Why do I have to pay $10 for the iOS version, then yet another $40 for the Mac version?
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Look at it this way, why pay $50 for Mac version and get free iOS version with it?
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Huh?
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The straightforward answer to your question is that 1P for Mac and 1P for iOS are completely separate products. In fact 1P for iOS is free in its basic form but with an in-app purchase to enable pro features.
Edit: I guess that if I didn't have an iOS device I might be rather annoyed if the price of 1P for iOS was factored into the price of 1P for Mac. :)
Stephen
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Actually the iOS version is free, though you might want to pay for the extra features.
And Agile could not bundle the two together even if they wanted to, as Apple don't allow it.
So the only significant question si why the main 1PW program costs what it does? Which is the kind of question one can ask about any product, with the answer being a mix of what the product costs to produce, what potential purchasers are prepared to pay, and what the producers feel is an acceptable profit.
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Hi @BBsAmazon,
The decision was made some time ago to charge per platform so you only purchased 1Password for the devices or machines you wanted to use it on. Each version of 1Password is an fully independent copy that doesn't rely on any other purchase. We have some people that only run 1Password on their iOS device and some that only use Windows. We could have gone down the route of a single purchase covering all platforms but that could have ended up meaning a higher price to cover the development over the various platforms.
One model I've seen is where the iOS app is more a client to the Mac app and can't do anything without it. In those cases you often see that the iOS app is free because it's useless without the Mac version. Now I won't claim we're perfect and have feature parity over the various platforms but each is intended as a independent version and complete feature parity is the goal.
May I ask @BBsAmazon, did you go from iOS to Mac first or Mac to iOS? It's a curiosity of mine. My suspicion is if you start on iOS the cost of the Mac app seems a bit of a shock while I think many of those that have already posted here, including myself, came from Mac and then onto iOS. I know for me that the $40-50 for 1Password for Mac was money well spent in my mind because of the security it offered and the extra $10 for the iOS version was an easy purchase if it meant having my vault on my iPhone too. The other way round though and I can imagine it seems a bit more of a shock?
Unfortunately we have no way to bundle the Mac and iOS app even though we do have a MAS version of 1Password for Mac. Maybe at some point in the future Apple will allow Mac + iOS bundles and while I can't say for sure, I'd be very surprised if we don't take a serious look if they do.
If you have any more questions please do ask :smile:
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Hi littlebobbytables, Thank you very much for your explanation. It makes more sense now. I did purchase the iOS version first, and will now purchase the Mac version as I now have the funds. I do like your security features.
Oh, two other things I would like to know are:
1) Can you improve the product by adding an option to have a secure "keyfile" as KeePass calls it, so that you can use either a master password, a MP and a keyfile, or just a keyfile. If you could add that/those feature(s), you'd have a pretty big customer on your hands. As it is, my husband's group where he works (shall remain nameless) uses KeePass because they have the option to do just that. The group needs access to the keyfile and can use it without needing to disseminate a new password to make sure everyone gets it and possibly leaks. The keyfile is disseminated to all the members in the group and they use that to open the database (vault). If the security needs to be changed on the vault, they just disseminate a new keyfile, which is safer than sending a password. Make sense?
2) The company my husband works for does not allow access to Dropbox because it's an "unauthorized file sharing application". It doesn't look like that will be an option for them for some time to come. Can you make it so that the database can be stored in Microsoft's One Drive, or make it easier to sync the vault(s) across wi-fi (or network)? I didn't look it up, but hubby did and he says it's a convoluted process to do, wherein it requires one user at one point and the other user at the other point. That's not only "not always possible", but impractical and "almost impossible", as the group members are scattered over a few continents/time zones and his group members are (as I'm sure you're aware) nowadays extremely busy!
Thanks in advance for your reply. :)
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Hi @BBsAmazon,
At the moment 1Password is more targeted at individuals and smaller companies isn't it. I can see why those, and probably many more improvements would allow larger companies to consider us. I shall certainly pass on your thoughts to the decision makers :smile:
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