I have searched the net for a couple of hours with the aim of finding a
feasible method to convert my free android app to a paid one. I was kind of
sad, I was not able to find an exact solution to my question,
*What I have found :*
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1. Un-publish the current app and Publish in a new package
As far as I know, once an app is free you cannot change it to a paid
app... The best bet would be one of the following options:
1. Use in-app purchases (probably the better option)
2. Add an unlock key app that is paid and unlocks features in your
free app... As an example, you can see
I recently published a game (Deep Dagger / http://www.gearupgames.se,
check it out! :) ) on Android Market and was thinking of creating a
free version.
I have a couple of questions:
In your experience, has a free version helped more people discover
your app?
Does the free version need to have its
Yes to both your questions.
Apart from the package name constraint, there are none.
Kumar Bibek
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On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 12:50 AM, Viktor Linder linder.vik...@gmail.comwrote:
I recently published a game (Deep Dagger /
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Viktor Linder linder.vik...@gmail.comwrote:
In your experience, has a free version helped more people discover your
app?
Yes.
Does the free version need to have its own package name?
Yes.
Any other technical considerations?
Maintaining two versions
I've got a situation a lot of us do, where I have released a free
version and now need to make a Paid version of the same app.
As those who have tried will know, you can't change an app from Free
to Paid (a silly feature of the Market).
So, what I'm planning to do is release a Plus version that
On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Darrin Smith darri...@gmail.com wrote:
Do you offer a slightly crippled free version, go for a full fledged
version that has nuisance screens that tell people to upgrade, try the fully
functional but with advertising route, or just release one app for purchase
Greg,
What are the changes that Google Adsense made that affect how much you make?
Sincerely,
Brad Gies
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On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Brad Gies rbg...@gmail.com wrote:
Greg,
What are the changes that Google Adsense made that affect how much you make?
They changed the banner so only a tiny portion of it is now clickable.
As a result I get much fewer clicks. I guess users don't get the
fact
I have an application that I think is about two weeks or so from being ready
to ship. I plan to charge for the app because I really believe many people
will find it of value. The thing is how to go about getting the word out
about it.
What do you typically do when releasing a new application? Do
On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Darrin Smith darri...@gmail.com wrote:
I have an application that I think is about two weeks or so from being ready
to ship. I plan to charge for the app because I really believe many people
will find it of value. The thing is how to go about getting the word
Experts (and of course Mark M):
Here I go into the world of Android App deployment, and I have a question
about deployment strategy.
I know I will have a lite version and a full version. In fact, I just
finished the full version and will start removing some core functionality
and putting in
Nick Owens wrote:
Upload my application to the market as two versions of the EXACT same
codebase (configurations and all).
Won't work, at least not completely. Each application on the Market has
to have a unique package, as defined by AndroidManifest.xml.
When installed on the phone, the
I have an app available as a free and donate version but my experience
may be useful for you. I have a single project, with a static final
variable called DONATE which is determined by the package name. You
could do the same thing and set a PAID variable.
When someone tries to add a record, you
It seems like it should be possible to have 2 apps signed with same
certificate.
See the info below. If your paid app exposed functionality to your free app
you would get the free/paid goal.
The free app would check whether paid app was installed, if it was it would
be used. If not an upgrade
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