Buying Affinty Designer through the Windows Store

[Derkaziam]

If I buy Affinity Designer through the Microsoft Store is there any way I can get it on MacOS as well, without buying it directly from Affinity or buying it again?

[emmrecs01]

@Derkaziam

Welcome to the Affinity forums.

If you buy a licence for Designer at the MS store the licence is for Windows only. If you also want it on a Mac, that would require the purchase of a second, Mac-specific licence.

However, have you checked out the Universal License? It includes all 3 apps on all 3 operating systems, Windows, Mac and iPad. It’s currently available with a 40% discount until December 14th.

[walt.farrell]

3 minutes ago, emmrecs01 said:

If you buy a licence for Designer at the MS store the licence is for Windows only.

Correct. But even if you purchased a Designer license from Serif directly, you would have to choose Windows, macOS, or iPad. And it would work only on that OS.

If you want a license that covers more than one OS you must buy the Universal License, which will cover all 3 OSes and all 3 applications. You can buy that license at the Affinity Store, or as an in-app purchase no matter where you downloaded a Trial version of the app. So, you could download a Trial of Designer from the Microsoft Store, and purchase a Universal License from within the app, allowing you to run all the apps on all 3 OSes.