This is indeed the thing with open source; anyone can publish it on the App Store and charge for it. 
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Disappointing about closed source. I don’t have a problem with charging for the application, the lack of an iOS client was a big dealbreaker with Syncthing but if I’m forced to use closed source applications I might as well use Resilio.
I also can’t think of any examples where a dev took open source code and resubmitted an app to undercut someone else. So I fail to see the justification for the paranoia.
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I have seen seen cases like that in Android, although it was a little bit different. The original application was free and open source, but some people would fork it and then release on the Play Store under a different name charging money for it.
Sure but thats on Android with Google’s extremely lax rules when it comes to publishing apps to their store. Last time I checked Apple doesn’t even allow anyone to publish GPL forked apps on their App Store.
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Long time Resilo Sync user, currently looking at alternatives since they removed support for Windows Server for all except their really expensive business plans.
Would have moved over to Syncthing before, the only thing missing for me was iOS support. So really excited to see Mobius Sync! Thanks!
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Xmas came early this year! I’m so glad to have this. I bought my first ever iPhone recently, and was so disappointed to find out that there was no syncthing for it (and honestly, I’m also disappointed at very many things about the ways these iPhones work generally).
I have tested your app, and it is working great for me. In your other thread, you mentioned that it will try to occasionally sync in the background. How often does it try?
I look forward to paying you a reasonable amount for this app.
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I’ll be glad to test this!
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Amazing!!
Happy to see this (and testing it). For me, the lack of iOS client is a huge dealbreaker as well, so I’m super happy to see this happening and will surely buy the app. I am not as strict on closed source as others here, on iOS that’s unfortunately the case anyway. I wouldn’t mind a free ad supported version although I wouldn’t use it. Also I’d pay for a non-subscription app (assuming reasonable price).
One technical suggestion that would be fairly important for me is a selective cache of some sort, similarly as for nextcloud: As of now, Moebius Sync will sync a complete Folder which can be 10s of GBs which I don’t want permanently on my phone. But I may want to look for stuff on the go and download files here and there (assuming I have syncthing instances running somewhere).
The only choice I have now is to create a separate “Mobile” folder with only the necessities but risking that I can’t access data on the go that is somewhere else.
I am aware that this might be hard to implement (though definitely not impossible) and it goes a bit against the concept of syncthing (it’s not client/server) but I’m just putting this out because it would be extremely valuable for a mobile client.
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Just wanted to add another PS: I understand your concerns about somebody else selling your app if you make it open source. But I need to agree with other people here: I think it will be unlikely a threat for two reasons:
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KeePassium and StrongBox are both commercially successful apps but source code is public. Both work very well and I do not know of a case where this was an issue. You could consider contacting their authors on their view/experience on this! And JFYI: https://keepassium.com/articles/keepass-apps-for-ios/
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Your potential customers are not 99.9% of iOS users who neither care about or have no clue about security/privacy … it’s the 0.1% that does. These potential customers value transparency and the ability to audit the code. By not making the code public, you are risking to loose exactly those people who regard such a syncapp as security critical.
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Your potential customers (or most of them) are the ones who understand the ecosystem. Those people won’t be tempted to use a stolen app. An app that’s obviously stolen will likely not have a chance to succeed.
jm2c
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Does this NEED to be ios14.1?
Tools like this are really great for retiring devices.
But also I’m on 14.0 (for some development reasons) and it’s not supported.
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Would love to download this, but I’m getting “This app is not available in your country or region.” I’m in the US.
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Thanks for the positive feedback. There is no application control over how often the background syncs run in iOS, so once the initial release is out, I want to focus on the various ways to work around this.
Indeed that’s on my personal wishlist too, but I imagine it’ll be quite difficult to do too.
The big question for me is whether to embark on that or photo upload first.
I appreciate the practical suggestions and examples. I’ll look into them at some point once I get the first release out and stable.
Good point. There are some features that work better on the newer iOSes so it was simplest to start with the most recent. But your point about old devices is a good one, so will see if we can push it back at some stage.
If you’re clicking on the App Store link from the website, yes that’s expected. Version 1.0 went live briefly until I realised I wanted to make one more change. Version 1.0.1 is under Apple review right now and should be out within hours. Will be available everywhere except France (due to encryption paperwork required there).
I’ll advise here when it’s out.
Hi guys! Now that this is announced and work ongoing I’d appreciate it if support were handled somewhere else, as this is a commercial venture and not really something the Syncthing project is involved in or can affect. Perhaps you have an issue tracker or similar where beta feedback can be gathered.
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Thanks Jakob.
The first public release is now available. Download link and FAQ including support channels are at https://www.mobiussync.com.
Would love a video about:
- how to configure the app
- what’s free, what is $$ feature
Cheers! P
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