Desktop and webfont pricing [for fontspring] is identical, but appfonts are ten times the price!
I think the blogger made a mistake here: desktop licenses are per 5 users, web licenses are per 500k page views, but app licenses seem to be for any number. The app license even explicitly states
b. Licensee may embed the Font into an unlimited number of copies of the App.
(As a tangential aside, why the heck does HN still not have a syntax for blockquoting!?)
Another potential difference might be that most (not all) webfont licensing situations involve content that is controlled entirely by the licensee, but app licenses might frequently involve scenarios where the licensee's customers control the content. For instance, Instapaper has effectively obtained a license for typesetting pretty much everything on the Internet in FF Meta.
> I think the blogger made a mistake here: desktop licenses are per 5 users, web licenses are per 500k page views, but app licenses seem to be for any number.
Indeed. So the "mobile" license is equivalent to 50 desktop users or 5 million pageviews in price, but without the limits.
I think the blogger made a mistake here: desktop licenses are per 5 users, web licenses are per 500k page views, but app licenses seem to be for any number. The app license even explicitly states
b. Licensee may embed the Font into an unlimited number of copies of the App.
(As a tangential aside, why the heck does HN still not have a syntax for blockquoting!?)