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Are Paid-For Mobile Apps Necessarily Better Than Freeware Apps?

Posted on 24 April 2009 by Dayo Olutunfese

Recently, I had a discussion with someone who was of the opinion that just because a mobile application has a price tag on it, it must be better than any freeware mobile application in its category.

Here is throwing the discussion open. What do you think? Do you agree with this opinion or do you have a different take?

Please note: whichever side you take, kindly provide example(s) to support you argument.

Look forward to hearing from you guys.

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Dayo Olutunfese – who has written 56 posts on Mobility blog.

Dayo Olutunfese is a mobility consultant and seminar facilitator. He is on the staff of Mobility.

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2 Comments For This Post

  1. Azeez Saheed Says:
    Browsing with Opera Mini 4.2.13918 Opera Mini 4.2.13918 on J2ME/MIDP Device J2ME/MIDP Device

    Free or not free, a mobile phone app must provide d use or purpose for which it was installed in d 1st place satisfactorily to d end user. I cant provide a specific example now but from experience, free apps are no less different from paid-for applications.

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  2. Yomi Adegboye Says:
    Browsing with Nokia Web Browser Nokia Web Browser on Nokia Series60 Nokia Series60

    Azeez, good talk there about the need for an application to do exactly what it was developed to do. Whether it is freeware or commercial is immaterial.

    OliveTree’s BibleReader is a freeware that gets the job done as good as commercial alternative. Opera Mini is another.

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