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MacHeist nanoBundle: 6 Mac Apps Worth $154 For Free. Some Thoughts About It.

The new edition of MacHeist isn’t called MacHeist IV but “nanoBundle”. It features 6 Mac apps worth $154 available as a free download. The apps are:

- Shovebox

- Twitterrific

- Writeroom

- TinyGrab

- Hordes of Orcs

- Mariner Write (unlocked when the nanoBundle will reach 500,000 participants!)

Now, I don’t think anyone can really criticize this year’s MacHeist. When people is able to get paid stuff for free, nobody can criticize the apps (which for instance are very good in my opinion).

Years ago Gruber wrote a very interesting article which questioned the real value of MacHeist to software developers. Now, I believe that if a developer agrees to partecipate to MacHeist with an application, he actually knows the pro and cons of it.

Who are we to criticize their choices? Do the user really care about this? No.

Do we care about it just because we are bloggers? Yes.

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Federico is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of MacStories, where he writes about Apple with a focus on apps, developers, iPad, and iOS productivity. He founded MacStories in April 2009 and has been writing about Apple since. Federico is also the co-host of AppStories, a weekly podcast exploring the world of apps, Unwind, a fun exploration of media and more, and NPC: Next Portable Console, a show about portable gaming and the handheld revolution.

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