Disturbing lack of free vs. premium feature transparency

A very disappointing experience, and ultimately a needless waste of time. Unless you have only very casual needs, I believe this product will disappoint you, too.

My primary use case is to spawn Linux servers and test code on them. Here is a list of problems I encountered with the free version:

* limited set of Linux distros (e.g., no Fedora)
* no easy way to connect to VM from Mac host (e.g., ssh, web, etc)
* limited networking options (e.g., no bridging)
* no snapshots
* no idea which features are available in free vs. premium versions

This last one is by far my biggest complaint. Veertu seems to purposefully avoid telling you ahead of time which features are only unlocked after paying the $40 in-app purchase. They have a section on their web site called "Pricing & Version Information" that contains absolutely zero information about versions or pricing. I have no problem with their freemium model; this lack of transparency, however, is annoying and deceptive. If I had a way of knowing about all the limitations, I would never have downloaded this app and would have saved myself a lot of time.

As if the above werent bad enough, I experimented with various preferences settings only to be told -- over and over again -- that "This feature requires in-app purchase". Okay. Which feature? The up-sell prompt doesn’t say. I have no idea, since I dont recall which preference boxes I checked. Then, even after unchecking all the checkboxes, the same inscrutable message appears, and I am unable to start the VM no matter what I do. I assume this is a bug of some kind, but since it renders the software completely unusable, I deleted the app on the spot.

I like that there are no kernel extensions needed, but ultimately this app is too limited and frustrating, which is unfortunate. I hope the developers address the above-mentioned shortcomings in due course.

SnowLprd about Veertu - Native Virtualization, v1.1.3