Frequently Asked Questions about REALbasic

How much does REALbasic cost?
REALbasic Professional Edition, which is intended for professional and corporate developers is $500.

REALbasic Personal Edition, which is intended for hobbyists, is $100.

CDs and printed documentation are available for an additional fee.

Academic discounts are available to qualified customers.

How much are updates?
Each new license includes six months of updates.

When your update plan expires you can renew it or you can continue to use any version released before your update plan expired.

Update plans may be renewed for one year (12 months at a time.)
Update plan renewals are $250 for Professional Edition and $50 for Personal Edition.

How often are updates released?
REAL Software releases updates to REALbasic every 90 days.

What is the difference between Professional Edition and Personal Edition?
Professional Edition is intended for use by professional and corporate developers and Personal Edition is intended for use by hobbyists, educators and students. Professional Edition is most often used by people who are making software for other people to use. Personal Edition is most often used by people who are making software for themselves.

Professional Edition offers many features not available in Personal Edition. Technical support is provided only on Professional Edition.

What are the System Requirements for using REALbasic?
View the System Requirements page.

Can I use my Windows license key on a Mac? (or vice versa)
No. Each license key is specific to a particular platform.

Can I create a REALbasic project on one platform, then move the project to another platform and continue working on it?
Yes. The REALbasic project file format is completely portable.

If I use REALbasic Personal Edition, can I still sell my applications?
Yes.

I see that some features have been deprecated or scheduled for removal from REALbasic. What does this mean?

We are deprecating and removing functionality from REALbasic to provide the best possible product for our users. We are removing some features so we can focus more on the needs of our users, but we are not going to leave anyone out in the cold. Major functionality will not be deprecated/removed until we have a suitable replacement.

• "Deemphasize" means that we are not doing active development on the feature, and that we do not intend to implement any new features. This feature will be deprecated in a future release, once a suitable replacement has been found.
• When a feature is "deprecated" that means we are not doing any active development on the feature and do not intend to impement any new features, nor fix any bugs. This means that the feature will be removed in the future and we will specify a target removal date. View list of deprecations.
• "Removal" is when the feature is removed entirely from the product and documentation.