If you look at the consumer software industry as a whole, lots of companies make big money selling stuff that costs more than $20. And a whole bunch of that is certainly not shareware or trialware (e.g. most game cartridges, etc.)
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App Store Hits 15,000 Apps, 500 Million Downloads
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If you look at the consumer software industry as a whole, lots of companies make big money selling stuff that costs more than $20. And a whole bunch of that is certainly not shareware or trialware (e.g. most game cartridges, etc.)
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Wow! It seems like there were 10,000 apps just about a month ago. The App Store is growing so fast.
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Some sort options would be good, i.e. like the options to view music in iTunes.
That would probably help drive sales as well. Pretty good idea.
Some sort options would be good, i.e. like the options to view music in iTunes.
That would probably help drive sales as well. Pretty good idea.
iFart on about 14,960 of those apps. I guess the mad race to match Windows Mobile and Blackberry numbers is on, quality be damned.
Agree, quantity does not reflect quality.
Also how many duplicates are there as a result of there being free trial apps and paid full versions?
But it's a different 6 for every individual.
I know that, because I wrote an app that I thought no one would want. But it still gets a few downloads a week and a couple good reviews.
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There's a modest amount of trust the consumer has for boxed products. Because physical distribution is fairly involved the consumer feels that the retailers have vetted the product to a certain extent, and feel that they can probably get a return if it's an abysmal failure.
With the app store, we know Apple has combed through to make sure there's no inappropriate content, but I don't think they're doing much in the way of quality control.
Which is why the suggestion for free trial periods (for the developer to opt into and set their own durations) seems like a good idea.
I also liked the idea of tiered grouping, although an $8 app is hardly "premium" in my mind. Maybe 4 tiers:
Free
Bargin $1-5
Cheap $5-20
Premium $20+
My guess is that the vast majority of apps either got a lot more or a lot less then this number.
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Yeah apple really needs to have a better sorting/searching option. I'm weird..in that..i dont like going by other's reviews (unless the app cost a ton or every review is really bad)...so i really would like to search for apps that maybe got so/so reviews..that way i can be my own judge.
A type of preview system would be great...or maybe just 15-30 seconds of sample video from the developer working through their app...showcasing what you mostly would see/experience...iTunes has 30 second free sample of songs...and I use that feature all the time before buying.
A type of preview system would be great...or maybe just 15-30 seconds of sample video from the developer working through their app...showcasing what you mostly would see/experience...iTunes has 30 second free sample of songs...and I use that feature all the time before buying.
Misguided Greed
This makes no sense. Developers aren't happy making a couple million by selling their apps for $1? How many iPhones and iPod touches are in circulation??? You only need to hit a small precentage of users at $1 to make a huge chunk of change.
Look at Pangea. All their games sell for $2 and they said they're making record profits. I think they even mentioned something about abandoning other products in favor of iPhone development.
This makes no sense. Developers aren't happy making a couple million by selling their apps for $1? How many iPhones and iPod touches are in circulation??? You only need to hit a small precentage of users at $1 to make a huge chunk of change.
Look at Pangea. All their games sell for $2 and they said they're making record profits. I think they even mentioned something about abandoning other products in favor of iPhone development.
The real problem is that the paid app lists are evidently ordered by # of units sold. The result is that the average app price has steadily dropped. It would be much better if the paid lists were ordered by revenue -- # of downloads x unit price. It makes no sense that my $2.99 app has to do 3x the business of a $0.99 app to get the same ranking.
Lot's of apps cost far more than a couple million to develop. Look at the R&D expenses for one of the major publicly-traded game development companies. Or Adobe. Or Intuit. Etc.
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You do realize that the only reason they have the numbers is because you can't get the apps anywhere else right? And what EricBrian said above. Sort of like a cable company boasting about subscriber numbers in an area that only has one cable company providing service.
Certainly you can. All you need is another brand phone: one running winmob, palm, blackberry, symbian, brew, et.al.
The point is that the numbers look great compared to all apps for any/all those other phones and platforms.
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you can download application even if you don't have either an iphone or ipod touch.