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Jeff Campbell
04-03-2009, 04:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-app-prices-stabilizing-2009-3' target='_blank'>http://www.businessinsider.com/ipho...bilizing-2009-3</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Paid apps in Apple's iPhone App Store still cost less than they did in late December. But good news for iPhone developers: App prices stabilized -- and actually increased a bit -- during March, after at least two months of price declines."</em></p><p><em><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1238714022.usr105634.jpg" /></em></p><p>The average priced bumped up a nickel to $2.60 USD from the last check on February 21st, roughly a month ago. Interesting note, there are no $9.99 USD apps in the top 100 paid apps list for the 2nd month in a row. The <a href="http://www.applethoughts.com/news/show/93169/mlb-at-bat-2009-steps-to-the-plate.html" target="_blank">MLB</a> app is well worth the $9.99 USD if you are a baseball fan, and I have the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=299502119&amp;mt=8" target="_blank">Pageonce</a> application that is also handy, but I really haven't seen many others that interest me. Of course I don't spend hours searching through the app store either so if you have found some apps in that price range that are worth it, let us know!&nbsp;</p>

Tim Williamson
04-03-2009, 04:46 PM
At this point, the only apps worth over $9.99 to me have been eWallet and Pocket Informant (I actually didn't pay for PI since I'm on the beta team, but would've paid for it... ;) ).

PI 1.0 was a little slow in the performance department, but 1.01 should be out soon, and it really improved performance. Also, there will be a "lite" version of PI out sometime, in case the $12.99 is difficult to swallow without trying it first. :)