{"id":503331,"date":"2010-04-01T19:11:06","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T23:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"tag:contentnext.com,2010-04-01:article\/419-how-long-will-it-take-ipad-app-prices-to-drop"},"modified":"2010-04-01T19:11:06","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T23:11:06","slug":"how-long-will-it-take-ipad-app-prices-to-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/503331","title":{"rendered":"How Long Will It Take iPad App Prices To Drop?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Take a look at the just-made-public iPad apps in the iTunes store and what stands out are the prices of many of the apps. Scrabble on the iPad? $9.99 versus $2.99 on the iPhone. Tetris? $7.99 instead of $4.99. Hangman? Yes, Hangman! $4.99. <\/p>\n

Sure, app makers can argue that they’re pricing their apps at a premium because they have additional features—but if the history of iPhone app pricing is any guide, prices will start dropping very fast<\/em> as more apps enter the store—and as app makers battle to get to the top of the best-seller list.\n<\/p>\n

Shortly after the launch of the iTunes App store in July 2008, the average price of a top 100 paid app was more than $4.50. By mid-August, it was down to $4. And by late October—just four months post launch—it was already basically chopped in half, to $2.80, according to a detailed analysis<\/a> by O’ Reilly Radar. Nowadays, the average price<\/a> of a top app on the store is $2.43. So, at that rate if you hold out until the end of July, that Flight Control HD app should cost about $3 instead of $4.99.<\/p>\n

A couple things to note: iPhone apps will also work on the iPad—and this is a very informal look based off of quick search for “iPad” on the iTunes app store. Things could change by Saturday. Try it out for yourself here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

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Take a look at the just-made-public iPad apps in the iTunes store and what stands out are the prices of many of the apps. Scrabble on the iPad? $9.99 versus $2.99 on the iPhone. Tetris? $7.99 instead of $4.99. Hangman? Yes, Hangman! $4.99. Sure, app makers can argue that they’re pricing their apps at a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":679,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-503331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/679"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}