This Movavi company is super dishonest, they are doing heavy misleading advertising with lifetime licenses that are a complete rip off. As the other Amazon user below mentions they do not update the software, all they do is release very minor updates and change the number of the software to make it look that it is a new version. The lifetime license does not provide access to new versions, so it is not really a lifetime license with free lifetime updates instead is a useless license for a software that doesn't get real major updates and is way behind what other video editing tools in the market provide. There are lot of essential features missing, if you do not want to waste your money with useless Movavi software that includes false and very misleading lifetime advertising and doesn't get real updates and lacks many basic and essential features that other video editors have, then stay far away from Movavi software, it is a complete rip off, money grabbing scheme.
Beware - movavi has false and misleading advertising about 'Lifetime licenses'
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2016
Be warned about movavi's claimed 'Lifetime' license -
I recently bought "1 x Movavi Video Converter - Lifetime License",
but I actually only got about four months of Movavi Video Converter Version 16,
which I only realised when I went to install the latest download version (after a new OS install) and found my key was not valid for the new Version 17.
So my "Lifetime License" lasted for about a third of a year - just one version of the product, during which I received NO updates at all.
There was no mention of versions in my purchase, nor in the advertising nor product information when purchasing the current version :
[...]
This is a prima facie case of false and misleading advertising.
I contacted movavi about this, but their agent Maria Kukhtinova from the Movavi Support Team dismissed my complaint with :
" The license is permanent for the specific version of the program. When we release a new version, you are offered to purchase an upgrade or to refuse and keep using the version you own.
You purchase a license for a specific version of the software, for instance, 16. All the minor upgrades within 16th version are free (16.1, 16.2 etc.). All the major upgrades to the next versions (17, 18, etc) can only be purchased if you need them. This is the only type of licensing that is available. "
This critical information about licenses only applying to one VERSION was withheld from me as purchaser - one might expect a 'Lifetime' to cover the life of the buyer, or at least the life of the product - NOT just one version.
So too the information that movavi is currently on Version 17 after 12 years in business, and that Version 16 was nearly a year old when I purchased.
Frankly - this is an dishonest rip-off - which even appears to be deliberate policy by movavi.
Avoid movavi 'Lifetime licenses'.
Quentin David Jones
Movavi Video Suite - 1-Year Personal License [PC Download]
3.5 | 4 ratings
Price: 94.95
Last update: 12-17-2024
About this item
Get our AI-powered background remover
Use a collection of stylish frames
Use our AI-based background sound remover
Share videos on TikTok
Enlarge videos by up to 8 times with AI-driven upscaling
Use a collection of stylish frames
Use our AI-based background sound remover
Share videos on TikTok
Enlarge videos by up to 8 times with AI-driven upscaling
Top reviews from the United States
Di
Beware - Movavi has false and very misleading advertising about 'Lifetime licenses'
Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2023
Triston
Simple editor
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2023
Luciano Reis
Very Easy to Use
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2023