Is there a rule somewhere that RSS app developers have to charge $4.99 for their apps?
To me, no RSS reader should cost more then $2.99.
It would be like a company charging $5 for a web browser.
Just once, I would like to see someone wise up and undercut everyone else.
I totally agree with you!
First it was newsrack, when no other app was there!
Then came pulse with just 20 feeds to boot!
And then long awaited reeder reigned the ranks of the app store,
Now flud is flooding the rss users iPad! Yet to prove it's worth (other than being a pulse clone? ), and now
Slide reader vying to slip in between the cracks with additional functionality!
Sorry for the pun! But I have already invested unto 20 bucks on just rss readers and I am totally unrelectant to shell out another 5 bucks to try out the new kid on the block, even if it looks like a superstar.
Slide reader definitely looks good and is rich feature wise! But still does not woe me away from reeder, even though it has more features than reeder, for just one simple reason, I am not willing to add yet another 5 bucks to the rss category!
Sorry for the rant!
Edit:
Just so to agree with zimmys idea, I wanna bring to notice camera+'s sales strategy, even though a feature rich camera replacement app, with more added functionalities both in camera controls and in image manipulation just sells for 2 bucks! Heck I have even bought the app on the iPad just to try for my future iPhone 4 (or is it 5, by the time it launches here in Dubai). That's strategy and in turn huge cash flow! The records speak!
If the developer feels his product has good value, you definitely sell you apps for a lower price and a lot of users would not think twice buying a feature rich app!
Disclaimer:
I have no connection whatsoever other than a buyer/seller relation with any or all application developers mentioned in this rant! I have no idea of what the slide reader team has done in terms of market research or sales strategy for their product! Whatever is said in this post is my thoughts alone and based on facts or what I thought were facts based on online news sources!