We have kept the price low since the initial release of Cryptomator back in 2016. Our goal is to make Cryptomator accessible to as many people as possible and this is why we decided to distribute the desktop application under pay-what-you-want terms.
In the past we thought about increasing the price of the mobile apps several times, but voted against it for the same reason. We have now reached a point where we could no longer postpone this decision. As before, we aim to avoid further increments for the coming years.
We are aware that buying power vastly depends on the region you’re living in. The app store is pretty ignorant of this fact, that’s why we’re currently evaluating alternative distribution models that allow more flexible pricing.
That said, we are still convinced that ten bucks for your privacy is an excellent deal compared to the alternatives. Where I am living this is less than one pizza, which for sure has not years of development put into it.