Why We Don't Do Subscriptions (And Never Will) (2026)
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Subscriptions are everywhere in the occult app space: $9.99 a month for tarot, $14.99 a month for dream tracking. After a year, a $9.99 app has cost you $120 - and you own nothing. We think that is a bad deal for you and a worse incentive for us.
The Conflict of Interest
A subscription business is optimized to keep you paying, not to serve you. Features get locked behind tiers, ads get inserted to justify the “free” version, and data gets collected because retention metrics demand it. Every one of those incentives is opposed to your interests as a practitioner.
- Subscription apps profit from your forgetfulness - you forget to cancel
- Freemium apps profit from your frustration - the good features sit behind the paywall
- Ad-supported apps profit from your attention - they mine it and sell it
- We profit only when you decide the app was worth its one-time price
The Honest Math
Our apps cost $3.99 to $14.99, once. If a $9.99 tarot app lasts you two years, that is about 42 cents a month - less than the price of a single subscription month elsewhere, and you own the app outright. We make less per user over time; we accept that because we would rather have customers who recommend us than subscribers who resent us.
The Promise
- One price, shown in full before you buy
- No account, no email, no data collection to justify a server
- No hidden tier - every feature is in the app you buy
- Updates included, forever
- No ads, now or ever
- A real refund if it is not for you
This is not a marketing gimmick - it is the entire business model. The Chaos Sigil Generator app, like every app we ship, is a single purchase you make once and own. That is the deal.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Will you ever add subscriptions?
No. The business is designed around one-time purchases. If we ever change that, we will change it in public, in writing, before anything ships.
How do you make money then?
Volume and trust. A fair one-time price plus honest reviews earns recommendations, and recommendations are the only marketing we do.
What about updates?
Updates are included in the purchase. We do not split the app into a base version and a paid update.
References
- Google Play Billing policy on subscription disclosure (2025)
- FTC on negative option marketing and cancellation (2024)
- Cha0smagick Labs pricing FAQ, published in-app