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App Store deals of the week
Now that iPhone developers have started "cashing in," they have also started giving future customers a break on their popular applications. This week, there are many good deals on the App Store. Now comes the hard part: picking which ones you want to purchase. - Trism (was $4.99 now $2.99)
- Band (was $5.99 now $1.99)
- Pianist (was $5.99 now $1.99)
- Guitarist (was $5.99 now $2.99)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
robby3ring said 11:11AM on 9-24-2008
Where were you when Jaadu dropped to $5 bucks for a day last week? I'm kicking myself for missing out on that one.
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XIV said 11:19AM on 9-24-2008
I bought Band.
Nice finally a iTuaw!
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appliquer said 11:28AM on 9-24-2008
I'm tired of paying full price for interesting and fun apps and then finding them going "on sale" or lower priced a few weeks later. I don't mind supporting my favorite app developers but think that waiting to purchase an app may now be the smarter thing since many of the ones I purchased at full price have been lowered. I didn't mind the prices when I bought them but am starting to regret my impulse purchases...
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Phoenixfury said 11:35AM on 9-24-2008
Appliquer, I understand your frustration, but that's just the nature of the market period. Retail stores have had sales my entire life, and I don't expect that to change ever. The Appstore really is no different. Sales are good, that inspires competition. You could always hold out, but eventually you'll find a better app that costs more than the one you held out for. That's just how it is.
Phoenixfury said 11:31AM on 9-24-2008
I finally got around to buying Trism! I wasn't necessarily holding out for it to drop in price though. I tried it when it was a beta on my jailbroken Touch quite awhile ago and loved it. Now that it's being sold at a bargain bin price, I have no excuse for holding out any longer. :)
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bloodthirstyrobot said 11:49AM on 9-24-2008
I paid full price for Trism last week...no regrets. It's a great game that has filled the void left by not having Lights Off on my phone since upgrading to 2.1 firmware.
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Jeff Scott said 12:24PM on 9-24-2008
Over at 148Apps.com we're cheap. We are tracking price drops and updating our list every 30 minutes. Currently tracking over 75 apps whose price has dropped in the past 5 days.
http://148apps.com/price-drops
Cheers,
Jeff
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alansky said 12:27PM on 9-24-2008
All the whining (especially in user reviews at the iTunes App Store) about the high price of iPhone apps is a very curious phenomenon. Most people will spend five bucks at the drop of a hat when they're out and about---for a coffee and pastry at Starbucks, or whatever. But how they scream when an iPhone app they fancy costs $5 instead of $2. So here's my message to all the slackers out there who think iPhone apps are too expensive: Buy or do not buy. Just STFU!
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rjhbooklinux said 1:43PM on 9-24-2008
Good god, thank you alansky! It's pretty comical how people can scrape money together to buy an iPhone, and then whine about paying another $2 for an app that's no longer on sale! Kind of pathetic actually..
sporobolus said 6:15PM on 9-24-2008
not everyone is flush and thoughtless with cash; those who can't control themselves at a coffee shop are probably spending a lot on iPhone apps, but others of us are trying to make the value proposition work -- an iPhone plus a contract is a borderline value for me to begin with; a package of apps is necessary to make it worthwhile, and a dollar more or a dollar less per app will add up
that said, time spent shopping for deals can have an opportunity cost as well
Chris said 12:32PM on 9-24-2008
Yea seriously why couldn't you have said something about Jaadu? I happened to see it hen it was $5 but they were changing it back to $25 when I tried to buy.. So I bought it for $25, worth the money I guess but ugh... LOL
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j2mac said 1:28PM on 9-24-2008
I bought all 3 music apps. I missed 'em from my jailbroken era, and they were too pricey before for me to justify. This "Deals of the Week" y'all are doing is awesome!
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Shane said 4:00PM on 9-24-2008
you missed the best deal of all!
In celebration of hitting 1 million downloads, Solebon Solitaire (30 games in one app) has a sale on their app through Oct 7th for just .99. It was 9.99 before!
I had their free Lite app with just 3 games before, and loved it. But to get 27 more games for a buck is awesome, and I think the $9 discount is the biggest one I've seen yet.
Go snatch it up before Oct 7th!
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Adam said 5:24PM on 9-24-2008
Good eye Cory.
Trism for 2.99 is a good pickup if you don't already have it.
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Bryan said 7:56PM on 9-24-2008
Thanks for the heads up - I just bought three of the four listed, plus Solebon Solitaire ;)
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Tyler said 10:58PM on 9-24-2008
Can anyone point me in the right direction for an iphone app programmer, i need a few built, thanks in advance
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tara_wheeler said 1:11PM on 9-25-2008
I wish Voice Dialer weren't $10.
I wish the Apps over $1 had a trial version.
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