I’m loving Sync so far. I used the official reddit app ever since I was on Reddit. I sure was missing out.

I saw on the left bar there’s two options “Remove ads” and “Sync Ultra”. What’s the difference? I understand ultra is a subscription that gets ad free browsing and more. However, remove ads looks to be a single purchase “add-on”, i.e. no subscription. Is that the case? That would be nice down the line when sync for lemmy gets an official stable release.

There’s also a price difference. Ultra is 1.99$/mo or 16.99$/yr, and remove ads is 12.99$.

  • Zoldyck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    351·
    3 years ago

    Remove ads is 22 euros here. That’s a massive difference from the old app. Almost ten times more I believe?

  • alianne@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    3 years ago

    If you click on Sync Ultra in the left bar menu, it gives a list of everything currently included as well as a few features coming at a later time:

    • solrecon@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      111·
      3 years ago

      Ultra sounds interesting for sure, but I’m not sure it’s worth it. I might try 1 month later on. I think it’s just because lemmy is smaller than reddit (for now :)) which makes these features less used, at least in the short term. Who knows, maybe in a couple years, it will be a no brainer.

      • alianne@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        3 years ago

        I paid to remove ads immediately (which is also what I did with Sync for Reddit), but I’m also waiting to purchase Ultra to see if it gains any must-have features. The app is already great in its completely free version so anything else will just be cherries on top.

  • RanchOnPancakes@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    3 years ago

    Remove ads does exactly that and only that. Ultra has additional features. I don’t have a link to what they are though. maybe someone else has that for you.

    • solrecon@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      31·
      3 years ago

      That’s great that it’s a one time removal of ads. I guess it kind of confused me that there were two separate options for removing ads, but I’m grateful.

  • seacocker@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    3 years ago

    I just view Ultra to be covering the costs of continued development and server for cloud backup. It was a simple choice for me.

    • n8vos@lemmy.mlEnglish
      14·
      3 years ago

      I see it the opposite way… I think Ljdawson realized there was no way to cover his costs with the sync for Reddit pricing. I paid the $19.99 gladly. Trust me he’s not getting rich, he’s earning a living.