One of the biggest driver in the growth of the smartphone market are apps. Services like the Android Market, iTunes App Store, Ovi Store, BlackBerry App World contribute to billions of revenues, especially to 3rd party and independent developers.
I’ve also talked to several local app developers and while the idea of paid apps is more enticing, there’s still the question if people really buy a lot of mobile phone apps in the Philippines.
One app that comes to mind would be iManila which has been consistently on the top paid apps for some time. Not sure how much the developer made from it though. Even Click the City has shifted from paid to free.
So let me ask the question again — are you guys mobile app buyers? How many have you bought and how much have you spent already?
As for me, 100% of the apps that I bought were all from the iTunes App Store with just under 30 apps costing me around $100.
Bought a few, my last purchase was Monster Mayhem. I usually buy music instead of apps.
I buy certificates from this guy (bzminds.multiply.com)so that i wont have to use a credit card.
Twitter: sylv3rblade
says:
Launchpro Plus
Pure Calendar Widget
and a handful of apps
@misslittlebib
You found the money to get the phone, what’s a few more bucks to give back to the developers?
Twitter: ka_tesoreroyahoo.com
says:
jaibroke mine, I’ts immoral but still I manages to save almost 200$ on apps
I jailbroke my iPhone. The good thing is…… I’m earning jailbreaking my friends’ iPhones!
all my apps are free, since Google is taking forever to allow us Android users to buy apps in this country.
i do, however, pay for my PC games via Steam.
63 Free APPS overall!, i don’t have a credit card to pay apple. haha
Twitter: ruben_umali
says:
hmmmmmmmmm
I’ve hacked my n92 and w660i, so never bought any applications, though im using 23 apps for n92 and 10 on my w660i
the only thing is that ovi store banned my phone after i hacked my n92.
I pirate everything then buy the apps I actually use. This year I’ve spent about US$400 in apps and games. It adds up. The prices need to drop, otherwise poor people will just pirate everything and they should! I buy because I can afford to buy and not break a sweat. If I couldn’t afford it or it actually was money that would stop me from buying something else, I wouldn’t buy anything and just pirate everything. The industry needs to wake up.
Twitter: reecah
says:
i replied to a similar post of yours on this, i have a budget of $1 a month to buy one app :) there are some rare cases that i do buy a max of $3. i have around 100 games, mixed free and paid.
assuming 50 games are $1 = $50? :)
my tip: regularly visit the app store, some paid apps are sometimes offered for free like when the volcano in Iceland erupted, the lonely planet apps on European cities that cost around $6 were given away for free.
I use http://appshopper.com/ to monitor Apps Sales. Promise malaki matitipid nyo.
Twitter: sylv3rblade
says:
@irv
The android market isn’t the only way to pay for apps. Take Launcher Pro for instance, you can pay up directly to the developer.
Twitter: hex614
says:
never bought a single paid app for my symbian and android device, always like to download free or paid application via internet. unlike iphone apps, symbian and android apps can be downloaded via torrents.
Twitter: rand0m_insanity
says:
@leemar
Wrong. Iphone apps can also be downloaded via bittorrent.
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I own an iPod Touch 3G. I constantly update it to the latest jailbreak.
I have all the appstore apps i need and i never bought one.
I also have all the cydia apps i need, without buying any as well.
Jailbroken iDevice > any device
I am curious to find out what blog platform you have been working with? I’m experiencing some minor security problems with my latest website and I would like to find something more safeguarded. Do you have any suggestions?