I’ve received several questions from owners of LittleSnapper for iPhone whether or not they are going to need to repurchase Cinder once it becomes available. The answer to this is yes. Before you howl, let me tell you that Cinder will be FREE for two weeks after launch. After that, Cinder will become a paid application. To reiterate:

Cinder Will be FREE for the first two weeks.

The background behind the need to repurchase is this: Apple doesn’t transfer apps between developers when the apps change hands. To Apple and the App Store, Cinder is a brand new application. What means for end users is that they are forced to repurchase the application to continue to receive updates. I learned this lesson from the acquisition of FitnessTrack and Emergency Information. 

I want all previous users to continue to get updates, so that’s why I’m giving everyone, even those that didn’t own it before, the opportunity to get Cinder for free. So keep an eye on this blog, on the the BitBQ and Cinder twitter accounts for the release announcement.