I was actually thinking of writing a program like that (tired of not using my C.S. Bacholors Degree
). $500 doesn't sound like a lot for a program like that, considering the limited market it has. Programming takes a lot of time so they need to recover their costs somehow. Though, I do know that $500, is a lot of money to us poor working folk.
Strange that they don't offer a "basic" version, that has some of the basic modules for a cheaper price.
I looked around for something similar, but didn't find anything.