Panic is behind a host of popular Mac and iOS apps, including Coda, Transmit, and Prompt. Starting soon, though, the team is taking one of those apps off of the iOS App Store…
While the developing team says the app always felt like an obvious addition to its suite of apps, it wasn’t until iOS 8’s introduction of the Share Sheet that there was really a way to bring it to the iPhone and iPad.
In reality, however, Panic says the interest in Transmit isn’t enough to warrant keeping it around. The revenue it brought in during 2017, around $35,000, isn’t enough “to cover even a half-time developer working on the app.” Furthermore, iOS 10 introduced a first-party Files app, which Panic says “overlaps a lot of file-management functionality.”
Panic isn’t saying that Transmit for iOS is completely going away, though. Everyone who already has it can continue to use it for the foreseeable future. Furthermore, Panic hopes that “as iOS matures” and more folks see it as a true work machine, there will be enough interest to bring Transmit back.
If you’ve been holding out on buying Transmit, it’s still available for now from the App Store, but I’d buy it sooner rather than later. Download it for $9.99.
More details on Panic’s blog.
