I have used this app since OS Mavericks.
Until Mojave, It was fine, But I can’t even launch it from OS Catalina.
Is there any plan for Scrivener 2 update for Catalina?
Scrivener 2 had haven’t existed in AppStore for long time.
Do I really have to pay another $50 for version 3, even though I’m enough with just version 2?
Or going back to Mojave is my only option
We have no control over Apple’s decisions including, in this case, the decision not to support 32-bit applications under Catalina.
There are no further updates planned for Scrivener 2. It is not supported with any version of Mac OS after 10.12.
As a licensed Scrivener 2 user, you are entitled to an upgrade discount for Scrivener 3. Send your Apple Store purchase receipt to updates@literatureandlatte.com.
Katherine
It was several years ago that I purchased the Scrivener.
So there is no way that I can find my receipt.
You know, No one saves the receipt for years.
Is there any other way that I can prove my purchased history?
A screenshot of the Purchases tab in the Apple Store software works, too. Apple doesn’t share purchase information with us, so there’s no way for us to verify the purchase from our side.
Katherine
Actually, I have a folder in my mailbox that is precisely where I store receipts for online purchases, licenses, etc. It goes back to when I first registered this domain name, for the important purchases I still use.
Don’t say “no one” unless you are 100% factually sure that no one in fact does what you are claiming no one does. Even then…you’re probably wrong. 
Same here. I store all my licence details in Yojimbo and in 1Password; that goes back to around 2006 or 7 and includes software I no longer use. And it’s all backed up on external drives just in case.
Mark
Me too. They’re in my email archive and in Evernote. It only took one online software purchase for which I had to pay twice to convince me to keep software licence keys forever.
Without meaning to pile on, same here. I keep digital purchase receipts and maintain a database of essential info. But I wonder if this habit will only turn up in folks who grew into computer technology during a somewhat earlier era. —gr
This is the appeal of the App Store: you don’t have to hold onto receipts or license keys because Apple does it for you. Except Apple doesn’t allow discounts on App Store purchases, which makes it very difficult to offer an upgrade path for users.
(Apple says do it via subscriptions and in-app purchases. That doesn’t seem to be a good answer from the user point of view.)
Katherine
Yes, and then Apple can royally mess up your day with all of your apps.
No thanks. I use the App Store when I have to (iOS, Mac apps that are free and where I only use them occasionally and wouldn’t be put out if I lost them), but if a dev offers direct, that’s the way I buy.
I’ve never had any app store issues, though prefer to deal direct with software companies for the discount upgrades.
I, too, keep all my receipts. The oldest one on my present system dates from 2007.