A couple of days ago I quietly released Autochords for Mac (App Store link).
Despite the frustrations experienced by many Mac developers, I decided to release on the Mac App Store. I think it’s still the best way for people to find and buy new apps, plus I don’t have any payment infrastructure set up for myself and the App Store makes this very easy.
Funtionality-wise the Mac version pretty similar to the iOS version. It has a few additional moods, and the ability to play back an entire progression. It requires El Capitan[1] and supports full-screen and side-by-side modes.
While Autochords on iOS is ad-supported (with in-app-purchase to remove ads), I decided to try selling the Mac version for actual money. I think it’s quite low-priced for a Mac app at US$4.99, but I’m considering increasing the price as I add more advanced features.
For the two days since launching, Autochords has been the first app under All Music Apps, and it seems to have picked up a few purchases from there. With the low volume of new apps on the Mac App Store, maybe it will stick around near the top of that list for a while.
- I don’t think I’m using any APIs that would prevent targeting an older OS, so I might fire up a VM and do some compatibility testing. ↩