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I rarely even try apps on Play Store any more since I'm so damn tired of popup ads, video ads and pay-to-play concepts. And a majority of the sorted, popular a

I rarely even try apps on Play Store any more since I'm so damn tired of popup ads, video ads and pay-to-play concepts. And a majority of the sorted, popular and "highest grossing" apps are that way. If i knew where to get quality apps that don't try to lure or force me into paying for using apps, i would gladly pay for it and install it. And i think that even more people would - because most people i talk to are also tired and even scared of installing new apps because of this. I also hear the arguments "We HAVE to do this to get money!", no you don't - if an app is good it's more important to market it and make people notice it.

dansingerman 11y ago
Shameless plug coming up: This is why I built https://appapp.io https://appapp.io , so it would be possible to search for apps in the App Store (it's IOS only at the moment) while filtering out those with in-app purchases. I'd like to also make filters for advertising models too, but structured data for that is much harder to come by. I don't think smarter search will entirely solve the problem, but I think it's one piece of the jigsaw to help solve the problems of the App Store.
- tmikaeld 11y ago
  This is very nice and very fast, thanks for the plug!
- Can_Not 11y ago
  I had a similar idea, but I would have started from the Android side. What timeframe do you think you will expand into the non-iOS app stores?
swiley 11y ago
The Debian package repos have some quality apps, they're just not "optimised for touch screens".
api 11y ago
I look for paid apps on the Play store with high ratings. Those are usually decent, and you can return them if they aren't. Free apps on Android are like 90% borderline malware.