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0 pointsamirnathoo13y ago0 comments

We were concerned with keeping our platform affordable when we launched our pricing: we added the $19 / month tier specifically for indie developers.

We grandfather plans so if you sign-up now you've locked in that pricing, which most people think is fantastic value relative to the time they will spend developing and iterating their app :)

Reload is a unique feature not available on other mobile platforms, but it is perfectly possibly to launch an app with us without ever using it or upgrading higher than the $19 / month tier.

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lukifer13y ago· 1 in thread

Thanks for the reply. Can you tell me the exact behavior when Reloads run out? Even 50k seems like a small number, especially if iterating frequently. (A 2nd question: do Reloads block UI, or continue using the old version until background updating is done?)

It looks like I could potentially roll my own updating solution on Trigger using the File API. I didn't realize that Trigger was feature-comparable with PhoneGap + plugins. I'll evaluate a little further.

amirnathooOP13y ago

No problem, thanks for your interest!

Reloads will still be applied beyond the limit - you'll just get a nice email from us :). In the future we will charge an overage rate.

Reloads do not block the UI, by default the old version is used until the updating is done. We check and apply updates when the app gains or loses focus, but you can modify the update behavior using the Reload API: http://current-docs.trigger.io/modules/reload.html#modules-r...

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