Does Android Market occasionally get discounted apps like in the App Store for the iPhone? I am assuming it does since it is up to developer but trying to figure out a way to see the apps that get discounted. Any ideas? Thanks.
The Market has discounted apps before when they were celebrating 1 billion downloads I believe. Not sure if they will do that again for other milestones but I would keep looking at the Market and usually checking out Android blogs will tip you off to these events before they happen. I was able to get about 10 paid apps for .10, it was pretty great so I hope they do that again also.
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That's actually a good question. Like DroidGiant27 said, they had a big week-long $0.10 app promotion going, but that's about all I remember. Amazon's AppStore has a free app every day, and then there are other markets like GetJar that have free apps, etc.
Now that you mention it, I'm surprised that they don't offer more sales. It is up to the app developer as well, but I've seen a lot of reports suggesting that app sales (and like Steam games sales in the PC world) actually can boost revenue. Personally, I bought a bunch of the $0.10 apps, and now my CC is on file, but I don't think I ever would have bothered with any at full price.
Songs ,movies and books going on sale for the new market that's coming in a few days
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Here's the link to the re-branded market... check out the links in the banner at the top:
https://play.google.com/store
$0.49 cent apps and, Where's My Water? (very fun) is $0.25 for today. It sounded like this is going on for a week, and I suspect the selections will be rotating each day.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...WRfbXVsdGlfX18yX3Byb21vXzEzMzEwNTgxMjcxNTIiXQ..
Yeah I just got the game Shadow Gun game for .49 which is a great price cant wait to check it out for my Transformer. Kinda funny how we were talking about this and then it happened.
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If you have apps that you need, but want to wait for a discount, try this new online service: http://www.appfeed.net
you add your apps to a personal list, subscribe to the rss feed, and get notified when price change.
I just bough SwitchMe Key for $0.99 instead $2.99
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29-12-10 Edit: And they've been pulled, nothing to see here so just move along.
So I got Dungeon Hunter HD a few weeks ago when Gameloft was offering it for free on their website. Imagine my surprise today when I synced my Appbrain account and it showed that there was an update available for Dungeon Hunter HD on the Android Market! Did Gameloft finally cave and put their content onto the market?!
No such chance unfortunately...I clicked through to the market to find that the "game" was being offered by a dev called DavinciDevelopers who had the cheek to list gameloft.com as their official website.
Looking through their other apps, they also listed Avatar HD, Hero of Sparta HD and Spider Man. "Avatar HD" wants permissions to send, receive, edit and read SMS messages and "Spider Man" requests loads of bluetooth and wifi permissions.
Don't get conned by these scammers!
Unfortunately, I can't post links as a new member but the curious can find these apps by searching on Appbrain.
Edit: I have flagged these apps as inappropriate and would appreciate it if others did so too so they get pulled off the Market.
I despise Gameloft for not releasing their games in the Market.
If they did, I would actually start buying their games.
Go buy Dungeon Defenders in the Market, a much better game running the Unreal Engine made by developers that understand.
Agree
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The fact is that this is just giving Gameloft another reason to shun the Market. Letting DavinciDevelopers be will only give them more of a chance to scam unwitting buyers who keep trying to get the game to work until the new 15 minute refund window is up.
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Hey guys! Just want to say that Dungeon Defenders is now free on the market! No idea if this is permanent or just today, so grap your copy now!
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.trendy.ddapp&feature=search_result
I believe it is free now because Google launched their in-app payment model, and they developer will be charging real world cash to acquire in-game items.
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Hey guys! Just want to say that Dungeon Defenders is now free on the market! No idea if this is permanent or just today, so grap your copy now!
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.trendy.ddapp&feature=search_result
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Nice! Thanks...
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NotATreoFan said:
I believe it is free now because Google launched their in-app payment model, and they developer will be charging real world cash to acquire in-game items.
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Oh i see! LIKE!
What does this mean for the persons that paid for this app? Are we subject to having to pay for everything now to?
The only difference is that you paid for it and we don't. Everyone can use the in-app purchase.
They made it free so that more people will play it. It's a strategy for the console/pc version which is soon to be released.
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Damn I paid for it. Hopefully we get more players now.
Any dates for console version?
"Dungeon Defenders” has never had an official release date for its PC, XBLA and PSN versions, though a Q1 release was Trendy’s initial goal. The game is now looking at a March or April release date for the XBLA and PSN versions, with the PC version releasing sometime later."
Hopefully the people that paided for it get something nice in-game
ARE YOU KIDDING ME
i bought this and now its all free.
and the people who paid for it get nothing.
BULL****.
I hope their PC/Console games fail.
I bought it but hardly played it, it's just too damn complex for a portable game.
I'm not real impressed about being nickle & dimed for it after buying it at full price, I won't be purchasing anything further from this developer that's for sure. If they'd given paying users SOME sort of acknowledgement then it'd be different, but that's just insulting the people that've supported them.
I guess they figure the microtransaction model works for Zynga, so why not them as well.
Didn't you people get tons of free items every-so-often already, delivered to you?
Geez, it's not like the developer is asking you to pay a monthly fee; they only made the apk free of charge. The new players who now download the free apk will never be able to get the free items you all got. And if you don't feel like spending any more cash on the game, then don't buy anything using the in-app purchasing mechanism.
Sheesh...
maybe you guys don't know how to play the game so you all are complaining that it should have been free. it's pretty cheap for a game like this!
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I bought it but hardly played it, it's just too damn complex for a portable game.
I'm not real impressed about being nickle & dimed for it after buying it at full price, I won't be purchasing anything further from this developer that's for sure. If they'd given paying users SOME sort of acknowledgement then it'd be different, but that's just insulting the people that've supported them.
I guess they figure the microtransaction model works for Zynga, so why not them as well.
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how is a hybrid of building towers and blasting enemies complex ? it even has auto aim.
Available in the Android Market.
Come and get it mmorpg fans. Chaos and Order is now up on the android market. If you don't know.. Gameloft is infamous for making GREAT clones of popular games that aren't available on mobile devices. So World of Warcraft is an extremely popular mmorpg for PC/Mac... now you can have that same great experience on your G2X. 6.99 for the download will get you 3 months of play. each additional month after that is only 99c. that's a steal folks. works on tablets and handhelds (it's GREAT on the family iPad.. now i can play on the go.. chea).
Cheers!
It's not much "on the go" when it requires a wifi connection to play.
yeah.. just peeped that. #fail... unless you have a mifi... which is still a billing #fail
A lot of places these days seem to offer free wifi anyways
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Requiring monthly subscription fee and requiring wifi = double fail.
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Requiring monthly subscription fee and requiring wifi = double fail.
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ALL mmorpgs charge some sort fee. either its free to play and you pay for stuff like exclusive gear (like Lord of the Rings online) or you pay monthly fees. and for 3 free months to start and 99cent there after for an mmorpg... that's a steal sir.... it's new to the mobile arena.. but trust me.... in the world of gaming (big picture) this is a good deal for such a great quality game.
Dude, do they have an app which tricks apps to think that they are on wi-fi when really they are on 4G / 3G?
I know they do for the iPhone 4, things such as "FaceBreak" and the like..
http://phandroid.com/2011/12/27/gam...-99-cents-plus-enter-to-win-lg-nitro-for-att/
Christmas may be over but don’t tell Gameloft that. The mobile gaming company will be having a sale, starting Dec 29th, on all of their Android titles in the Market, offering them up for only 99 cents (my favorite word) each. That’s not such a bad deal seeing how some of these games can reach upwards of $7 a title.
but on their market, not the android one. so not as convenient
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but on their market, not the android one. so not as convenient
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As a condition of selling ebooks or apps on Amazon, vendors give them the unconditional right to match prices found on other stores. A few weeks ago, when google had their ten cent app
sale, all of the apps were discounted.in the amazon market as well.
Amazon actually has a program that automatically adjusts prices. This has led to some strange behavior in the past. Once a vendor distributed a free chapter from a book only to find out that Amazon had automatically made his entire book free. In a more interesting scenario, a book's price was increased leading to a fight between two automatic pricing systems. After all was said and done, the book was priced on amazon for millions of dollars.
I told myself that I was not buying another Gameloft game after the 10cent sales and every game I bought from them did not work on the Kindle Fire If I still had the apk files I would compare the version between the amazon and market and see what they changed because we all know all it was is a hardware check.
do this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1423184
and all of the gameloft games will show.
enkode said:
do this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1423184
and all of the gameloft games will show.
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thank you!!
Hey guys question for you. I tried to watch the Packers vs Chargers game on the NFL mobile app. It said I needed to be subscribed to the service. Does this mean that NFL mobile is not free anymore for LTE customers? And if so where can I sign up for the service? Or is there a "ahem" work around for it to work? Not sure if the reason is because I am on the Synergy rom has something to do with it. Any info would be appreciated.
PS: yes I have searched, can't find the answer. If this has already been asked please just let me know and MOD please erase this thread.
I too am running Synergy and can't watch videos on this app without the $5/mo. fee. I don't think it has anything to do with being rooted or running a modified ROM. If you check the reviews for it in the Play Store it's getting ripped right now because people don't want the, now, bloatware app either because they're not NFL fans or because it used to be free and they don't want to pay. I also googled the old Verizon promotional page for the app, that said you could watch NFL games for free, and it's a broken link now. I guess it was a limited time promotion. It's a shame because it was a great app but I'm not paying $5/mo. for it.
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I too am running Synergy and can't watch videos on this app without the $5/mo. fee. I don't think it has anything to do with being rooted or running a modified ROM. If you check the reviews for it in the Play Store it's getting ripped right now because people don't want the, now, bloatware app either because they're not NFL fans or because it used to be free and they don't want to pay. I also googled the old Verizon promotional page for the app, that said you could watch NFL games for free, and it's a broken link now. I guess it was a limited time promotion. It's a shame because it was a great app but I'm not paying $5/mo. for it.
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It is a shame that you have to pay but if you can watch any game for $5 bucks a month and connect your phone to your TV I think that would be a great deal. That way you don't have to pay $300 dollars for the NFL package from DirecTV. On the other hand, if it is $5/mo for just games that are played on the NFL network then no way would I pay the $5 bucks. Where did you see the $5/mo fee at? I couldn't find it.
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Hey guys question for you. I tried to watch the Packers vs Chargers game on the NFL mobile app. It said I needed to be subscribed to the service. Does this mean that NFL mobile is not free anymore for LTE customers? And if so where can I sign up for the service? Or is there a "ahem" work around for it to work? Not sure if the reason is because I am on the Synergy rom has something to do with it. Any info would be appreciated.
PS: yes I have searched, can't find the answer. If this has already been asked please just let me know and MOD please erase this thread.
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Hmm...I downloaded the NFL Mobile app by Verizon Wireless from the Play Store for free. Upon opening this morning, it prompted me for my Verizon credentials after that it's working fine. No mention of a subscription fee. I'm running unrooted/stock at this point.
I just joined Verizon, coming from Sprint. I know that for non-Verizon customers there was a different NFL mobile app. Maybe that's the one you guys on custom ROM's are seeing.
nfl is free
i just downloaded it from the play store... logged in with my vzw credentials just fine... and it said nothing about a fee.
EDIT. .... until i tried to watch a video then it says i need to subscribe to view. oh well.
VZ must have lowered the price on that.
I had it when it was free & loved it, but when that ran out it was at least $10 a month IIRC.
I never would have cancelled it if it was only $5 a month.
isn't NFL mobile. just the internet version of. the RED ZONE highlight show?
I believe you've always had to subscribe to vz videos or something like that to get the red zone channel and audio for the games through this app.
No better way to kill the 4 hour drive to lambeau.
It is free to use the app. $5 a month to watch games and videos. The only games they air are games on NFL network, Thurs. night games and sunday night games. The $5 fee is new this year. I'm a huge NFL fan though so the fee is worth it to me.
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indywrenchin76 said:
The $5 fee is new this year. I'm a huge NFL fan though so the fee is worth it to me.
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I agree, it's worth it & recently subscribed.
The $5 fee is new, during the season last year it was $10 a month.
indywrenchin76 said:
It is free to use the app. $5 a month to watch games and videos. The only games they air are games on NFL network, Thurs. night games and sunday night games. The $5 fee is new this year. I'm a huge NFL fan though so the fee is worth it to me.
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they also air the monday night football
so you basically get the "national" games
I think last season the video was free for two weeks for LTE users. After that it was a subscription.
The free game audio worked fine for me all last season. I tried to boot up the audio last week for the 9ers first preseason game and it said unavail... im hoping it was because it was just preseason. I dont want to pay to just listen to the audio haha
The app is pretty awesome, but I don't know if i'm willing to pay the fee to view games, will have to see how the season progresses and how people say the video quality is.