android apps

Most apps are free, the free apps mostly have adds in... Tapatalk is an app you access forums like MyBB
 
You get free and paid for apps.

Even for paid apps, in many instances (especially games) there is a free version, which lets you try out a few features or levels.
 
Overall you get 4 types of applications:

Totally Free,
This can be applications build around Open Source like XBMC remote or Commercial software linked to a service like say FNB Banking App

Add Supported
This cover mostly games but you can find loads of applications where the developer gets income not on sales of applications but from the adds that is seen inside them for example Angry Birds and Wifi Analyzer. In some cases you can chose between Ad supported for free and paid with no ads like Komik Reader - Free and Komik Reader - Donation

Paid
The name says it all, this is normally applications or games that can only be bought and some of them can be expensive for example CoPilot Live South Africa

Micro transaction or subscription based.
They normally refer to applications that is free to download but have a catch in that some or most of the features needs you to pay for inside the application. Like magazine subscriptions in Kindle, or games with micro transactionsPocket legends.

As for Tapatalk

Tapatalk is a Forum app that you can use to read and post on forums
https://www.gstatic.com/android/market/com.quoord.tapatalkpro.activity/ss-480-0-22
Its normally cost about R20.00 and can be used as a single app to post on many forums liks XDA, MyBB and so on

But if you dont want to spend money you can get free applications that work basically the same for example Mybroadband forum app
https://market.android.com/publish/...p0NW7pSUAzfqVaeU8-_DMouZ783KBdls8sfb6We4y.png
That is free, yes it looks exactly the same, that is because Tapatalk can charge forum owners to rebrand the app but it would limit it to only your forum see http://www.tapatalk.com/rebranding.php
 
Elimentals said:
Overall you get 4 types of applications:

Totally Free,
This can be applications build around Open Source like XBMC remote or Commercial software linked to a service like say FNB Banking App

Add Supported
This cover mostly games but you can find loads of applications where the developer gets income not on sales of applications but from the adds that is seen inside them for example Angry Birds and Wifi Analyzer. In some cases you can chose between Ad supported for free and paid with no ads like Komik Reader - Free and Komik Reader - Donation

Paid
The name says it all, this is normally applications or games that can only be bought and some of them can be expensive for example CoPilot Live South Africa

Micro transaction or subscription based.
They normally refer to applications that is free to download but have a catch in that some or most of the features needs you to pay for inside the application. Like magazine subscriptions in Kindle, or games with micro transactionsPocket legends.

As for Tapatalk

Tapatalk is a Forum app that you can use to read and post on forums
https://www.gstatic.com/android/market/com.quoord.tapatalkpro.activity/ss-480-0-22
Its normally cost about R20.00 and can be used as a single app to post on many forums liks XDA, MyBB and so on

But if you dont want to spend money you can get free applications that work basically the same for example Mybroadband forum app
https://market.android.com/publish/...p0NW7pSUAzfqVaeU8-_DMouZ783KBdls8sfb6We4y.png
That is free, yes it looks exactly the same, that is because Tapatalk can charge forum owners to rebrand the app but it would limit it to only your forum see http://www.tapatalk.com/rebranding.php
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Awesome man thanks again
 
marine1 said:
Awesome man thanks again
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No problem, one thing I did noticed is that Android has the highest percentage of free applications be it ad supported or not, but I guess that is because unlike say iPhone you can get lower end Android phones for free or relatively cheap, thereby including the lower income users that do not part with money easily.

Example the $80(R570) Android phones sold in Kenya http://singularityhub.com/2011/08/16/80-android-phone-sells-like-hotcakes-in-kenya-the-world-next/
 
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