Pixelmator now $30, available exclusively on Mac App Store

Hi Keith,

you will keep up to date with what you bought (all updates for version 1.x) will still be available via their webpage.

You will only have to buy the software at the App Store if you want to get version 2.x -- which is a paid, big upgrade anyway. You could basically wait until they realease verison 2.x and buy it then. If you like it or stay with and keep version 1.x which you already have paid for.

So, essentially, they are going to be App Store exclusive only for new customers and buyers of version 2.x -- I think it's pretty fair to announce it that early and give the folks who already know that they're gonna update the chance to do it at a lower price (App Store doesn't support update pricing so far and version 2.x will presumably cost 60 Dollar when it comes out).

Well put.

I purchased this program to support the guys even though i'm mainly using photoshop hoping to see regular updates that expand the feature set but after a year has gone by I haven't really seen any big movement.

Now they are asking $30 without a preview or roadmap on where they are going. Very disappointed here but I will shell out $30 or even $60 if they make 2.0 decent since I do want to support these guys and reward them.

- They will give warning on their website/blog before the limited time offer ends, but it definitely isn't planned to be around until the launch of 2.0 later this year.

- You can basically pay $30 to transition to the Mac App Store version of Pixelmator which includes automatic updates, free re-downloading of the app, and an automatic upgrade to 2.0 when it comes out. Or you can do nothing and continue to use the version of Pixelmator you already bought and paid for.

- They guarantee updates for existing customers because they are going to offer all 1.X updates to existing customers. Currently there is a slight version discrepancy between the MAS version and the old retail version as you noted, but that's just due to a focus on getting the MAS version ready for the launch of the store.

All of these answers are based on responses by the developers on the Pixelmator Blog. Feel free to check there first for answers to any other questions you have! I'm a very happy Pixelmator customer who has enough faith in the company to go along with this transition plan and basically pre-purchase 2.0 (yes, sight unseen) for $30 today.