AppStore version and Lion Confusion

[Mickey6Pack]

I just bought 3.75 from the AppStore and after reading, am very
confused. What features are being applied to the current AppStore
version as far as it working with Lion? Full Screen/64-bit/Multi-
Thread/Versions??

In reading the information before I purchased it seemed this was all
part of it. Now it appears that is version4.0 stuff.

What is in the Current AppStore Version and what will only be
available in version 4.x??

[eazydave]

Version 4 was submitted to Apple early July, it is still in review. No
way to know when or if it will be approved, technically we are not
supposed to comment on the status.

Many of the features of the Free Market version 4 were introduced in
the App Store version 3. So that is a very good "buy". Version 3.7.5
was made fully Lion compatible, but that information was not allowed
to be added to the App Store information. The main thing with App
Store version 3 is that it is near the end of the life cycle of
version 3. If version 4 is accepted for the App Store the price will
be $95, upgrade pricing is not allowed on the App Store.

[Andy Parker]

So, you're basically telling me that, by just buying my copy of
EasyDraw from the App Store I've actually bought an old version of
your product!! And not only that, but I also won't be able to upgrade
it because Apple doesn't allow upgrade pricing!!! Don't you think you
should mention this to people buying from the App Store? I'm sorry if
you have problems with Apple's processes in the App Store, but at the
end of the day I've just wasted my money on a dead end piece of
software. At the very least you need to put a notice on your App
Store version to say this is an old, end of line version.

[eazydave]

No you haven't bought "dead software". You've a good $30 trial for a
$95 app . If you like what you see and EazyDraw becomes a main tool
for you, then $95 is reasonable and you've paid the same ($5 less)
than a long time user that bought for $95 then paid $35 for the
upgrade.

But we should all know that anything you buy in the App store is very
much "AS IS", we can't ever be sure the next update, if done, will be
accepted.

The "line" in the description that you mention was not allowed because
EazyDraw 4 was not accepted at that time and (understandably) Apple is
not going to allow a "line" that tries to move the sale back to our
web site. I may try the "line" next update but it will probably be
rejected. Updates into the App store take from a few to several weeks
for approval you know, and if I try a questionable line that will add
several days or a week if rejected.

OR - the $35 upgrade from the EazyDraw store is being honored for App
store purchasers (for a time anyway - no guarantees) if you email in
the build number from About EazyDraw (or put it in the comment field
at checkout) as proof of purchase. But note - this switches you back
to Free Market licensing, with the clunky old license code thing.

[rogerhoughton]

Like Andy I paid $30 for a full version, not for a limited trial.
That's why the deal was attractive. If buyers had been made aware of
the limits of the version on offer there would probably have been
fewer of them. $95 is not reasonable for a product advertised as
reduced t0 $30.

[Praveen]

Maybe I'm missing something, but I compared the App Store version
3.8.0 and 4.2.0. Their descriptions appear to be identical and the
only difference is the price and the number assigned for the version.
I found this application to be enormously useful and I think the $30
App Store price is a huge bargain for a software this sophisticated
yet easy to use. For me, the $35 upgrade offer to 4 from the app
store version 3 is attractive, but at the moment it seems like I'm
only paying for the version # and a promise of future unknown updates.

Eazydave - could you shine some light on what the current differences
are between these 2 versions in terms of functionality? If there are
no differences currently, could you let us know what kind of features
are being planned for future 4.0 releases? Thank you.

[eazydave]

Yes, you are correct. Next planned major feature is DXF export (but
never any promises on future features). But you can review (go back
in time) on the Whats New page and see how things have progressed over
the 10 years since launch. And there is quite a good list of small
things requested by users that always make their way into the next
release. Your upgrade payments contribute to "keep the lights on",
otherwise the business model would look like a Ponzi scheme right
where existing users rely on new users to pay for support and
improvements.

[grandadpete]

To be fair to everyone who purchased EazyDraw 3, unaware that (a) V3
was already about to reach the end of its life cycle shortly after it
became available in the App Store and that (b) it is now described as
a trial version for V4, I suggest that EazyDraw V4 should be made
available as a FREE UPGRADE to V3. The price of EazyDraw could be
increased from the original $30 for future purchases of EazyDraw (a
modest increase, say $10, would encourage more purchases).
It should be noted that the image editing app Pixelmator V1 is about
to be replaced by Pixelmator V2, which will have many NEW features,
including Vector drawing tools, and V2 will be available to all
purchasers of V1 as a FREE UPGRADE (see http://www.pixelmator.com/sneak-preview/)
via the Mac App Store.
If Pixelmator can upgrade for free, why can't EazyDraw?
Regards,
Peter