Premium price discrepancy

vintagerunnergrrl
vintagerunnergrrl Posts: 1 Member
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I was going to try MyFitnessPal Premium free trial to see if I liked it, and I noticed that the yearly subscription on the app is $79.99 - but the yearly subscription on the web is $49.99.

Is there a difference in what you get?
If I sign up using the one on the web for $49.99 can I still use the app?
If not, why is there a $30 difference?

Thanks.

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  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,933 Member
    I would guess that Apple or Android want to earn from that subscription as well as in-phone prices tend to be higher than website prices overall. That's all, really.
    One thing: is there something you really need from Premium? I've been here since I think 2014 and never needed a premium functionality.
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,238 Member
    yirara wrote: »
    I would guess that Apple or Android want to earn from that subscription as well as in-phone prices tend to be higher than website prices overall. That's all, really.
    One thing: is there something you really need from Premium? I've been here since I think 2014 and never needed a premium functionality.

    I do not subscribe to premium though I did do the trial a while back.
    Furthermore, due to the changed retention/export policies I now log my food intake elsewhere.
    STILL, premium is NOT *useless*.

    Premium OFFERS:

    --NO ADS.
    Since I consider blogs to be ads, let's call it REDUCED ads instead of NO ads.
    BUT, since the ads are so **kitten** vetted with past firewall/dns checking indicating AT LEAST some malware/problem site issues and substantial data usage, reduced ads = INCREASED SECURITY!

    --longer data retention and better data exporting
    Whether the paid retention/exporting is industry leading... is open to discussion! But the premium version offering is, truly, much better than what you get with the free version.

    --goal setting options such as macro minimums in grams instead of percentages that may make it easier for people to achieve their goals

    --the feeling of helping a product that has helped you achieve your goals achieve the business goal of accruing value for the owners of the platform.

    --other premium features that didn't interest me enough to stick in my brain; but may be of interest to someone else.

    And let's not forget the weird motivation of some people being more likely to use something they pay for.

    So most of us do not feel that the advantages are sufficient to make us shell out $50 a year--and we don't!

    But for others the $50 could be a rounding error. Or, if not a rounding error, the advantages and feel good vibes may more than compensate for the $50 to $100 that they spend.

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