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A minor point: outside the US, Android prices are listed as (some examples from featured apps): ~CA$1.96 ~CA$5.08 ~CA$3.05 ~CA$1.01 It's completely irratio
by alex_c 16y ago
A minor point: outside the US, Android prices are listed as (some examples from featured apps):
~CA$1.96
~CA$5.08
~CA$3.05
~CA$1.01
It's completely irrational, but I actually find myself less willing to buy for "untidy" prices. I didn't fully understand why Apple has its tiered pricing system, but now I do.
- darshan 16y agoThat's relatively new, but I was glad when they changed it. To be clear, it's not "outside the US", that's Canada -- the point is that prices are now listed in local currency, including in the US. Back to the point: while I'm pretty comfortable with translating Canadian dollars, British Pounds, or Euros to US dollars, that's about as much as I can do in my head. I'm much happier seeing ~US$1.17 than ¥99, and I'm much more likely to buy the app. So while I can see your point, I think it was definitely a change for the better, and it probably resulted in increased sales.
- wzdd 16y agoI think the point was that iOS apps have a set of fixed prices in each area (in local currency). Here in the UK the cheapest non-free app is 59p (corresponding with a 99c app in the US store), the next is £1.19 ($1.99), and so on. This makes for a better user experience because people can think in terms of the price brackets. Here is a summary of the price brackets: http://www.mcmnet.co.uk/news/the-app-store-explained-news http://www.mcmnet.co.uk/news/the-app-store-explained-news
- StavrosK 16y agoHuh, that's odd. My algorithm is "if x < 5: buy()". Presumably the apps I want to buy are all apps I need, so less than $5 is quite well into the "no brainer" category.