Corona SDK is now Free!

Getting Started Announcements
#41

The enterprise subscription fee remains the same so I would consider the corona cards a good bonus to enterprise subscribers.

Pro subscription however should be able to get a refund if the user doesn’t need enterprise. corona cards ios&android are not needed if you are developing with Coronasdk. Wp8 is free.

I am very glad I did not renew yet(left 3 mth), but for unfortunate ppl like @codingcake basically just thrown the 3 year subscription fees down the drain.

#42

Nob Studio - we are giving refunds to Basic/Pro subscribers if they bought in 2015, which we think is fair.

As for anyone who has bought multiple years, we will happily give a refund. Perhaps on the first year, depending on the timing (if they bought in 2015), but certainly on the 2nd and 3rd years.

#43

I was really excited to see this in my email. A hearty thanks to the staff who made this possible!

#44

As a (previous) Basic user, I have now access to the daily builds (hooray!).

But after installing the 2015.2576 it’s written “Enterprise” at the right corner of the simulator. I take it this will go away after a month and will be replaced with Pro?

#45

Hi,

So I just requested a refund to refund at coronalabs.com since I just bought Pro like a couple of weeks ago :slight_smile:
but haven’t got any reply back except a mail from support saying my request has been logged.

Is this the right reply or do I need to send another request?

Also, with this free Pro I can still make build for WP8 right? I’m abit confused since you mentioned that Pro users has been able to get WP8 Corona card for free, afaik it used to be several hundreds $ to license it. That’s what stopping me from releasing on WP8 so far

Thanks

#46

Hi @yanuar,

Yes, you can now develop for WP8 using your current license. If you haven’t located the proper guides/tutorials, please see here:

http://docs.coronalabs.com/coronacards/wp8/index.html

http://coronalabs.com/resources/tutorials/coronacards-enterprise/

Also, we received the refund requests and we’re working through them in order. If you don’t hear back anything by early next week, please bump this thread to remind me.

Thanks,

Brent

#47

Since Corona SDK became free, the build process has become notceably more unstable. Is this because suddenly your user base has increased by 200%? Or is it because now everybody has the same priority in the build queue?

I used to be a paying customer and one of the nice things was that I was prioritized in the building queue.

#48

The engineers are not seeing any slowdowns.  For former starter accounts its important to logout and back in, then quit and restart to make sure it doesn’t say “Starter” in the top right.

Rob

#49

The build process seems to be more like before now.

#50

Hi, I already have a Google Play developer account. So, if Corona SDK is free now, does it mean that I need not pay Corona and still be able to generate signed apk files and publish my applications to Google Play?

#51

Yes.

#52

Amazing! Corona is such a great product, thank you.

#53

It sounds great - but where will Corona (or Fuse) get the income to enable them to continue developing the product. 

#54

so, will Corona’s future viability be sustained entirely via Fuse-related activity?

(that is, is CSDK now effectively a “loss leader” for Fuse?)

if so, any chance future builds will “force” some sort of Fuse-related activity for your benefit?  (ad spash on startup for example)

or “force” the collection of some type of behind-the-scenes analytics, that might be “questionable” in certain market segments?

or… what?  the cynic suspects that nothing is ever truly free, and wonders what’s your angle

#55

Hmmmm  :unsure: …

#56

Great news! It would be nice if you’d give all subscribers the chance to be pro-rated on their current package. I really don’t want Enterprise and I have 4 months left on my Pro package. I’d rather just get the refund since I run a tight business.

Also will the 2 machine limit be lifted?  I have a desktop and laptop, plus a work laptop I’d like to all use Corona on.  I “guess” I could just sign up for another account.

This is all good news.  I hope this gets more subscribers.

#57

This is really great news, It would be very interesting to let us know Corona’s new “business model” in order to be assured that Corona sdk is here to stay. 

Also is there any easy way  (a list or something similar) for non-Pro users to find out which are the new features/API that are now available?

#58

You can check out waybackmachine.org.

Check the pricing page and see the differences between the different tiers. The linked snapshot is from a few weeks ago.

http://web.archive.org/web/20150219121032/http://coronalabs.com/pricing/

#59

Thanks, this is the list that I was looking for.

#60

Awesome news! Really thank you, guys. Really grateful for the bonuses.

One thing, I am an Enterprise subscriber and I kinda envy Pro subscribers - more Enterprise months sounds a better deal to me compared to CoronaCards.

So can you please replace my CoronaCards licenses with just more months of Corona Enterprise?

Thanks!