Made an account just to say that if this photo management competitor to Lightroom was created, I would most definitely purchase. I'm coming to the end of a year subscription to the photography plan with adobe and can't justify paying the monthly fee to keep the software going into the future.
1) I use Affinity Photo and don't need Photoshop. I just had the plan to have Lightroom.
2) I'm an amateur who takes photography seriously and desires the best software to support the hobby, but am not active enough to justify $120 + a year just to professionally organize my photo library.
Also worth noting that now would be a great time to release a product like this. I had been using Aperture until was abandoned and didn't want to put my eggs into a basket that would continue to decay. I switched to Lightroom when I was able to justify it and get it partially paid for by an employer so as to have software needed to do my job well. I had planned to purchase Lightroom when my plan expired, but as of this year, it's impossible to purchase Lightroom as a single product. There really isn't a great solution for those wanting to purchase software to manage their photo library.
