Exactly, reviews on free apps are always worse. That's why I never wanted to make a demo version. And my theory held true. My paid app maintained a 4.6 - 4.7 average for over almost two years. Finally last month I made a limited demo. Guess what? It's hanging at 4 stars. Basically, people that get stuff for free are usually more negative about it. It's a common marketing concept - something like "cognition bias" or such, in which since the user paid for the app, they feel a need to justify spending the money and so are more likely to come up with something positive to say.
-niko On Jun 10, 5:32 am, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > Most of the users who've paid for my companies app have used the free version > before hand and so know what they're getting and hence are less likely to > leave the kind of mindless negative reviews that we sometimes see on the free > version (e.g. 1* - "Does not do what I want", yup, we really had that). > > There may be a few who just buy apps, but I'd be surprised if there are many > who haven't at least given the free version a spin first. > > Al. > -- > T: @alsutton W:www.funkyandroid.com > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily > those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. > > On 10 Jun 2011, at 11:26, String wrote: > > > > > > > > > I've long noticed that, for my apps which have both free and paid versions, > > the paid version gets higher reviews. My theory was always that, if > > somebody has paid for an app, they'll give it a chance rather than simply > > dismissing it out of hand. Also, if a user is interested enough in your app > > to pay for it, they're likely to be in your target market - and thus will > > appreciate the app - as opposed to some random yahoo who will just download > > anything that's free. > > > String > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Android Discuss" group. > > To view this discussion on the web > > visithttps://groups.google.com/d/msg/android-discuss/-/OafN7MuV3cEJ. > > 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 > > athttp://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.
