How Setapp Saves Me Hundreds of Dollars Every Year

And is helping me conquer shiny app-ject syndrome at last

Aug 17, 2023

∙ Paid

Black line drawing of 11 boxes of varying sizes, each containing a label + picture. Faith — large letters with sun rays behind them. Family — 5 stick figures. Nature — leaves growing out of the letters. Design — a pencil. Introvert — quiet, happy stick figure in a circle. Planners — an open book with dates and lines. Plain text — computer. Music — music note. Learning French — cartoon face saying ‘Bonjour, mon ami’. Sewing — spool of thread. Crunchy — toilet paper roll crossed out. — The Author’s personal hierarchy of information which she uses to help her evaluate new software, believe it or not

I don’t need 250 apps on my Mac, and I certainly don’t want to part with money for access to software I neither need nor want. Yet I subscribed to Setapp more than two years ago, effectively paying for access to many pieces of software I’ll never use. Happily paying for it, I might add.

Paradox, or madness? —Neither!

It is, in fact, a devilishly clever strategy that’s defying the initial logic I once used to scoff at this bulk subscription service. Despite not using even half of what they have on offer, the value I gain from Setapp far outweighs the price I pay.

Money saved is, to me, literally money earned.

What I write here will likely either reinforce your opinion that Setapp is not for you, or convince you to give it a go. Should it be the latter, keep in the back of your mind that at the end of this article there’s a link for a 1-month free trial instead of the usual 7 da…

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