What about extensions?
How the hell then they could keep all of the platforms running for free up until this point? ā¦and even send free shirts of Power Thunkers? Keeping only a single platform for free shouldnāt be a hassle. So, 20$ price tag per month doesnāt seem to make sense to me.
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Thunkable like anyone else needs to pay a cost for what they do. Thatās not an option.
Do I think $20 is a good price? No. Itās too much for what it offer. Itās too much even for a worker or student in the US and Europe, canāt even imagine how hard it is to pay that money in India, an African or South American country, etc. Itās simply too much for a little more than a learning tool. But we are not who decide that. Itās free market. I guess the price will go down if the demand is not high. May be a $4.99 would sound a little more realistic. Or maybe $1 per private app?
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Target user groups:
- kids
- students
or else.
All people who knows java or else use Android studio.
I dont think Kids can pay that money each month.
No problem. There are a few other good builders out there. For FREE.
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@Mika, @Italo proposed an alternative but you are just critizicing, please propose a solution if you see a problem, otherwise I donāt see the point of just attacking the team
It is only a answer. Nothing more.
And I think I know thunkable a long time before 90% of all other users here
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Actually, I didnāt propose a solution since the Thunkable team is not asking for our input. I just gave my opinion of what would sound more realistic.
The team barely listens to what a simple user has to say, specially with the prices issues.
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This is turning into a discussion war, letās wrap it up and turn the volume down a bit.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ! 
Daemn
I started making apps in Thunkable in 2015, a few months after it was created
I loved it as it had lots of new components compared to AppInventor, and well, I couldnāt pay AppyBuilderās subscription. And what itās more important: they had Material Design, something that was what made me change here
But with the past of the time, I was seeing how Thunkable team was āforgettingā about the community, and became much less active and listening less to the users
I think that was something which hurts users, and they started looking for alternatives
During the pass of the months (and years), their competitors became much stronger, offering new features for their apps and a better service for them, while Thunkable didnāt because they were focused on the iOS version
And when they released the iOS version (and Thunkable X), some users werenāt happy as they expected more due to the lack of possibilities with it
I know that is hard to make a system like that, but I think the big mistake was to dedicate so many efforts to it, create too much hype and forgetting they had app.thunkable.com
Iām one of the first users who signed up in this community (ID 12), and Iām now a moderator, Power Thunker, and I was during quite a long time TOP1 of most liked user
I think that only a few people who commented here saw Thunkable grow how weāve done it, and how it was changed
To be honest, the decision of ādeprecatingā Thunkable Classic doesnāt surprise me
It could be seen for a long time ago, as the team focused a lot on Thunkable X, and especially the iOS version. No ābigā updates to Classic, no ābigā announcements for it, only to Thunkable X
I have several projects on Thunkable Classic
What to do now?
Just have to download them and place in a āMuseumā folder, as I will never be able to make them run due to the incompatibilities
Even if Iām no longer as active as I was in the past here, it makes me sad
Thunkable is the platform where I found my passion for coding and where I met fantastic partners (Conor, Mika, Sander, Pavitra, Vishwas and Sivagiri) who helped in my biggest project which now is something more than a project
Without Thunkable I couldnāt be what I am now, and thatās something I will never forget
But I think unmaintaining Thunkable Classic will be good for the team
I mean, keeping two platforms needs efforts (and money). During these days lots of users (like me) will share their opinions against this choice, but, in the future, this will be forgotten
Thunkable will be able to focus on a unique platform and make it stronger
What do I think about the 20$/month price?
Itās too high
As @Mika pointed out, target users from Thunkable are students, and as students, they canāt afford such money, because most of them just use Thunkable for fun
Unless they release an education plan or something, I donāt think people will buy it
And also, only paying to keep my projects private?
I donāt think it will be worthy that price
As other users pointed out, maybe Thunkable should add a few more features to the paid plan
P.S.: Sorry for my long reply, but I wanted to really share what I think about this as I have a big affection to Thunkable 
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Agree with @Barreeeiroo, itās been a long run. I remember when I came to this community. It was really like a pleased experience, in fact, it was one of the first communities where I was active and where I actually contributed. You know, my first post was in @pavi2410 IAP extension 
, where I thanked him for amazing work and asked for an upgraded battery manager extension. The community wasnāt so big? There were a lot of amazing people. Questions werenāt so dumb 
, 2-3 questions a day? I remember logging over to Thunkable after the high school and just reading every single post, I missed. Every single reply, every single new user. If not Thunkable, I would probably never have met people that had same mind, that were students with innovative ideas, programming skills and just their kindness. As well, I remember making Templates topic. My most popular post, that became the top post of the year for a long period of time. So, Iām not sure if this is an end or this is just a beginning of something bigger, but what I know for sure, is that I am so thankful for the Thunkable, the community and the entire App Inventor family. For a fact, my life would have been extremely different without the community. Hearing that itās end for the Thunkable is sad, I mean I still use it for every single demo of my extension. So, I would like to thank now. Thank you for the amazing platform, thank you for the community, people (Diego, Peter, Italio, Sander, Mika, Pavitra, Conor, Sivagiri, Vishwas, Nathan, Domhnall and all of the community and people I havenāt mentioned). Thank you for helping me to become an extension developer. Thank you for everything. I am so happy for being a part of this family.
Goodbye Thunkable, I hope to see you evolve and continue your way. Thank you for letting me be a part of this. My name says it all 
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If you guys have been able to hold an ecosystem the way it has been on for the last years and successfully bring more users with the ideology that it was taken when firstly was built Thunkable, a platform available to build apps instead of paying for itā¦ you should keep this ideology in mind for future plans saying this all I want to say is Good bye Thunkable.
@ILoveThunkable I totally agree. On this one :
TO ALL USERS : Please make a list of things you want or do not want in a chill format (do not attack or be mean) and Iāll try to make a synthesis and send it to the team so they can consider the best solutions for everyone. It is not done yet but we need to discuss not to kick each other. Thank you
Sorry to say, but Iām getting really annoyed and sick by your replys to everything, how old are you and you answer and write as youāve been here since the beginning? I have 2 accounts and been here for 1 year, and even I see how stupid this decision with PRO is. Iāve been innactive since june cuz of the summer, and now I wanted to get started again with Thunking, and the first thing I see is a new user Iāve never seen before answering almost every post in here with an attitude Iāve never seen, I first though you were trolling, but I think you just want to try getting āin bedā with the leaders!
But I like this suggestion from Italo:
I would gladly pay 1$ for each app I start creating, if thatās what Italoās suggesting. And I would also pay 1$ for making it published. With enough users with this low cost, I donāt think thunkable is going to get broke! 
Just trying to make things go better, not like you obviously. But whatever, just donāt go with me. Iāll ignore you and youāll do the same. Works for me. Iām not thinking like you but it doesnāt give you the right to talk like this. Also, I joined in september 2017.
Have a nice day
Pardon me for not having a look at your profile before posting and making accusation for you to be new here. Iāve just not seen your name before when I was active.
Ignore me? Are you 10yo? Iām not ignoring anyone, I also want Thunkable to be better, AND I like the X, but like everyone else I feel that the price of 20$ month or 100$ year is way to much! I do get to have a say since I also use this builder!
And you should not think that when people write a ānegativeā post they are attacking the leaders/team. I think itās a good way to make a statment of what users think in this matter so that the leaders might consider a new strategy! Itās not like the leaders have made this a choice here, thatās why everyone is so upset, except you.
And announcing shutdown already of the classic is also something they should not do yet, not until they KNOW how or when to convert classic projects to X. Or else everyone is forced to make the apps they already have to start over from scratch with X.
Iām not attacking you, Iām just saying how I feel about you and your activity here since Iāve been back a few days ago. Iāve also seen your good side with helping other thunkers, good job 
But I donāt like the way you answer everyone that they are ādisrespectingā the team, just because they give a statement of what they feel about this case.
Have a nice day you to 
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Iād like to add Markās post which gives a bit of explanations : Welcome to Thunkable Pro (rant)
Nice day all ! 
I believe the major reason why Thunkable X fails miserably is because they are trying really hard to support Android and iOS both at the same time. I donāt think the team made a good move announcing their decision NOW, considering there are still VERY IMPORTANT FEATURES that need to be integrated into the X (Extension Upload Support, Custom Font Files, etc). I just donāt understand why the Thunkable team keeps taking about the BIG STUFF such as Blockchain, when they havenāt yet implemented some basics.
I really like the idea of dedicating Thunkable Classic to Android and Thunkable X for iOS. As for the team not providing support for Thunkable Classic Anymore, Maybe itās time you started to hire Devs from the community who really care about Thunkable Classic. Iāve seen some Amazing Extension Developers who are dedicated in serving this community, and who have really put in their effort to make Android App development a Fun Journey.
Iām not sure if youāre aware of it but there are a lot of people from across the world who have GROWN TOGETHER with This platform. Who have seen magic the first time their app came to life on their phone. Who felt pure joy when they helped someone else with a bug. Now this was way before X was even born. This was the REAL THUNKABLE. Saying that you wonāt be looking after it anymore cause we want to try what it feels like to be a business model is Saddening.
I would suggest you to maintain 2 different platforms for iOS and Android. Or else Hire devs who really care about developing Thunkable Classic. Saying that you would stop providing support for Thunkable Classic is a REALLY good way to migrate Users to other Platforms. As for Thunkable X, I would rather buy extensions from Devs and Make my own BLOCKCHAIN APP using Thunkable Classic, rather than make it in a system that Tries Too Hard.
ā Another User who almost had a Heart Attack when he read the Announcement!
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@amrita
Very very disappointed
I started with x it has
very less components
very less YT tutorials
I was in forceful position to use classic and now when I am having fun why are you taking away
You said to think and then thunk I have started thinking itās too early donāt make me stop thunking
Please donāt take away anything in 2019 or ever
Adding is your call
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Good news for X
Bad news for Classic
What will happens when app inventor will release their IOS platform ?
Letās transfer all my classic projects to Makeroidā¦
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