At $10/month, SetApp is a good deal, especially if you use more than a handful of the included Apps. I’ve been a subscriber since early on.
I have two Macs, so the subscription is $15/month. Still a good deal, but I did the math and realized that I could purchase most of the apps I use outright for less than a 1-year SetApp subscription for a single Mac.
This wasn’t always the case. For a while there, I had a couple dozen apps installed. My goal this past year has been to whittle that down to the essentials. Here’s what I ended up with as of this morning.
Apps installed via SetApp
Not bad, but after this morning’s App uninstall fiasco, I thought I’d see how many more apps I could live without. After all this, I feel like I only need Forklift, and Popclip, so those are the only things I’ve purchased individually so far.
Eventually I’ll probably cave and buy Soulver, because it can be super handy for some things. And I’m sure I’ll miss HoudahSpot, but for $6, Find Any File is a reasonable substitute for the way I use it.
So, I’ve canceled my SetApp subscription. This has already given me the FOMO jitters, but I’m trying to resist the feeling as long as I can.