I was so ready to give the companion app premium a try. $5 to try out the features and see if it was worth it doesn't seem like too much to me. So today I logged in to purchase my 30 days. And that is where I found the glaring issue. I subscribe to xiv for 180 days at a time. I pretty much have since the beginning... I DO NOT want to subscribe to the companion app in the same way. Based on prorated cost I would have to pay $21 for the companion app... Which is way more then I want to spend to test it out.

I also wanted the option to not pay for it during certain months, such as the end of a patch cycle when i'm barely playing the game....