks back as part of one of the AppSumo bundles and it was the only tool tempting me, as I write quite a lot. Although I’ve not had the opportunity to delve into every feature, the ones which I have used such as the suggestions, knowledge base, and checks have been excellent.
It’s made writing a lot easier. I can get my ideas down for the book I’ve finally started writing without getting stuck tidying grammar and punctuation. I can write and then let Lex tidy and improve it.
To the team: I understand it’s not always profitable to offer LTDs, but I would seriously consider it or at the very least a healthy lifetime discount. At $15 per month, I might consider a subscription, but I detest paying that 'only with an annual commitment' pricing model; otherwise $25 per month without the yearly commitment is a no from me. I already use another tool geared more towards fiction writing that lets me BYOK and costs less than $8 per month, and I could use a combination of tools for a very similar result to Lex. It's just that Lex is mostly cleaner and more straightforward for its purpose.
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