Iconfactory:

The app will be transitioning to a subscription payment model. This will happen with the release of Linea 3.0 sometime early in 2020.

We tried hard to avoid a subscription, but the costs to maintain the app are much higher than the income from new sales. This is obviously not a sustainable situation! We have two options:

Let the app die a slow, painful, and unsupported death Find a source of recurring revenue

I hate the subscription model as much as anyone but given this blog post, I completely understand why Iconfactory, a well respected and trusted Mac/iOS developer, feels it needs to go this route. The best news is the subscription for Linea Sketch 3 will only be $10/year. And, if you buy/bought the app in 2019 (it’s only $5), you’ll get a year of the new version for free.