Should I Make My App Free?

Today, 12:29 PM	  # 1 ( permalink )
Batteries not included   Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 67	Hey there. So my app has been live for 2 months now, and I have already used all of my promotion resources and ideas up. My app is only getting 2 or 3 downloads a day now, and I don't have money for any more serious promotion. So, I am thinking about making my app free with ads. But, my app is a simple one used for storing information. The user might only open it up 2 or 3 times a month, and I highly doubt they will click on any of the ads in the short period of time that they use the app for. What do you guys think I should do?
Â

Today, 12:35 PM	  # 2 ( permalink )
Registered Member   Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 136	Quote: Hey there. So my app has been live for 2 months now, and I have already used all of my promotion resources and ideas up. My app is only getting 2 or 3 downloads a day now, and I don't have money for any more serious promotion. So, I am thinking about making my app free with ads. But, my app is a simple one used for storing information. The user might only open it up 2 or 3 times a month, and I highly doubt they will click on any of the ads in the short period of time that they use the app for. What do you guys think I should do? Can you think of a way to make it free with an in app purchase to add content or functionality?
Â

Today, 12:44 PM	  # 3 ( permalink )
Batteries not included   Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 67	Quote: Can you think of a way to make it free with an in app purchase to add content or functionality? Ah I haven't thought of that before, great idea! Thank you.
Â

Today, 12:52 PM	  # 4 ( permalink )
Registered Member   Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow Posts: 96	Quote: Ah I haven't thought of that before, great idea! Thank you. Make sure you add server-side validation. If you don't, it is easily hackable.
Â

Today, 01:05 PM	  # 5 ( permalink )
Batteries not included   Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 67	Quote: Make sure you add server-side validation. If you don't, it is easily hackable. Oh thats interesting. I'm still new to networking / security, do you know how I would go about doing that? Thanks for the heads up.
Â

Today, 03:04 PM	  # 7 ( permalink )
Batteries not included   Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 67	IAP's are a lot more in depth then I thought they would be, I may just use a plugin. Does anyone here have any experience with phonegap's IAP plugin, or anything similar?
Â

» Online Users: 615
16 members and 599 guests
adazrac23 , ADY , Aibo , BrianSlick , fiftysixty , freakyguitar , gammapoint , HemiMG , Herbie , HirenBhatt , john love , Oral B , Raggou , rebello95 , theone8one , wandou
Most users ever online was 1,215, 03-13-2012 at 06:15 AM.

source: www.iphonedevsdk.com