Audiopad is a beautiful app that does one task extremely well. It has proven to be a trusted companion to hundreds of users that have sent thousands of audio memos since the launch more than a year and a half ago.

Sadly, Audiopad did not gain sufficiently wide traction to stay profitable in the long run. The Audiopad service relies on a server to forward the memos to the recipients, and the hard truth is that this server costs money to run regardless of app sales. I have reached a decision to shut down the Audiopad server by 31 Jan 2014. From then on, Audiopad will lose its mailing ability, but it will still work as a stand-alone audio recorder.

I am truly sad to take a useful service away from the dedicated people who take advantage of Audiopad on a daily basis. But it’s a necessary move because putting money into a machine that doesn’t give at least as much money back just isn’t a sensible thing to do in the long run.

I have thought about switching the app to a subscription system, but implementing a new version would add even more costs. A number of existing users would also abandon the app and not pay a subscription. This is not a solution to the problem.

I also thought about asking for donations to keep the server up, but that is simply not a professional way to run a service. I doubt that users would keep donating to something they already paid for — even though they only paid $1. (If you really want to donate then either comment on this post or send me a message.)

This leaves me with the choice I’ve made. I am very grateful to the users that Audiopad has attracted, and it’s been very satisfying to build something solid that is being used by lots of people all over the world every day. That is a good thing.

Thank you very much.

Audiopad only just hit the App Store and is already receiving great customer reviews and 5-star ratings from around the world!

Here’s a great big thank you to all the early birds. They’re smart people! You should join them 🙂

Fellow developers might be interested to know that it took 12 days for the app to go through Apple’s review process, but the review itself lasted less than 3 hours.

We have thoroughly tested the many beta versions of the Audiopad app, and I am very confident when I now say:

IT’S FINISHED!

It will still take a while before you’ll see it in the App Store though, because their review process is always a game of roulette. I have no doubts that the app will be approved; the unknown factor is how long it will take.

If you’re impatient, you can sign up to be notified when it’s available.

Powered by rigorous beta testing, the Audiopad app progresses nicely toward a final release. It even looks great on the new iPad. So exciting!

Besides finalizing the code, there are still a million other small and big things to handle. We are confidently aiming at a release in the beginning of July.

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I am very excited about the Audiopad development progress!

The graphics are complete and look awesome, and we’re making fantastic advances on the code too. The basics of the app are working as they should.

We’ve still got to polish the completed parts, and there is some tricky back-end work still to do. One part of that work appeared because we ran into a limitation in iOS, but we’re turning that into our advantage because working around this limitation helps us deliver a superior solution – just wait and see!

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