Comparison · Make money with an app
Freemium vs Subscription
September 30, 2026 · 6 min read
Use Alma either way. The posts have to match the model, or you will attract people who wanted the other one. Alma drafts those posts from your app link and schedules them. $29/month for 500 slides, or $199/month with no cap.
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The short report on how Alma turns an app link into posts that go out every day.
Read the carousel reportFreemium
A smaller product stays free. Heavy use costs money. It fits a tool a light user can finish and a heavy user will outgrow: history, seats, exports. The failure mode is a free tier so complete that nobody hits the wall.
Subscription
They pay on a period for a job that continues: a plan, a library you update, reminders, sync. A trial can lead into it. The failure mode is charging rent for something that does not change and does not need you.
Side by side
| Freemium | Subscription | |
|---|---|---|
| Free forever | A real small version | Only if you add a trial, which ends |
| Fits | Tools with a natural limit | Jobs that happen every week |
| Risk | Nobody upgrades | People feel rented |
Which to ship
If one sitting gives them the result, do not give the whole result away forever. Use a trial or a one-time purchase. If they need the app next Tuesday, a subscription matches the job. Say which one it is on the store page. Then keep the Alma posts describing that same offer.