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Humor: This is how I feel about buying apps

yup thats very true.

I have no problem spending money on a lunch out a few days a week, but when it comes to paying for an app - forget it!

well, about 6 months I took the plunge cuz I figured "hey, all the best apps are probably paid anyway" so I bought a few of them, still buy a few of them.

My manager said she'll never pay for an app, she has pages and pages of apps and not one of them is free. thats how I was at first until I weeded out the dumb apps that I would only use once or maybe twice at most.

at least with paid apps I get continuos use out of it
 
I don't mind paying 1-10$ for apps that are worth it. I bought ifile,bitesms,cyntact etc....

What i hate about the app store is not being able to try out the program before buying. I have had a couple of bad experiences where the program doesn't do what is stated in the description. I email the dev and he replies with "no body is buying the app so im not going to update it" Which means I am stuck with trying out the apps that have been pirated, which is only a small selection.
 
its interesting that so few people are willing to pay for software on desktop machines but so many are on portable devices
 
I don't mind spending a buck on an app at all. I have a few that were $9.99 but it's the $1.99 and 2.99 apps that bug me. I think $.99 is a very fair price with the volume these guys get.
 
People usually hold of buying a 99 cent app, because more often than not, the price drops to free a few days later. So, instead of whining, the devs should recognize their own mistakes aswell.
 
Haha. Funny.

I think we're all pretty much guilty of this.

I wonder if eventually we'll get used to digital and our children will roll their eyes and laugh at us for preferring to have a physical product in the olden days.
 
LOL

It's happened a few months ago, we were playing Poker and since I had the iPad they wanted to make use of it. I was like "$0.99 for a Blind Timer App?!?!"

The reaction was like, seriously here's $1.00. :eek:

My taste is very expensive with Starbucks & Apple, I mean I spent almost $1,500 this year on my 32GB iPad Wi-Fi, iPhone 4 & touch 4G.
 
gtscode said:
I think $.99 is a very fair price with the volume these guys get.
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What does volume have anything to do with it? Should Apple sell their phones cheaper because they sell more? Should a car manufacturer?

As I said earlier in this thread - a lot of these developers offer tons of FREE updates which aren't just big fixes - but lots of new features yet ONLY make money on the individual purchase. 1.99 for an app which continuously gets better over 3 or so years? That's damn cheap.

Would you rather developers charge .99 but you have to pay each time they add features? Because the more griping (and less purchasing) people do about the pocket change these developers are charging will lead to a model where you'll be nickel and dimed
 
$0-$5 apps, I usually don't think twice about purchasing. Maybe a little of reading the recent reviews. But buyer's remorse has bit me a few times lately on apps that are in the top 50 rankings in the app store. Must be that many people are easily amused. :rolleyes:

$5-$10 apps, I do a bit of research on, read a lot of reviews, visit developer's site, etc. etc. Rarely delete one of these apps.

$10 and above....it's got to really be feature rich and be something that I use at least every 2-3 days.

Starbucks? Movies? Um....NO. Netflix and make my own coffee, Thank You!
 
I think the cautious spending on apps is natural because we don't get to demo alot of these apps. Free trials would help tremendously. That's why many is ok with paying for a $6 frap or an $800 iPad because we know what we're getting. But for a .99 app, it's a waste of money if it's no good.
 
Unfortunately buying apps can be a CrApp shoot.

Kinda like shareware that you have to buy before you can see it with no refunds. The reviews help but they don't give clues as to suitability. I have too many apps that I bought that have been abandoned by the developers or by me.

Some Apps, like Print Magic attempt to charge you for expected functionality after you pay a bunch for the original app! (In the case of Print Magic I can't wait until Apple puts them out of business with 4.2)
 
I read reviews for any app that cost money, simply to see if it works and will do what I expect it to do.


If its a free app, a simple recommendation is enough to try it out.



BUT, so far, I have been too cheap to delete any Paid apps from my phone, even if I NEVER use them :)
 
tesilential said:
BUT, so far, I have been too cheap to delete any Paid apps from my phone, even if I NEVER use them :)
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You could set up the Apps in iTunes to be managed manually.

Then, all your paid Apps stay in iTunes, but don't get sync'd to your iPhone. You can also have those Apps get updated in iTunes so that you see if they ever become useful via updates (this is how I've got mine setup).
 
m3coolpix said:
You could set up the Apps in iTunes to be managed manually.

Then, all your paid Apps stay in iTunes, but don't get sync'd to your iPhone. You can also have those Apps get updated in iTunes so that you see if they ever become useful via updates (this is how I've got mine setup).
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Most of my paid apps are games, so I keep them on just in case someone plays with the phone and wants to try one out.


I do have a lot of free apps saved in iTunes, but not my phone, so I know what you're getting at.
 
I love that. The prices for the iPad and iPhone are over priced but it's the point of it.
 
I can justify spending 2 bucks on a bottle of Dasani but when it comes to spending 1-5 bucks on an app that will last way, way longer than that bottle of water, I have a hard time coming through.

It's not like the money is an issue, I just can't seem to justify 90% of apps I'd like to purchase.
 
BeyondtheTech said:
Maybe I'm comforted by the fact that I can go back to the retailer if there's something wrong or I just don't like what I bought, but when it comes to iTunes, you click and it's gone (unless you can tell me how people actually go about getting refunds in iTunes?). Also, I think people are comforted by the receiving something tangible, physical in their hand, versus paying for code, a virtual product. Lastly, people know that a bunch of $0.99 purchases add up rather quickly.

Granted, there's a significant price difference between the items purchased and $0.99 app purchase, but I think that's what the whole joke was about.
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Actually, you can ask for a refund on apple's website...I did it with a friend, he returned the tom-tom app (50eur). It's kind of hidden, the URL is http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/ , you choose troubleshooting and fills the form in , in some days you will have a response from apple
 
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