rckstflbn Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 It would really be helpful to be able to buy and use your apps cross platform, rather than having to buy separately on Mac and PC and juggle two different licensing approaches. pixelworker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 That clearly isn’t going to happen as long as retail versions of the Affinity apps for Mac are sold exclusively through the Mac App Store. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scungio Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 It might be helpful for you but I think it would be bad for Serif. They are not Adobe, they are not charging us a monthly rate to rent their software. I have a Mac, a PC and an iPad Pro and I have bought licenses for all three of those platforms for both Designer and Photo and soon for Publisher. With the recent Designer for iPad promotion and the sales they had for the desktop versions, a person just coming to the Affinity line could have bought Designer for iPad, Mac, and Windows and Photo for iPad, Mac and Windows and it would have cost them all of what?, $175??? I used to pay for Adobe CC and just for the Photoshop/Lightroom and Illustrator plans and it cost me $382.56 a year. And the next year it would have cost me $382.56 and the next year it would have cost me $382.56. Now, yeah, I can install them on my Mac and PC but there were no iPad versions. You add up the cost over a 10 year span, assuming no price hikes and I would have paid out $3,825 to Adobe. Now I personally have spent $215 for the Affinity apps I have for the 3 platforms. Even if in a 10 year span I have to pay for the upgrade cost to version 2 and 3 of the Affinity line, I am still making out like a bandit and pocketing $3200. That is $3200 that can pay for the cost of a new iPad Pro AND a new PC. When you look at it through that lens, which again, is just my personal take, isn't Serif's approach fair and just? Now I am all for purchasing a license to any of the Affinity apps and having it be cross platform but there would have to be a price increase. To expect to pay $50 for a license that entitles you to the Mac, PC and iOS is just folly. I mean, Serif has different development teams, they have to pay the bills, the employees, etc. Now yeah, hypothetically, say there was no Mac App Store and Serif decided to go in different way, would people be willing to pay $100, 125, 150 for a license that allows them to install it on Mac, PC or iOS? I think that would be a dubious proposition and a serious gamble on Serif's part. ophion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Leah Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 It would be helpful to be able to use in mac and iPhone and iOS without having to buy two one mobile and one mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Mama Leah said: It would be helpful to be able to use in mac and iPhone and iOS without having to buy two one mobile and one mac Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, @Mama Leah. All of the Affinity apps are currently on sale at 50% off, so for less than the regular price of the Mac version you can buy both the Mac version and the iPad version. There is currently no iPhone version of any of the Affinity apps, nor does it seem likely that there ever will be. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noorkhan Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Hello; I have Affinity Photo on a Mac I was given but the Mac doesn't run well and I am wiping it clean and giving it away. I just got a windows 11 laptop. Do I need to buy another copy of Photo, or can I switch it to windows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Welcome to the forums @Noorkhan Did you purchase the licence for the Affinity software that you were running on the Mac, or was the Affinity software already installed on the Mac when you were given it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 12 hours ago, Noorkhan said: Do I need to buy another copy of Photo, or can I switch it to windows? You will need to buy another copy Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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