TextExpander revises upgrade pricing for existing users


The other day I wrote about migrating from TextExpander to Keyboard Maestro. The issue for me was a change to annual subscription pricing. Smile has since revised its pricing to offer a lifetime 50% discount to existing customers.

We will apply a lifetime discount of 50% off the Life Hacker pricing to customers of any past version of TextExpander. That amounts to just US $20 per year. In our initial rollout, we offered the discount for the first year only, and that was a mistake. We value our long-term customers, and it's important for us to demonstrate that in our actions. Thanks for bearing with us as we sorted this out.

Smile will also continue to sell and support TextExpander 5 under the old terms.

Good move here being responsive to customer's concerns. I'm not sure what I'll do. I'm still using the demo of Keyboard Maestro, but I've fully migrated over. $20/year is much more reasonable than the $40, so it will be something to think about.