Market is not mature enough for paid apps. I converted my apps to free apps now w/ ads ;)
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > If you have a user community around the free version they may feel slightly > cheated when you start charging for a pro versions which probably contains > some of the features they want. > > Alternatively you might find that people are getting the Pro version from > one of the many Android warez sites out there and thinking that you're > trying to charge people just because they use market. > > Al. > > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] [[email protected]] > On Behalf Of westmeadboy [[email protected]] > Sent: 16 March 2010 12:35 > To: Android Discuss > Subject: [android-discuss] Users marking down free apps because missing > paid app features > > I recently released a pro (paid) version of my app which included a > couple of extra features as incentive to purchase. The free app > remained unchanged. > > However, I've now received a couple of comments down-rating the free > app on the basis that it did not also get upgraded with the extra > features. One commented that they would give 5 stars (to the free app) > if the pro version was free! They have not purchased the paid app, > AFAICT. > > What do people think about this? Maybe its a valid point, that a free > app becomes (relatively) worse once there exists a better paid > alternative elsewhere... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
