Pricing: Free records every channel; Pro and packs unlock the workflow and the Drive (#703)

Implements Eric's 2026-10-15 pricing decision. The full split is in the decision comment on #703.

Slices, each a small PR, written test-first:

Entitlement rule (Kit): Free records every USB Channel. Gate each paid feature: Mixer Link names and colors, typed names, auto-gain, clip protection, the Drive Copy, Repair and Drive only, Markers past 3 per Take, the Show report, Reaper export, Templates, 96 kHz. Judged only at record press, never mid-Take. The Apple Watch remote stays Free (Eric, 2026-10-15).
Free with a Drive plugged in: record to the Device only, show the Pro offer once and calmly, and never interrupt a Take.
Paywall and Settings copy: the pack for the connected mixer first ("Pro for your XR18, $7.99"), with Pro beside it.
Pack ladder: two packs plus the step to Pro must cost less than Pro. Offer "Get Pro instead" at the second pack.
App Store Connect: pack prices ($7.99 / $7.99 / $6.99). Eric or Claude through the App Store Connect API.
Website and listing: the pricing page, the changelog and the App Store text (Competitive brief: answer "why not Manytrack, the free one?" in the listing and on the site #703, Website SEO: rank showrecorder.app for "XR18 multitrack recording iPhone / iPad / Mac" #704).

Grandfather anyone who has already bought.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01K4ihr1i6m1uuUswAENvJKJ

Launch pricing (Eric, 2026-10-15)

Start cheap until we have real buyers, then step up:

Stage	Pro	X Air / X32 pack	DJM pack	Move on at
Launch	$4.99	$2.99	$2.99	about 25 buyers
Step 2	$9.99	$4.99	$4.99	about 50 buyers
Full	$19.99	$7.99	$6.99	n/a

How it goes up: non-consumable purchases can't cap at a buyer count, so Claude watches sales through the App Store Connect API and asks Eric (multiple choice) at each threshold. The price change is then scheduled in App Store Connect.
Say it's a launch price in the paywall and the listing ("Launch price").
Early buyers keep everything they bought (grandfathered), and the ladder rule (two packs plus the step to Pro must cost less than Pro) is rechecked at each stage.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01K4ihr1i6m1uuUswAENvJKJ

Subscription (Eric, 2026-10-15): later, at full price

Launch with one-time purchases only ($4.99, then $9.99, then $19.99). When Pro reaches $19.99, add Pro monthly at $1.99 beside it, with a free first week, as the low-entry option.

One-time buyers are unaffected.
The entitlement is still judged only at record press, so a lapsed subscription never stops a Take (Show-Safe Promise).
Before then: the lapsing entitlement and grace period, App Review's rules on what a subscription must keep providing, and the paywall showing both options.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01K4ihr1i6m1uuUswAENvJKJ

Change (Eric, 2026-10-15): the Apple Watch remote stays Free. Take it off the Pro list. Pro and packs still unlock: Mixer Link names and colors, typed names, auto-gain, clip protection, the external Drive (Copy, Repair, Drive only), unlimited Markers, the Show report, Reaper export, Templates and 96 kHz.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01K4ihr1i6m1uuUswAENvJKJ

Entitlement: Pro gates on TakeAllowance, not yet enforced (#705) (#725)

Mixer Link names and colors: Pro only on the Stems (#705)

Markers: Free keeps 3 per Take (#705) (#726)

Free records every USB Channel; the Free channel picker goes (#705)

Mixer Link names and colors: Pro only on the Stems (#705) (#727)

Free records every USB Channel; the Free channel picker goes (#705)

Eric (2026-10-15): on Free, the meters keep showing the Mixer's channel names live, and only the Stem file names are Pro. Slices 2 (Free with a Drive) and 3 (the new paywall moment) go to agent3, stacked after #731. No tag until slice 2 lands.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01K4ihr1i6m1uuUswAENvJKJ

The Drive is Pro: a Free Take records to the Device (#705) (#728)

Paywall: offer Pro when a Free Take's Stems got generic names (#705)

Clip protection is Pro: judged from the Take's allowance (#705) (#729)

Paywall: offer Pro when a Free Take's Stems got generic names (#705)

Pro purchases: owned packs survive a cold start, and a pack change co…

Pro purchases: a pack owner's upgrade is Pro while the pack is owned (#…

Paywall offer for mixer packs, shared packs, and the launch price sta…

Mixer packs in the app: buy a pack or the upgrade, behind PackAvailab…

Pro: the license honors a pack on the Armed family; pack plan and Res…

Mixer packs in the app: buy a pack or the upgrade, behind PackAvailab…

Slices 3 to 5 merged (2026-10-16). Packs are Debug-only (PackAvailability). Device-only: not yet tried on an iPhone.

Kit:
- Pro purchases: a mixer pack is Pro on its own family (#705, #412) #766: a mixer pack is Pro on its own family.
- Pro purchases: owned packs survive a cold start, and a pack change counts (#705) #768: packs survive a cold start, and a pack change counts.
- Pro purchases: a pack owner's upgrade is Pro while the pack is owned (#705) #769: upgrade.pro counts only while a pack is owned.
- Paywall offer for mixer packs, shared packs, and the launch price stage (#705) #770: the paywall offer.
  - The Armed X Air or X32 pack comes first, with Pro beside it.
  - A generic input gets Pro only.
  - A pack someone bought earns only the upgrade; a second pack is hidden.
  - Someone with only a shared pack gets full Pro.
  - PriceStage.current = .launch, with a "Launch price" label.
- Pro: the license honors a pack on the Armed family; pack plan and Restore wording (#705) #771: license() honors the Armed family; the plan reads "X Air pack"; Restore says "Restored: X Air pack".
App, Mixer packs in the app: buy a pack or the upgrade, behind PackAvailability (#705) #772:
- loads and buys the packs and the upgrade;
- reads isFamilyShared from ownershipType;
- Settings › Pro and the paywall offer the pack first ("Pro for your XR18"), Pro, or the upgrade;
- the local .storekit has Pro 4.99, packs 2.99 and the upgrade 1.99.
Release builds look as before.
App Store Connect (slice 5): read-only from here. Pro has Family Sharing on and is now $4.99; the coordinating session changed that. No pack or upgrade product exists yet; creating them waits for Eric's go.
Slice 6: draft PR Site and listing: Free records every USB Channel; Pro at a $4.99 launch price (#705) #773 (site, listing, README, CONTEXT, ADR) for Eric's approval.

Device test: Xcode ⌘R in Debug, with the scheme's StoreKit configuration. The steps are in #772.

Open for Eric:

whether "Launch price" shows in Release under Buy Pro;
the Trial chip when the Armed family's pack is owned;
approving Site and listing: Free records every USB Channel; Pro at a $4.99 launch price (#705) #773;
the go to create the pack and upgrade products in App Store Connect.

Pricing copy: mark Pro in the text, beta features "In beta, Pro" (#705)

Show "Launch price" under Buy Pro in every build (#705) (#777)

Listing: promotional text leads with Free (#705)

Site and listing: Free records every USB Channel; Pro at a .99 launch…

1.0.3: Free records every USB Channel (#705) (#791)

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