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Spirit is out now for Mac(spiritapp.io)

over 5 years ago from Chase Giunta, Creative Something

  • Tony GinesTony Gines, over 5 years ago

    This looks like a pretty great tool, but I really wish that all of these standalone apps didn't come with a subscription tied to it. I can see using Spirit every now and then for projects, but having a constant bill of $15/mo when I'm working on something else besides animation would just make me feel negatively towards it every time I use it. I could see this easily being a $30 or $50 one-time app purchase. Compare this to the complexity of some of the $50 Affinity apps and I start to devalue it quickly. $144/yr for this very specific tool? I'm not too sure.

    37 points
    • Nick NobleNick Noble, over 5 years ago

      Yes. That's very pricey, more expensive than Sketch.

      Also, it's not clear what happens if you stop paying – if the animations on your site are tied to that app, do they stop working when your subscription ends?

      8 points
      • Joshua TurnerJoshua Turner, over 5 years ago

        It doesn't look like the animations on your site are tied to the app.

        There's a demo here: https://codepen.io/tutsplus/pen/OzMOLw

        It looks like it exports a .json file you can host anywhere and include the required dependencies.

        0 points
      • Dave Janes, over 5 years ago

        Essentially Spirit is just a GUI for the GreenSock Animation Platform. I'm sure all code output is just GSAP code which is fairly open and relatively easy to read.

        3 points
    • Davey HollerDavey Holler, over 5 years ago

      And they've employed the same sneaky, deceptive pricing technique. Its not $15/mo... its $45 every 3 months, or $144 per year. I've posted about this same thing before. Being tricky in an effort to make your product look less expensive is just a turn off when potential customers are surprised by the actual cost. If you don't feel comfortable telling your potential customer the actual cost of your product then its not worth what you're asking.

      16 points
    • Account deleted over 5 years ago

      15 bucks a month can't be 30-50 one-time. It would be 200-300 bucks one-time.

      0 points
      • Tony GinesTony Gines, over 5 years ago

        Right, I think that's my point. Affinity Designer is currently $50 one-time fee and look at the abundance of features it has. This would be at least $144 for a year.

        3 points
        • Account deleted over 5 years ago

          Yeah well, Affinity is exceptionally low-cost, thought about it but then thought about Adobe and Corel : / I guess this is the new, startup culture, that makes prices like 10 bucks a month or 50 bucks overall. Nice.

          0 points
    • Philip A, over 5 years ago

      Mate no-one is forcing you to use it. Also indie-developers have to eat.

      0 points