---
title: "Future of Silica Viewer"
date: 2023-03-27
draft: false
summary: "Silica Viewer is leaving the App Store."
tags:
- Procreate
- Apple
---

I will not be renewing my Apple Developer License for various reasons [I've already discussed elsewhere]({{<ref "/blog/breaking-even" >}}). It is due to expire sometime in the summer, so there's still a couple of months before it disappears off the App Store. I'm actually _losing_ money by selling my software on the App Store, and I don't really work on a Mac anymore. Plus more fun problems related to Apple infrastructure:

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If you already bought Silica Viewer, nothing will change - you can continue to re-download it into perpetuity. This just means you can't pay money for it now, although I wouldn't want you to because I don't keep up with active development. As always, Silica Viewer is open source and free to use still.

![Screenshot of Silicate](macos.webp)

For people looking for alternative software, check out [Silicate](https://github.com/Avarel/silicate) by [Avarel](https://avarel.github.io/). It works on more platforms than Silica Viewer, and has a better rendering engine, along with other cool features! Thank you all who have supported by using my software, as always :)