Fixing "Freemium" issues in the App Store
Recently, Apple allowed Apps that are free to add in-app charges in order to allow users to “try before they buy.” Interestingly, BrainJuice, a developer of the game Arcade Hockey recently decided to move to this freemium model, but made a major mistep in my opinion. The original app was $0.99, but the newly updated version is free, but contains ads. In order to turn off the ads, you must pay $0.99, which will mean that you basically paid twice for the same app. There might be a bug fix or two here and there, but nothing deserving of doubling the price of an app. ...