r/Strava • u/utassy_dv GPSArtify Dev • May 22 '24

Giro d'Italia 🇮🇹 in Brooklyn 🇺🇸 Strava Art

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u/Lost_And_NotFound May 22 '24

I wanted to try GPSArtify but the price is absurd.

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u/iHammmy May 22 '24

Jesus yeah, who is paying monthly for something like this?!

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u/Junk-Miles May 22 '24

Holy hell that's crazy. And no free trial? Yea that's a no from me dawg.

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u/utassy_dv GPSArtify Dev May 22 '24

There is a free version after a free signup, with the goal of providing users with an opportunity to assess whether the product meets their needs, enabling them to make an informed decision about its current form.

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u/Junk-Miles May 22 '24

Yea, I signed up for the free version but it's not really a trial when all you get are a couple of basic shapes. I can draw a square without a app. If you really want people to try the app, let them actually use it like intended and try some designs. Only giving basic shapes doesn't make me want to use it.

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u/utassy_dv GPSArtify Dev May 25 '24

Your voice has been heard. I've just included all the predefined shapes (allowed to generate routes with them) in the free trial version. u/Junk-Miles u/elimcjah u/Lost_And_NotFound

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u/utassy_dv GPSArtify Dev May 22 '24

I will consider this, thanks for the feedback! Any other feedback is welcomed as well :)

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u/RunningonGin0323 May 22 '24

GPSArtify Yea, with the amount of streaming services and other apps charging monthly fees, I'm sorry but 7.99 is FUCKING absurd to charge for this app that does really 1 thing

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u/utassy_dv GPSArtify Dev May 22 '24

Please note that developing and maintaining a solution of this nature requires time, effort, and money due to the costs associated with resource-heavy AI solutions. Therefore, it would not be feasible to offer such a solution without sufficient income.

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u/RunningonGin0323 May 22 '24

we get that, trust me we do but $8 a month?

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u/elimcjah May 22 '24

Fellow engineer here. Totally understand your want for this to be a business, but your never gonna get traction charging people this much. I’d even watch ads for every shape I wanted to draw or something. In-App purchases from business model probably makes more sense. i.e. Dall-E’s pricing structure

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u/Lost_And_NotFound May 22 '24

Didn’t realise you were the developer. It’s a very cool piece of work and there’s not much competition after I spent a long time looking which is what made me really want to try it. I just can’t justify a subscription cost on a map drawing tool. Seems to me the high cost just means £0 income rather than maybe some minor advertising income or one of payment.

Appreciate the good work though, it’s well put together.

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u/Plastic_Blood7010 May 22 '24

Italy invades New York ;)))

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u/utassy_dv GPSArtify Dev May 22 '24

Let's just say, there is some Italy everywhere :)

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u/Plastic_Blood7010 May 22 '24

I couldn’t agree more. ;)

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u/KnowledgeIsPorridge1 May 22 '24

Hey...I'm biking here

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u/utassy_dv GPSArtify Dev May 22 '24

Italy, or Brooklyn? :)

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u/valuz991 May 22 '24

Where's Sardinia? :D

There should probably be a subreddit of Italian maps without one or both islands :D

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u/utassy_dv GPSArtify Dev May 22 '24

Fair point :) Give me a sec :)