RAMPANCY It's with a heavy heart that I write this. When it comes to donating or paying for shareware apps, I'm far from stingy. I've donated to apps like Butler, Scribblet and D2X-XL, and I paid for apps like Mailplane, Things, or ShoveBox who many would consider overpriced, or not worth paying for. That said, I am not paying for MainMenu. This app used to be my first app that I'd install over any OS install, or over any Mac I'd receive; it was an app I'd unhesitatingly recommend to anyone as a repair or troubleshooting tool. If Santa Software had retained ownership of this app, and if the original coder/owner had even added some basic extra functionality like what's offered in Onyx or TinkerTool, or Print Center Repair, I'd be very much inclined to pay the full $20. The problem is that none of this is the case. Dare to Be Creative clearly hasn't done anything substantial to this product since it acquired it, and $20 is simply not a reasonable price to pay for what little they have done. $9.99 or $5.99 would be a much more reasonable price, or at least a free "lite" version with the core functionality of the original MainMenu with a for-pay "pro" version with added features like those in the apps I listed above. As it stands now though, this smacks of a blatant cash grab. A shame. Please, please go with Onyx or the many other system maintenance apps out there. It's a shame that this company ruined such a fine and wonderful app. (Version 2.0.3) |