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Now that we have in-app purchasing, are trial periods a smart thing to do?

Posted by ow on Sunday March 21, 2010 @07:19PM
from the self-post dept.

Now that the App Store allows for in-app purchasing, is it a wise move to offer an app free for x days and then require purchase? Or could it be the case that [most] apps are impulse buys, and should be offered for purchase as soon as the user sees the icon in iTunes?

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