Contact Working Copy Support

by Tedmiston

I have used this app for many many years to manage a repo of Markdown documents.

Recently, the maintainer *tried* to improve Markdown highlighting by making checkboxes tappable. However, the implementation is riddled with bugs, such as where a checkbox will be flipped on the wrong line from the one you're editing extremely frequently. Tapping on a non task line just to edit the text, results in a checkbox on another line being incorrectly toggled. Tapping on an empty line to insert text does the same. The maintainer seems to not be aware of how many bugs they have rolled out and left sitting in this app under the new implementation. Reporting bugs in this app is a tedious and annoying process compared to other apps.

After dealing with this bug dozens of times per day under the new Markdown highlighting, I tried reporting bugs to no avail, I tried switching to plain text, but that's a PITA for editing Markdown... I've basically given up on this app being useable because there's no way to disable this "enhanced" Markdown syntax editing mode that broke something that worked fine for years and years and didn't need changed. It's sad to see an app ruined because of alpha level buggy changes to critical path features, and then no updates to fix the numerous bugs around Markdown tasks in the new redefined Markdown syntax.

by Bandtank

As a fellow app developer, I understand paying to support continued development. This is a pretty good app with a lot of features, but $16 is way too expensive. I was expecting $5, which I would have gladly paid. You’re in a low volume market and pricing yourself out of sales is a bad idea. I have been selling apps for quite some time and the typical economic paradigms are still at play - sales volume always makes up for margin.

Not being able to access github issues, wiki, etc. is unfortunate. CodeHub is free and does that quite well, but I paid for it since the social aspect is so helpful. Every day I respond to issues with that app.

Anyway, nice app, but I’ll go back to what I was previously using since $16 is rather off-putting.

by Seattle Rex

I'm just a little burned out on the App Store shenanigans lately. I've lost count of the number of "Pro" upgrades of purchased which are now "free" and covered with ads. I'm tired of plunking down cash for expensive programs that, months later, switch to a subscription model, taking my cash and flushing it in the process. I'm tired of paying for apps, only to find them still filled with Ads. Maybe I'm just having a bad run, but the App Store truly feels like a scammer's bazaar these days. There are pick-pockets everywhere. I don't really lump the Working Copy folks into the group ... because they at least make a quality product and seem to put real effort into it. This is why I paid for a "permanent" Pro upgrade 14 months ago. And just paid $8 again for another "permanent" Pro upgrade. Like many other things, "permanent" doesn't mean what I thought it did. I'm sure it it's worth it, and I'm glad to support them, I just feel a little burned out and a little "over-used". I bought last Christmas and it just doesn't feel that long ago to get hit up again. I feel like I get rolled like a drunken sailor every time I log into the app store these days. I really like the app though. Nice work, guys.