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The two version solution (free/premium) doesn't allow sharing ratings. Developers don't like that, because they want their free uptake to give higher rating to
by arithma 13y ago
The two version solution (free/premium) doesn't allow sharing ratings. Developers don't like that, because they want their free uptake to give higher rating to their premium option.
Splitting the options up would make perfect sense if the two apps are grouped up in some way.
- alkonaut 13y agoI can see that from the developers' perspective the two app solution is bad (also from a maintenance perspective etc.) For users it's also bad because if upgrading is switching you are likely to lose the data (settings, game progress), but since I'd rather do that it feels like the freemium thing must be horribly broken.
- icebraining 13y agoThe two app solution doesn't require losing data. I don't know how they do it, but plenty of Android apps have a paid version that only "unlocks" the paid capabilities of the free version. That way, you clearly see in the Store that it has a free and paid version, but you don't lose anything when upgrading.