For a while, until he made sure every holiday stuffed the app with a repeating pop-up (think 5+ times over the holiday) that asked users to subscribe. Even users that already paid for the βProβ version.
I forgot what he did when Apollo closed down but it was another big moneygrab.
The app itself always stayed pretty great, but the steady ramp up in monetization got increasingly annoying over the years.
I remember the reports in r/apollo but I never experienced those issues myself. I don't know the guy personally so I can't make a judgement on if he was lying about that being a bug or not, but whatever the case it certainly wasn't something every user experienced.
I forgot what he did when Apollo closed down but it was another big moneygrab.
The app itself always stayed pretty great, but the steady ramp up in monetization got increasingly annoying over the years.