Overcast 2 by Marco Arment is now available on the App Store. I’m sure I use Overcast more than any other app on my iPhone, and I think people are going to really dig the new streaming feature. Since I think I’m one of the people for whom streaming isn’t really a big deal, my favorite feature is the ability to support Overcast by actively (and optionally) patronizing the app. None of the features are locked behind a paywall anymore, if you like the app, give what you think it’s worth. I’ve already done it.
Marco explains why he went this way on his blog:
80% of my customers were using an inferior app. The limited, locked version of Overcast without the purchase sure wasn’t the version I used, it wasn’t a great experience, and it wasn’t my best work. With Overcast 2.0, I’ve changed that by unlocking everything, for everyone, for free. I’d rather have you using Overcast for free than not using it at all, and I want everyone to be using the good version of Overcast.
