So, I am confused. You know that I have been using Tap Forms ever since Tap Forms 3, I also have TF 5. Is the cost of €59 for IOS and Desktop the 50% price? I don’t see any discount. Will next year’s subscription be €118?
Could you explain? Thanks.
Kimberley
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I’ve heard of a few people having this issue. But there are lots of subscriptions coming in still from all over the world, so it’s working for most people, but seems to be causing this for some people.
I did submit an update to Apple a few days ago which got rejected, but I submitted another one to Apple just today, so hopefully that’ll get approved and the store can update properly.
You can also email me and I’ll send you a link to be able to purchase it from the App Store directly from iOS as it seems it’s a Mac App Store issue.
I am running into a problem trying to purchase a MacOS + iOS subscription to Tap Forms Pro. I’ve downloaded Tap Forms Pro on my Mac and click the button for a discount offer for owners of Tap Forms 5. The Mac App Store opens, I provide my account credentials, confirm the purchase, and then get the following error message: Purchase of this item is not currently available. This item is being modified. Please try again later.”
I have been trying at different times over the past several days. I’ve closed and reopened Tap Forms Pro and have deleted and reinstalled Tap Forms Pro. I continue to get the same error message. I’ve also tried upgrading from the iOS version, but I don’t get the discount offer when I do that.
Any idea what might be going on? Is this a Tap Forms Pro issue or something going on with the Mac App Store? If it matters, I’m in Canada and use the Canada App Store.
Thanks.
I attached 3 screen prints from a summary form I had for A) Tap Forms 5 versus B) the conversion to Tap Forms Pro. I also attach C) which is the link to forms. 2 questions:
1) I added additional records to the “races” form and they were not showing up in this summary so I did a Recalculation of all Forms & Scripts. After this, the states where no races have run defaulted to the total number of records instead of zero like in Tap Forms 5. I tried various conditional If statements, but can not seem to figure out the correct formula to make this work correctly in Tap Forms Pro. Appreciate help.
2) In trying to fix the formula, I deleted the additional fields (that were added via the “select fields” icon at the right of the titles that was in Tap Forms 5. How do I do I add fields in Tap Forms Pro?
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Dear Brendan,
Must i assume that you have first to pay the subscriptioin ? With a form selected, everything stays grey, and furthermore, i cannot add a form in the trial version.
regards
Dirk
Well I have no problem paying the subscription fee. I mean, who can work for free?
Let’s see what happens.
I do like the tags feature!!
John
So I suspect you could use a Shortcut to call out to a script that sets a Start Date & Time and then another shortcut that sets the End Date & Time value and that’s sort of like a timer. Another field could display the total duration. Or when you tell the shortcut the end time, you could have the script say back “ok, I’ve marked the end of your task, you took 2 hours, 20 minutes doing that task”. Or something like that. The possibilities are endless with some scripting and shortcuts.
Tap Forms is still read-only on Apple Watch. Most fields are viewable, but not relationship fields or Table field.
As for Shortcuts support, if you open the Shortcuts app, you can see what shortcuts Tap Forms Pro supports.
Currently there’s 4 shortcuts in Tap Forms Pro:
1. Create Record
2. Open Document (and form)
3. Open Tap Forms Pro
4. Run Script
The Create Record and Run Script shortcuts are the most powerful.
If you look at the Grocery Shopping List form in the template library, there’s a few scripts in there that you can run to do things like ask Tap Forms what items you need to buy, tell Tap Forms you bought a certain item, or tell Tap Forms you need to buy a certain item. Those can all be controlled with shortcuts. I did a demo in Toronto to Apple just over a month ago and they were very impressed. I could say “Hey Siri, what do I need to buy today?” and it would speak out the things to me. Then I could say “Hey Siri, I just bought” and it would ask “What did you buy?”. Then I would say “Maple Cookies”. Then it would say “Ok, I’ve just taken Maple Cookies off your list”. It was pretty cool.
I plan on making a video showcasing that.
Hi Neva,
Please email me at support@tapforms.com and I can send you a link to click that should take care of the subscription for you so you can get the discount for the family option. As long as you email me before the two weeks trial is up.
Thanks,
Brendan
Same here. Used Bento until it was dropped, then started using Tap Forms. I need more insensitive to go subscription based. I really prefer licensed, and would happily pay a reasonable price for the new version.
Same situation. I love the program and have used it since they killed Bento.
I would have quickly paid for an upgrade, but subscriptions are a non-starter for personal use software.
I’m not sure I want to upgrade from Tap Forms 5 to Tap Forms Pro subscription at this point, but I’d like to maybe try a 1 month subscription to see if I like the Pro version.
So, my question is, if I were to download Tap Forms Pro, would it install over Tap Forms 5, or would they remain separate apps?
I will of course be upgrading the Pro version with new features as I build them. This way I can release the features as I complete them without having to hold anything back for a bigger upgrade from now on. It will be much better for me and much better for my customers.
What specific features were you looking for that I didn’t include in Tap Forms Pro?
Do you have a road map of the new things you’d like to implement in Tap Forms Pro, within the next twelve months? I’m ok with the subscription model if I know I’ll regularly get new features. Otherwise, this becomes a licensing fee.
Quicken does it, for example. Every year (twice a year I think) we get an email that explaines the general direction where they’ll be pushing development in the next year (like “This year, reporting will be updgraded with more ways to customize grouping”, etc). There are threads to ask for new features and users can vote for the things they want the most. For example, we got Tags a few months ago, and reordering of the accounts in the general view.
I think this would be useful in deciding whether to get a subscription or not.
I upgraded to Tap Forms Pro on my iPad and opted for the Family one-year subscription MacOS and iOS. It gave me a two-week free trial and then will bill $59 per year following the two-week period. I set everything up on my iPad and synced to iCloud. Everything looked good. I THINK I remember reading to do the setup on one device, then on your other devices, just sync and all your data would appear.
Just now I was attempting to upgrade my Mac. When I downloaded the app, it gave me an offer for the first year at half price, but when I tried to select it said I was not eligible. I suspect because I had already subscribed. I wasn’t offered the 50% off when I subscribed from my iPad. Obviously, I want the 50% off. Should I cancel my current free trial and subscription, then try to accept the offer?
Also, as mentioned, I subscribed to Family and my husband is getting a separate offer, for the free trial and to be billed after the two weeks. How does he tell Tap Forms that our Family already has a subscription?
Hi Juan,
I’m sorry but Tap Forms doesn’t directly have a timer function built-in to it.
Maybe it could be possible with an Apple Shortcut that then calls a Tap Forms form script and transfers the data to it. But not sure.
Thanks,
Brendan
