Android Apps Are Too Expensive, Says Research Firm

[Guest]

Google may have to adjust the retail strategy of Android Market to promote stronger app sales, suggests a report published by market research firm Canalys.

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[klavis]

I always found the apps that I want on the Android market are cheaper...sometimes just free.

 

[Yuka]

Are we counting the ad-based free apps in there?

You know, those apps that have some ads and cost 0, which are the same apps that cost some pennies, but with no ads.

Cheers!

 

[gpog]

Apple wins again.

 

[yose3]

why bother when u can get it free lol

 

[qhoa1385]

hmm ok lemme take a look at top 100 ios app - there's an app that make funny fart noise, app that makes funny faces, app the does nothing... now android top 100 - root app, backup app, actual productive apps...

 

[qhoa1385]

[citation][nom]yose3[/nom]why bother when u can get it free lol[/citation]
because not all apps are from big greedy company? you wouldn't steal from an 8 years old's hard work would you?

 

[computernerdforlife]

Angry Birds on Android Market Galaxy phone: free
Angry Birds on Playbook: $4.99CAD

Issue: Playbook just released its new OS 2.0 which adds Android apps in the App World. Also, it adds support with the Android video player and .adk support for all android apps. What i'm getting to is that the idea of Blackberry bringing Android apps to my Playbook is like adding lightning stickers to my crappy car: IT'S STUPID!

By the way, the list of Android apps on my Playbook is so small, it took me 2 minutes to see them all and they were useless apps.

 

[the real mr b]

Honnestly, people are really not thinking this through. What is paying 2$-3$-4$-5$ for a full decent game? You are paying 50-60-70$ for an Xbox/Ps3 title aren't you? Also don't forget that most devs are not big corporations but rather civilians working their ass off on nights and weekends ...

 

[omega21xx]

[citation][nom]the real mr b[/nom]Honnestly, people are really not thinking this through. What is paying 2$-3$-4$-5$ for a full decent game? You are paying 50-60-70$ for an Xbox/Ps3 title aren't you? Also don't forget that most devs are not big corporations but rather civilians working their ass off on nights and weekends ...[/citation]

Well I'm sure most of us here are more PC gamers rather than console gamers, in which case, on average our games are under $50 Thank you steam.

 

[wiyosaya]

And I wonder just who paid for this study?

There are some firms like this that will say anything - for the price.

 

[mman74]

Apps is a perfect example of how pricing your games favorably can combat piracy. When you give the people what they want, conveniently and at a reasonable price, people will vote with their feet and buy your games!

 

[QEFX]

[citation][nom]computernerdforlife[/nom]Angry Birds on Android Market Galaxy phone: free Angry Birds on Playbook: $4.99CADIssue: Playbook just released its new OS 2.0 which adds Android apps in the App World. Also, it adds support with the Android video player and .adk support for all android apps. What i'm getting to is that the idea of Blackberry bringing Android apps to my Playbook is like adding lightning stickers to my crappy car: IT'S STUPID! By the way, the list of Android apps on my Playbook is so small, it took me 2 minutes to see them all and they were useless apps.[/citation]


Ummmm .. OK

I missed the part of the article where it was mentioning RIM's playbook. I thought it said Apple's iOS & Android.

Also isn't the playbook more of a business product, with business apps and security features (even if the product is a year or two behind where it should be), and thus you would expect to pay more for productivity apps than fart sound apps?

Now I respect your point on the lack of playbook apps and apps which are on multiple systems costing more for playbook than the do on other systems and how that's a bit underhanded (but understandable given the much smaller market). But that's a bit like saying there isn't many commercial Amgia 4.0 programs and the ones that exist are more expensive than the Windows or OSX version.

Seriously people...if it makes you money, spend the $5 on the app. If you don't make enough money to cover the $5, you really didn't need it.

If your just wasting time playing a game ... did you enjoy it half as much as a movie or did you at least get $5 worth of joy our of it? If so, then you got your money's worth .. if not then you can b*tch and moan. But come on ... how cheap, not the right word but all I can think of, are you when $3 to $5 is outrageous for a program but you can drop $300+ on a phone.

 

[Guest]

this report is very misleading. the top 100 paid apps are constantly changing, and the total price could vary at any time. bullshit study paid for by Apple.

 

[Solandri]

Sigh. Add this to the list of contradictory positions iOS proponents seem to obliviously stake out. First we had Apple's mobile products not being overpriced, yet Apple making the lion's share of the profit in the mobile industry. Now we have iOS users on average spending more money than Android users, yet Android apps "on average" cost more.

Fortunately, the statistical sleight of hand is pretty easy to spot here. They're comparing the average price of the most expensive 0.02% of apps. Not the average price of all the apps. Same for the top 10 and top 20 apps - obviously they're excluding free apps, which are prodigious in Android compared to iOS.

 

[Guest]

also...there is a vast differnce in the types of apps ios users download compared to android... ios users download more game type apps and android useres typically use more productivity apps... which are generally more expensive. Productivity apps on ios cost more than their gaming apps... same as with android. This study is like comparing apples and oranges and coming up with grapes.

 

[sairasie]

Yeah they are expensive ,at the same time very powerfull to use it and its reliable and safe to use along with some good mobile security i has comodo mobile security on my android mobile and it acts best for my mobile ..
http/bit.ly/A34cXX

 

[guanyu210379]

hmmm...some iDiot did some research on Android market and published the result of his iStudy.
Sorry...I still ain't gonna buy any iProducts

 

[amdfreak]

TOMSHARDWARE you made a typo mistake in the first paragraph under the heading

"more than more than"

more than is repeated 2x

 

[king_maliken]

[citation][nom]qhoa1385[/nom]because not all apps are from big greedy company? you wouldn't steal from an 8 years old's hard work would you?[/citation]
Yes, yes I would.