[Discuss]Worst app you purchased from Google Play - General Topics

What apps made you burst out finding that it was totally unworthy buying it from Google Play?
Apps that are totally unworthy of the price or apps that are total crap!
Apps that won't do the task that was mentioned in the description "purchase to get additional features"

Task Killer the apps reopen and the app itselftakes up resources.
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alarmo said:
Task Killer the apps reopen and the app itselftakes up resources.
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Yeah! These days Task killers are not so promising.

Fast for Facebook. The name is kind of an oxymoron. It........is.........slow.......
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I picked up Chameleon Launcher for my tablet at a $3.99 price tag. It's a cool idea but terrible implementation imo.
Sometimes I wish the refund policy was just a little bit longer than 15 minutes.

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I picked up Chameleon Launcher for my tablet at a $3.99 price tag. It's a cool idea but terrible implementation imo.
Sometimes I wish the refund policy was just a little bit longer than 15 minutes.
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Yeah even I regretted for getting chameleon launcher.

live wallpaper and copilot

every taskkiller app

None. Google refund policy.
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I'd never purchased apps on the google play

Asphalt 7, never worked on my htc sensation for no reason at all. No answer by gameloft on this "black screen" bug

VLC Streamer, literally 5 months after buying it, they stopped development on that specific APK name (renamed display name with "(old)" on the end), relaunched it under a different APK name (same display name as original in the store), and want more money now for 'new' verison which is just a rework and upgrade. GRRR, NO DOUBLE DIPPING DIRTBAGS!

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None. Google refund policy.
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Same here. Used to always purchase horrible horrible apps from the Apple App Store. Worst one I remember was when I first got an ipad and purchased Weather HD because it had high reviews. Turned out to be the most useless app. All it did was display four or so generic live images for weather standard weather conditions. Would have refunded it if I could have.
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I'm not sure why people are bragging that they don't buy apps. Are you telling me there aren't a few apps that you use that are worth the $0.99 that it costs to buy most of them? You are getting days or weeks of hard work for pennies. This is exactly why a lot of devs code for the iPhone and refuse to port to Android!
Anyway, Audio Manager Pro is my biggest waste of money. It used to work, but now it randomly resets the volume levels on reboot.
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The hard work of many developers is worth buying. Some apps are so great and devs offer it for a very low price.
But there are some crap apps too! Sold at higher price and worthless.

CWM pro. If You change your device, you have to pay again.

ROM Manager Prenium.
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GTA 3 on my old Galaxy Young, I love this game, but it lags as hell.

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ROM Manager Prenium.
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Are you serious?
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Copilot

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Gameloft fire sale

1 dollar games at gameloft
http://wapshop.gameloft.com/php5/us...d452b97913&from=ADID-166527&redirect=no&csp=y
CM7, Nightly. Captivate
Today only. I picked up Asphalt 6,UNO And a first person shooter, for 3bucks
CM7, Nightly. Captivate
Actually, cost me 6 bucks. Had to buy them again for my Infuse. I kept the original downloaded apk but they wouldn't play, would open splash screen then close. Oh well. Still a good deal at a buck.
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Nice.
There's also a boatload of dollar games at the Apple App Store for the iPhone and iPad. I think there was 40 games on sale for today. Most of them were $1. Sega and Namco had some $2 to $4 games...normally around $6.
shadow65781 said:
Actually, cost me 6 bucks. Had to buy them again for my Infuse. I kept the original downloaded apk but they wouldn't play, would open splash screen then close. Oh well. Still a good deal at a buck.
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what is your other phone? chainfire 3d can get around gpu support. then you can maybe change the build.prop file. unless the app registers over the internet to the phone.
Dani897 said:
what is your other phone? chainfire 3d can get around gpu support. then you can maybe change the build.prop file. unless the app registers over the internet to the phone.
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My other phone is a captivate.
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shadow65781 said:
Actually, cost me 6 bucks. Had to buy them again for my Infuse. I kept the original downloaded apk but they wouldn't play, would open splash screen then close. Oh well. Still a good deal at a buck.
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Did you copy the 900MB of data off your SD card as well as the APK?
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My other phone is a captivate.
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so it's not gpu support. probably has to do with the game data files. like mentioned above. there may be some sort of registration that goes on with that. it may work if you steel the files from the captivate, but it's prolly too late now since you already paid.
Yeah, no biggie at a buck, however had these been have to haves and 5 bucks each I would have researched the issue before purchasing
CM7, Nightly. Captivate
Okay...I just installed Nova 2 HD on my Inspire 4G and it won't play. It plays the opening movie and then goes back to the app drawer. I went to the Gameloft Facebook page to report it but they keep deleting my comment. I went to the Gameloft Twitter page to tweet it, but they delete the tweet immediately.
Looks like Gameloft has seen the only $1.98 they'll ever get from me. And I will be advertising about them everywhere.
It shows them as $4.99 now...
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After contacting Gameloft customer support, I was issued an alternate download for my Inspire 4G, which works just fine.
I am impressed with how well the Gameloft support is.

What would you buy with $25 Google credit?

Hey guys,
Just wanted to drop by this forum and have a little discussion.
I won a $25 Google Play credit through a Samsung contest, and I was extremely excited to reveive it yesterday.
I immediately went onto the app store and searched for some good games and apps to purchase.
I've been searching for a full day now and honestly haven't made a single purchase. :crying:
I already own great games like Dead Trigger, Shadowgun, FPSe, Final Fantasy III, Dead Space, MC3, DH2.. and apps like Superuser Elite, SetCPU, and Alarm Clock by doubletwist.
I can't seem to find ANYTHING on the Play Store that is striking my interest, but I know that there are some really useful paid apps out there.
So I propose this question. What would YOU buy with $25 in Google Play credit?
I would get a Nexus 7 and get some money off it
Buy power amp...... Titanium backup pro.... It's probably the best paid app on Google Play
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I use google music to play my audio because my storage is limited on my One X. Also, I have Backdrop pro which backs up my apps and such to my 30 Gb dropbox.
I have too many games!
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lazystudent said:
I would get a Nexus 7 and get some money off it
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I second this!
Rom Toolbox Pro
USB/BT Joystick Center (if you like gaming on Android with a controller)
Audio Evolution
Dink Smallwood (old but great)
4EXT Recovery Control (if you use a 4EXT recovery)
gauravcd said:
Buy power amp...... Titanium backup pro.... It's probably the best paid app on Google Play
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I agree, PowerAmp and Titanium Backup Pro...I'd also get "Wheres My Droid" so that you can find the Nexus 7 you'll buy with what is left
Everybody saying buy a nexus 7, are they really that cheap? You really believe he's going to buy an android tablet with $25 of Google credits?
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250 dollars isn't it? 25 dollars off that and it's even more amazingly cheap every little helps
For me.. I would probably learn some coding and use that $25 to open an account in play store and sell apps
but..
Titanium Backup Pro
Rom toolbox
frenzyboi said:
For me.. I would probably learn some coding and use that $25 to open an account in play store and sell apps
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Do you have to pay to open an account as a developer on the play store?
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For me.. I would probably learn some coding and use that $25 to open an account in play store and sell apps
but..
Titanium Backup Pro
Rom toolbox
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Haha, I actually have already and I have seven apps on the market. Just some work I did for some bloggers that never paid off.
Seems a lot of people are posting Titanium Backup. Don't have much of a use for it with Backdrop. I like the post about the joystick app. I need to buy me a Six Axis!
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Buy power amp...... Titanium backup pro.... It's probably the best paid app on Google Play
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+1 love poweramp
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World of goo
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World of goo
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You know I've heard a lot about this one. Haven't seen it in any of the top paid lists. I think I'm going to check this one out.
First purchase as a result of this thread!
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Get a launcher and some lwp
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$25 is enough for paying fee for Developer Signup in Google Play, u can start selling your apps in the play store to gain more money
Already got the dev account. Have a couple apps up there but nothing that anyone would want to download.
My marketing technique is horrible.
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frenzyboi said:
For me.. I would probably learn some coding and use that $25 to open an account in play store and sell apps
but..
Titanium Backup Pro
Rom toolbox
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Second that
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25 billion.. 25cent apps by Google

GalaxyMaster said:
Five days of apps and games for a quarter to celebrate 25 billion downloads. Starting later Wednesday.
http://www.talkandroid.com/133677-google-play-25-cent-app-sale-already-started/
This was pulled from a another thread. The url has been updated with Web pages and hyperlinks to the apps
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http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/10i7mt/post_google_plays_25_cent_sales_here/
Reddit thread with running count of apps going on sale w/ useful comments
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today's list has a couple decent ones
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Seems like nearly the same apps from the 10 cent sale. Hopefully Minecraft goes back up.
OP, thanks for the heads up. Even though I use Kingsoft Office for excel/word/pdf/ppt, I see that OfficeSuite6 Pro is available today for 0.25c Normally $14.99. May switch back to OfficeSuite6 at this price.
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OP, thanks for the heads up. Even though I use Kingsoft Office for excel/word/pdf/ppt, I see that OfficeSuite6 Pro is available today for 0.25c Normally $14.99. May switch back to OfficeSuite6 at this price.
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That is a really good deal.
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That is a really good deal.
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I picked up the OfficeSuite App, even though I have no practical use for it now. I definitely see myself picking up an Android tablet in the future and something like this would be quite useful.
Yeah the OfficeSuite Pro 6 + is the only thing I purchased so far, I bought the hell out of applications back when they had the .10c sale, unless the deals ramp up I don't see myself buying many things this time around.
I really hope they end up putting LogMeIn Ignition on this sale. I use that on my computer and I love it but having to pay $30 for their app is simply ludicrous. I was super pissed when it was like that for iOS and then it went on sale for 50% off so naturally I jumped on it then like less than a month later they released a free version of the app.
Personally I've been a fan of logmein I've always used splashtop
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/promotion_celebrate_25_billion
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Updated list
https://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/promotion_celebrate_25_billion
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Ehhh.. nothing really of interest for me. World of Goo and Cut the Rope are nice but that's about it.
Picked up World of Goo and Paper Camera. Might grab Doubletwist, but I kind of like Alarm Clock Xtreme.
Still looks nearly the same as the 10 cent sale.
I'm hoping that like the 10ยข sale the apps change periodically. Nothing really interesting to me right now.
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zizuno said:
Still looks nearly the same as the 10 cent sale.
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I'm sure it will be almost exactly like the 10 cent sale. Except more people are paying attention..
I didn't notice the 10cent sale. I've picked up Tasks, World of Goo, and DoubleTwist. 75 cents. Why are you complaining about a sale.
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Paper Camera is pretty cool. I bought it when it was full price and use it quite a bit. Nothin' else on today's list really excites me. #bummed
Yeah unfortunately I bought almost every. App at full price before this sale pretty crappy. Lol
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Updated again. HD Widgets on today's list, as are a couple of good-looking office/photo apps and a couple of decent game.
TunIn Radio Pro is a steal at 25 cents. I haven't used HD Widgets, but I bet it's a good deal too. I've used Beautiful Widgets for a long time and it was worth full price.. Also, you just HAVE to try Monsters Ate My Condo. ZombieSmash is a winner, too.

Google removes ad-blocking apps from the Google Play Store

http://m.cnet.com/news/google-yanks-ad-blocker-apps-from-google-play/57574213
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http://m.cnet.com/news/google-yanks-ad-blocker-apps-from-google-play/57574213
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Good thing there is other options than just the play store. Side loading also works. I won't give up my ad free app to anyone. Screw Google they make way too much money as it is
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Google are becoming Apple, every new update they've done something to restrict the freedom of the platform or make you jump through several menus to get to what used to just be there, kinda like Windows 8 lol.
After using Symbian on the 808, I just think Android is so far behind it in terms of functionality, Nokia let you do anything, they don't care, though they ditched it now so why should they lol. I wish they didn't ditch it now though and I wish the 808 had newer specs because the browser is so slowwwwww!
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Google are becoming Apple, every new update they've done something to restrict the freedom of the platform or make you jump through several menus to get to what used to just be there, kinda like Windows 8 lol.
After using Symbian on the 808, I just think Android is so far behind it in terms of functionality, Nokia let you do anything, they don't care, though they ditched it now so why should they lol. I wish they didn't ditch it now though and I wish the 808 had newer specs because the browser is so slowwwwww!
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How exactly are they restricting us? We will always have the option to sideload or get it from another location.
Google is nothing like apple. They know how to make money, to me that's all they have in common
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With ads forming a big revenue for some many developers Google was contemplating it for a while. I guess it will soon be side loaded ad blockers only. I hope they allow update to older already present ad blockers.
I was using AdAway. AdAway is available in, and even receives updates through the F-Droid app store, so that's what I'll use for the time being.
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There's other stores like above mentioned F-droid.. There's also slideme.org and aptoid.com
Totally understand and back them doing this.
Ads are part of how they earn money on this _free_ OS and the hundreds of _free_ quality apps in the store.
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I was using AdAway. AdAway is available in, and even receives updates through the F-Droid app store, so that's what I'll use for the time being.
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Same here. Running both on my tablet and phone
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Hr Kristian said:
Totally understand and back them doing this.
Ads are part of how they earn money on this _free_ OS and the hundreds of _free_ quality apps in the store.
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You're certainly free to feel that way. I'm also entitled to do whatever I choose to get around their restrictions on MY device.
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You're certainly free to feel that way. I'm also entitled to do whatever I choose to get around their restrictions on MY device.
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Yes I actually wrote that down then deleted it again before I posted.
I understand removing from Play as long as those of us somewhat more techminded can still sideload...
It's the majority of pure users this affects (not implying a negative undertone there).
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What are you using your $25 on?

So just out of curiosity, what's everyone using there $25 promo on in the app store? I honestly can't think of anything I want that I already don't have. But share away anyway!
For those who don't know what I'm talking about: http://www.samsung.com/us/register-for-your-galaxy-note-8-perks/
I bought SketchBook Pro and Camscanner. If you have the slightest interest in drawing, I highly recommend Sketchbook, it is really fun to use. I also bought Swiftkey for my phone, something I had been meaning to do. I am interested in good productivity apps if anyone has a good suggestion.
I bought Swype and Multiwindow Pro. I purchased the majority of the apps I wanted or needed with the Nexus 7 credit last fall. I might buy the HD version of camscanner.
I definitely recommend getting OfficeSuite Pro and a good reading app. I purchased MoonReader for entertainment reading and ezPDF for classes. I print out my slides as a PDF for class then annotate it using ezPDF.
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How long did it take for you guys to get your $25 credit?? I have yet to receive it. Never got an email like the website said I should...
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How long did it take for you guys to get your $25 credit?? I have yet to receive it. Never got an email like the website said I should...
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Check your spam folder. Mine was in there
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Check your spam folder. Mine was in there
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Yeah I checked and nothing. Contacted Samsung and they are opening a "ticket" for me and I should be getting it.
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ill buy Swype. I havent thought anything else. maybe Falcon Pro. since I been hearing good things about it
Assuming I can transfer my apps from my old device (this will only be my second android device), then the only thing that i'd really like is a good office suite.
I have Office Suite Pro and Polaris Office on my Transformer. Not used either extensively though and neither get the best of reviews.
Quick Office Pro is meant to be good though.
I have no idea. I got $25 twice on my Nexus 7...no idea why, but I didn't look a gift horse in the mouth. I still have like $26 of that $50 left and now I got another $25. I imagine I will eventually use it all, but I don't need a thing at the moment.
Woo! Samsung finally gave me my $25! Had to talk to them on Facebook and they finally gave me the code.
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Well, I reg'd last night and they sent me a 50% off on any mobile accessory. Really wanted the GPlay credit....
I've had a ticket open since last week, still nothing.
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I've had a ticket open since last week, still nothing.
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If you have a Facebook account, message them on Fb. Thats how I got it resolved.
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If you have a Facebook account, message them on Fb. Thats how I got it resolved.
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yea that's exactly what I did as well
Hey guys
For those of you using multi window manager, when it asks you about the flashbar service do you select note, note 2 or s3?
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Sketchbook pro, music & books!
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Is it possible for me to register from the UK and get the creds?
What are good apps to spend the $25 play that you get..
I've been in the play store for days and ain't seen shi* worth spending on besides maybe titanium backup, and rom toolbox but tool box has most of the same functions as titanium backup or that you can get from free apps what do you guys Recommend
what are you spending ya $25 on in the store
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What are good apps to spend the $25 play that you get..
I've been in the play store for days and ain't seen shi* worth spending on besides maybe titanium backup, and rom toolbox but tool box has most of the same functions as titanium backup or that you can get from free apps what do you guys Recommend
what are you spending ya $25 on in the store
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MOD, please, delete this post and the OP...
Definitely Photoshop Touch! Love it.
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