4 years on and it's March 2022, Raise your hand if you're so accustomed to the price of apps ever-increasing that $5 isn't objectionable. Yeah. Thought so. Unless that's $5/mo. We suffer the vagaries of the app store and developers but still won't rent overpriced subscription-only apps.
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4 years ago:
I have this on my list of wanted apps so was puzzled when I noticed I’d downloaded a free app. Ah- in-app purchase. Expensive in-app purchase. I never spend $5 on an app unless it’s very special like the New York Times- no, that’s not even how I pay for my media subscriptions because I want flexibility. I haven’t paid so much for photo editing, cameras, cookbooks...there may be something I paid quite a bit for after using a lite version for awhile but I don’t know. The app sales model= make a good product & sell a lot for very little. Seth, “The Thinking Athiest” reviewed this- considering his background, job and location (Oklahoma) he’s in a position to need it. I live in Boulder*, for Pete’s sake- my appreciation is likely different; more of an exercise. Still, doncha’ think we all can use exposure to logical thought? Isn’t telling us our cost more logical & considerate? Second reason to price your app at it’s real price: you can put it on sale. It’s stunning a thing like a sale on an app matters. Sure, list the app for $4.99, then drop it to $1.99 or less for awhile and the reward centers of our brains light up... Guess what happens to our feelings about the app and developer? We associate the reward with that when we open the app for a long time, we use it more, recommend it, look for others like it... the gain is worth so much more than any “loss” in sales revenue. *I’m unlikely to meet the run-of-the-mill religious and evangelical political party here, we have the delusional anti-vaxxers, homeopathy & cleanse adherents, crystal lovers, etc. I don’t know if this prepares me for them too.