Romain Dillet, writing for TechCrunch:

And the numbers are quite impressive after just a year. Over 200,000 people tried Setapp and 15,000 are paying. It represents around $1.5 million in annual recurring revenue (even though a large portion of this revenue goes back to app developers). Setapp could represent a breath of fresh air for many independent Mac developers. Instead of relying of [sic] big income spikes around major releases, they could get some money every month from Setapp users.

If you’re on the fence about Setapp, I recommend trying it for a few months. The big advantage if you’re someone who already owns many of the apps the service offers: discovery and use of apps you might not even try.

I had actually gone through the trial of Setapp, and then dropped the service for several months because I already owned many of the apps. But when an app I owned came out with an update, I decided to give Setapp another try instead. As it turns out, I’m now using several apps that I wouldn’t have otherwise even tried. This was a surprise to me.