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danielrakh on April 20, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: The market for paid iOS apps isn’t dead

I agree with you. I also think the "evaluation of utility" of Apps is poor. IMO, You can't really evaluate the utility by just the screenshots and reviews. It would be great if just like a car, you could "test drive" the App. Download a version that would work for x mins and would automatically present you an option to buy or delete after x mins.

benjiweber on April 20, 2013 | [–]

Google play lets you return apps within 15 minutes. Does the app store not have anything similar?

http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&...

myko on April 20, 2013 | | [–]

There is no official way to get an App Store refund, but it does apparently happen, here is a guide on how one might do so:

http://gizmodo.com/5886683/how-to-get-a-refund-from-the-app-...

Livven on April 20, 2013 | [–]

That's how the Windows Phone and Windows 8 stores work – paid apps can offer a trial version.

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