Ember

Hmm... thanks for making "LittleSnapper 2.0" for all of us long time license holders and giving us a treat for our patience, YEARS, between updates to LS. Oh wait, we can't even try this 2.0/renamed for profit version even if we were willing to dish out the full price on MAS. @Dev, We know why you made the choices you did and so be it, if the product is great I will pay for it even though I don't plan to see updates too often but at least don't make me throw $50 on red just to try the app! Give us a demo that doesn't save but otherwise functions so we can at least get a sense of the new product. Better yet, if you don't want to give users a demo to try out, even crippled beyond usability, at least offer those who paid for LittleSnapper a chance to try the "new" app. Have the demo only accept valid serials from LittleSnapper to unlock and email the file to those email addresses linked to LittleSnapper Licenses. So you don't want to maintain two versions of the product, okay... your choice but remember their are apps like ClamXAV that are free, have been for years, and the developer even offers a MAS version and non-MAS version. If he can do it for free, you can't do it for a paid app? Look how MultiMarkdown Composer 2 was handled by Mr. Fletcher and you will see how a developer who cares about his customers while still wanting to "protect" and stay within MAS gives faithful users who supported previous versions of his product gives those users a chance to give it a test-drive while the product itself remains unusable since you can't save your work, etc... The app is useless in it's demo state but at least the user has a chance to work with the program and see if it fits their needs. By the way, MMC2 is much cheaper than $50 and it's previous versions were updated frequently, and no yearly is not frequently. - Oh well, you lost a customer here for sure. Your actions and policies have quickly told us all what matters more to your company. Money over customers... at least you have made one decision easy on me. There is no way I buy another realmac product. Prices go up but product version numbers hover around 1.0.1. Won't rate the app and hurt the overall stars this app receives, company deserves no stars imo, but oh well. Good job making Apple wealthier while hurting your customers. There is not much backbone at realmac it seems, let those who supported you when you were just getting started bear all the risk. Good luck squeezing blood from a rock and please do right by those who pay you hard earned money for an app they have only seen pictures of. Give them updates and listen to their requests. They do deserve that much, our opinions differ greatly though it seems.

Abandonware. Ember is not even listed on the developer's website under Products. For more info visit: http://blog.realmacsoftware.com/article/a-long-overdue-update-on-our-product-roadmap. Untrustworthy developer.

Just a comment (I already rated it a few months ago): It looks like after many promises of what the future holds, Ember 2 may not see development after all, so save your money. For details head over to the Realmac blog and read the entry from November 3: http://blog.realmacsoftware.com/article/a-long-overdue-update-on-our-product-roadmap. Personally, I won't trust Realmac anymore; they come out with new apps, they make all kinds of promises — even when you ask them directly about the roadmap for an app, which I did a couple of times with regard to Ember), and then they refocus their interests; but many of you know that already. Still kicking myself for buying their products because I like to support small developers — Realmac won't see another dime from me.

I'm trying out two alternatives right now: Pixave and Inboard.

Listed as 1.8.4 but version downloaded is 1.8.3 from MacUpdate and developer's website.